Tinplate Toddler Harrison I was looking for unique track plans designed by users. You should have said that, then. I doubt that you will get much response, though, as 4 by 8 track plans usually are quite similar, due to the "nature of the beast", i.e. the limitations on radii and switches imposed by the footprint. A comment on your plan - the curves on the right side seem to have a radius smaller than 18". It is not recommendable to go below an 18" radius.
Harrison I was looking for unique track plans designed by users.
I was looking for unique track plans designed by users.
You should have said that, then.
I doubt that you will get much response, though, as 4 by 8 track plans usually are quite similar, due to the "nature of the beast", i.e. the limitations on radii and switches imposed by the footprint.
A comment on your plan - the curves on the right side seem to have a radius smaller than 18". It is not recommendable to go below an 18" radius.
I designed the track plan by laying out track on the table. I made the track plan later, and it isn't exact. On my layout, the min. radius is 18".
Harrison
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I won´t tell you that a 4 by 8 layout is not the best way of using available space for a layout - I leave that to others!
There are countless track plan ideas for a HO scale 4 by 8 ft. layout available in the Internet and some of them are actually quite nice. Some of the nicer ones you can find in MR´s Trackplan Database - just go to the "How To" section in the above banner, click on it and scroll down until you find the track plan database.
My peronal favourite is "Rice Harbor", a MR project layout, which was featured in the January 2014 copy of MR. It is slightly larger, but a rather versatile layout, which is fun to build, fun to look at and also fun to operate!
Just a preview:
MR has all sorts of track plans on the site. Also a google search should give you more than you want .
Here are a couple;
You may recognize this one;
A couple more
Gary
Here is the track plan for my 4x8 layout. It represents Plattsburgh, NY with Rouses Point, NY on the right side. the track on the lower right leads to staging. If anybody has a track plan they came up with for a similar size please share.