Neptis

16 hours ago, DavidCBroad said:

I recken yew shood downlode Grammerly asa fist meuve.

The layout concept doesn't work regardless of scale or room available. Forget Computers get an A4 pad and draw your area in 1:12 scale 1 in to 1 ft or 1:10  1mm = 1cm,  In 00  Points are about 7.5in long or 20cm and coaches and big locos 12in or 30cm.  So a pair of points is 15" long and a loco 12 " so you need 27"  from the end of the line before a big loco can "Run Round" to get to the other end of its train, ready to return. say 24" for a small one so that's 48" plus 12/24/36 in for 1/2/3 coach trains so thats 84 in / 7ft  already for your 3 coach train.  Then you need somewhere for the train to go, hidden sidings etc,  and thats 4ft min so you are up to 11 ft already.  Your plan based on the platform being 3ft is 12 feet long so a conventional BLT is doable.  The bottom siding is just about inaccessible .   Maybe get some Peco Trackplans books for inspiration, 60 plans for small railways is good, esp Minories, but most doable trackplans for small spaces have been done to death.

Anyrail etc is a useful intermediate step between concept on the back of a fag packet and building the layout, it is seldom possible to build exactly what you design on screen and tweaking things can improve the appearance so I don't get too hung up on it.     As a truly original track plan is unlikely in ord.er to make a difference it comes down to scenics. and the stock you run.

Thank you. I am despite how it seems overwhelmed by the responses here. But i will take all into consideration. And true things never go the way you want. I need to be reminded of that all the time with evrything. Bar my artwork whitch is always theway i plan it ( i draw mandalas for folk on pigment to color in. Funny thing is i dont have the patience to color them mysef)

9 minutes ago, Aire Head said:

2 Coaches +Loco is doable in 8 foot.

 

Do you have an area or era You are looking for?

Nope era in particular . Its going to be our own fictional town

the shop, streats, station a d that will have the names of famaly members. The town will be named after the famaly name

3 hours ago, imt said:

 

Good idea, and OhOh had already suggested that, but I heard a little resistance from the OP.  I think you are right and something smaller to cut the teeth on would be better.

Thair is a reson thair may have seemed some resistance. But its not for public chat . Also so e things i type may seem one way. But be ment anuther. But be asured thair was no real resistance . My apologies if it was taken that way. I am just someone that dislike tutoreals. And lerns best by makeing and fixing mistakes.

Definetly oo scale then. And it was 2 coches and the engine my dad was planning

Thanks guys. Imight have got the size wrong wil mesher it  when i get back home from my brothers. 

Could you also remind meof the diferent gauge sizesfrom bigest to smallest i feel i might have got that wrong.

me and my dad are mire the trial and error type . Me espeshaly. Im not overly font of tutorial. As quite often thay teach you a longer method that is nessisery  (10 years of folowing graphic design  tuts and vareus tought me this) i. The end i usuly find a faster and easyer way.

but all the info you guys or girls ( you never know online) have given me will help

so thanks 

5 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

 

There is no point at all in designing trackplans before you know the space you will have available.

5 hours ago, AlexHolt said:

 

Not much point in designing a track plan when you don't know the amount of space you have to work with. Once you know the measurements its easier as you know what you can actually fit in to the space effectively. 

Sorry guys.  Just found the sizes in my notes . It is going to. Be 2 foot wide by 8 foot in lenth

4 hours ago, OhOh said:

Others here are much better informed than me when it comes to designing an effective track layout, so I won't comment on that.

 

But for software, I suggest you look at Anyrail which is free and easy to use.

Thanks for that. I had seen that software. But have not downloaded yet. Will look into it more

4 hours ago, kevinlms said:

What type of trains do you intend to run?

 

It looks reasonable for a first effort.

According to my dad it will be analog and oo in scale

3 hours ago, Aire Head said:

What size area do you have for the layout Inc fiddle yard? Do you have a period/location you wish to depict?

We have not worked all that out just yet. This is just a first draft remember. Will get back to you with that

1 hour ago, Tallpaul69 said:

Where do the two tracks to the right go?

 Thats ment to go of the layout but i can stop it before that

Ok im a compleat novice at this.

im starting a small shelf  layoit with my dad. And he asked me to desine the layoit myself . As he thought i was mutch. Eter at that sort of thing as him (shure with art yes) but layouts. Im am not to shure. Its my first time doing it. So i hope you lot could tell me how it looks.   Its just a plan veiw /top down.     Desi e . As i do t know of anny spfware bar the art aps i use that could help me .      So i will post it here

its a oo gauge desine. And i alredy have the buildings. The houses and signal box built from kits. The shop i built from spares from the two kits and gritstone card (my first time building kits and doing a building from scratch.

annyway i thought i would post the desi e here and see what you think. Anny adivice would be apresheated. At most its 3 carages including the engin itself that we will use

15 hours ago, Ohmisterporter said:

Welcome to the forum, you will find a lot of advice and inspiration on here. Never be afraid to ask questions, we all started out as novices and some of us still are. Good luck with your layout.

 Finaly lol. I was wondering if annyone was still around.

but if you dont mind . I did have a fue questions .

1) is thair anny free layout desining aps. I can ise on the ipad. Or is it all pc programs.

i had to use one of my art apps (Procreate) to draw the basic layout (prototype tbh it will change when my dad has anuther idea)

2) althow im no stranger to forums of most types .10 years on a gamers forum 7 of that as a staff member before I retired from the position so to speek. Gets you used to forum layout. But this one considering the subject. Has me thoroughly stumped. Whair would i go to show the basic layout. And ask advice on it ?

thanks neptis

Ok a littel about me then.

well first of i am a compleat and utter novice at this sort of thing. It took my dad who is also a beginner like me to ask me to help him design and build a layout with him. And thinking back over the years . And remembering all the times one of my friends talked about model railways and how he liked them and was building layouts himself. I used to think what quit a fue folk of my generation think. That this sort of thing was for old retired men (well i was correct it is good for retired folk).But that was before i went to a fue exhibitions. And saw the astounding efort and time that went into evry one of them.

and now i am getting into it myself and have a basic layout design. it is a shelf design to go into my room. We have most things we will need. And im curently puting together some of the buildings (oo gauge) so i can see if my desine will work and if i need to chane enything  

but i also jave a fue questions aswell. Mostly about the programs i could use to help with the layout desining (free ones preferably and for iPad). Not shure whai r to ask that so thought i would ask here.

and for things not pertaning to model railway topics.

i. A novice gardener. And i do allot of artwork as a lasttime . And im a gamer 

It was my freind that told me about this site

well thats enuf about me

i just wanted to say hello really. But i talk to mutch