RMweb Premium DLT Posted March 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21 As everyone else has said, start small. Build a little branch-line terminus to fiddle-yard, work up your skills and methods on that. If that works out you can extend it. Having a large space can be a double-edged sword, DON'T be tempted to try and fill it in one go! That way can lead to disaster, as many folks have found. Starting small, you will find that in addition to your skills developing, so will your interests and priorities. AND you will find out the sort of timescale required for any particular size of layout. There are many first-time starter layouts on the go on RMweb, have a good read. Is there a club you can join near you? Can you get to a few exhibitions? Best of luck, and enjoy the journey! Dave.T 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive_Green1923 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) 19 minutes ago, DLT said: As everyone else has said, start small. Build a little branch-line terminus to fiddle-yard, work up your skills and methods on that. If that works out you can extend it. Having a large space can be a double-edged sword, DON'T be tempted to try and fill it in one go! That way can lead to disaster, as many folks have found. Starting small, you will find that in addition to your skills developing, so will your interests and priorities. AND you will find out the sort of timescale required for any particular size of layout. There are many first-time starter layouts on the go on RMweb, have a good read. Is there a club you can join near you? Can you get to a few exhibitions? Best of luck, and enjoy the journey! Dave.T The Dartside Scenics YouTube channel is great for learning new scenery methods, and his IKEA shelf layout is a great example of something to try out before doing a full layout. The beauty of this is that you could add multiple shelves together whilst experimenting with different methods, which allows you to see progress in your skills as well as to compare different methods side by side. Also great for storing rolling stock and doing photography (if that’s your thing). OO Neal on YouTube has also done two very good layout build series’, showing what can be done with small modular boards. Edited March 21 by Olive_Green1923 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Perhaps you should go to a locam model rly club and they will help you to understand about modeling plus read as many mags you and go to exhibitions 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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