This is my first post! I am moving from Texas to Pennsyvania next year & I will finally get a basement! We are building our house, so I get to start from scratch. My wife agreed the she will get a storage closet, but the rest of the basement will be MINE! My plan is the finish the outside walls, but leave everything else open. I am planning on having sort of a sports\train bar that will be named Daddy's Dungeon. I literally have a blank slate with about 1400 square feet to play with. The only thing I have decided on is that I want to model the White Pass & Yukon Route from Skagway, AK to Bennett, British Columbia. here is a map:
http://www.wpyr.com/multimedia/routemap.html
If you haven't seen the WP&YR, the scenery is what steals the show. Their website is great... lots of photos/videos and other stuff.
To get to my question, the section of the route I want to model is about 40 miles long and has a 3000' vertical drop. I know I will have to leave sections out. What I do want to include are the vertical elements. So, I would like to have the layout start 6 - 12" off the floor, and end up at 6' or so. I am considering an L or U shaped design about 3' to 4' wide that runs against the wall in N or HO scale. Does this sound doable, or am I just dreaming? Also, how would it look for a zig-zag so that the route climbs back over the top of itself?
The only firm decision to this point is modeling the WP&YR, so any other ideas or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
John
http://www.wpyr.com/multimedia/routemap.html
If you haven't seen the WP&YR, the scenery is what steals the show. Their website is great... lots of photos/videos and other stuff.
To get to my question, the section of the route I want to model is about 40 miles long and has a 3000' vertical drop. I know I will have to leave sections out. What I do want to include are the vertical elements. So, I would like to have the layout start 6 - 12" off the floor, and end up at 6' or so. I am considering an L or U shaped design about 3' to 4' wide that runs against the wall in N or HO scale. Does this sound doable, or am I just dreaming? Also, how would it look for a zig-zag so that the route climbs back over the top of itself?
The only firm decision to this point is modeling the WP&YR, so any other ideas or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
John