A couple more layout options...

I think both of these are of interest and worth thinking about. I like their simplicity and the running possibilities of both of them.

The New Layout - Parameters

I'm going to have to put this new beast somewhere in our tiny home. I want it to be interesting to build, program for, run and to look at. After a lot of thinking and discussion we've decided (we) to make it portable and to let it reside mostly just outside the laundry under the dining room.



The marble benchtop with the pot-plant on it will be the nominal target area. I'll be making a 1400 x 700mm n-scale layout.

I've started a Pinterest board for ideas and I've already done a few draft layouts using AnyRail.

Ideas welcome!

So far this one is a favourite:

So what happened?

It's been 3 years - what happened? Well, life happened, I guess. We had a lovely house with a basement room and my model railway was well under way down there.

Our kids finished school, started University at Sydney Uni (which is inner city) and we thought, "let's move to the inner city so we can be with them"! As you can imagine, living in one of the most expensive cities on Earth means an inner city house costs a fearsome fortune - unless you buy a dump and renovate.

So, now I've finished renovating :-)  and we've moved in and settled into our new life. It only took 2 years to build and one to settle in. I've filled my hobby time with pottery and leather-craft and finally my trains are out of storage and I'm returning to them. So, stay tuned.