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Wow your going to get tired of this setup very quick. Guys start to think about point to point layouts rather than the kiddo style table top layouts. Its too hard to bite my lip here guys but its becoming a joke here on how many guys build table top ping pong layouts. Lets get an idea of...

by the way he made that layout for TINY cars. U sir need a point to point with staging areas on each end ;)

Thats MR Allens Frist Model Railroad. Wow never seen that b4?

Great post Canopus thats just what I have been thinking the whole time. SLOW DOWN and think. I have been trying to push cleaning up the basement to get an idea howmuch space he has to work with.

ya track lighting sounds like the best thing for ya. You can run a straight line or you could do a square around the edge of the room its all up to you and your budget. Either way you do It adding track lighting will def light up your room. my 2 cents

Looking good my friend, as for the turntable I would obv keep one somewhere on the layout but why not move it to the middle of that new loop your gonna add in the yard? Really take a look at the Walthers turntable and tell me how much better it is than that atlas one. If your layout didnt...

I got one from here....even tho its not easy to use.

Get a Walthers Turntable. bottom line that Atlas thing is great for a 4x8.

Right so go this weekend and see what you can do and how much you can clean up and organize. Again they will like the idea of making room .

Ya im just trying to give buddy a hand so he can build a RailRoad which he can Grow with rather than build over the weekend and run trains in a loop all day and night. I have said this b4 but i dont understand why guys dont build more 2 level layouts. Its the way to go you get 2 times the...

Sure thing dude....But look at it this way. You invest some money into building some storage area to get things off the ground and stacked up. Do a Major clean up of the whole basement take things that are Junk to your local Thift shop and doing something nice for people in need. Once you...

Why not Grab a NMRA gauge and use that when making your trackside rocks?

Ya I must have bro....As for making the basement more useable for your parents that seems very odd to me. Get all your stuff togather and organize your stuff to clear up some room. Make a layout that you can enjoy for more than 4 mins of your life. I built a 4x8 when i was 9 years old, and I...

I offered to try my hand at it as well...however he hasnt given me the room size as of yet. I hate 4x8 layouts

I think he is running steam. That being said why not get the Walthers Turntable and install that back in that turn around you are planning on putting in on the far right bottom corner?

Ok take some pictures....and take out the Measureing Tape and hook me up dude. Can you build some storage units to clear up some space.? I find that always goes hand in hand with this hobby. You seem to wanna just run trains as fast as you can. Let me tell ya that making sure you are...

Ya thats what im thinking to for this guy. Give me the Full dementions of your room and Let me see what I can do. First thing tho you need to do is tell us what your looking at building and modeling. Do you not have alot of stuff all ready to go on your layout or was that someone else?

Doc, My hobby shop isnt anywhere, Ive been out of the hobby for about 10 years now however did a great job storing my parts. Im currently track planning a 2 level layout in a 3x10 space with Helix and staging yards in the backroom. Im going to model the late 1970's takeover of many...

Yup that sounds like the best idea.....You dont have to have a turntable to have a nice Engine house and some fueling tracks. On a side note Im kinda glad you are taken that Atlas turntable out....It wouldnt look right with the rest of your layout....You have done a GREAT job and to throw...

Ok so let me get this correct....you have a room to build your layout in? From your picture I see it being 8x8? If you hook me up with the room size I will tool around with a track plan.