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If you're just starting or returning to the hobby you might want to look at a book of plans. I know both Atlas and Model Railroader publi***hem, and there's probably others out there. That's what I did when I got started last fall. You don't get the level of customization that you might like, but on the other hand it's all pre-baked and I found it got me to concentrate on the basics of assembly and avoid design trouble. Also, living in an apartment, I couldn't very well do a whole-room layout. <br />As for scale, I'd suggest N. I'd worked an HO layout when I was younger, but when I started looking I found I could get a lot more layout in with N scale. Sometimes I look at the HO ads with a bit of envy, but there's a fairly good selection in N these days.
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