14′ x 9′
Having scrapped my previous model railway layout following an enforced relocation due to work, I’m in a position to make a fresh start. My new place has an attic space giving me a significantly bigger layout space than I had before. It’s approximately fourteen feet long and nine feet wide, although the stairwell and and chimney breast cut two corners out of one side, resulting in an irregular area with the full room length available on one side, and about ten feet clear along the other.
I’ve considered dusting off some pipe-dreams, filling the entire area with one big layout; in N that’s actually quite a big space, and I’ve worked out a way of fitting a Par+St.Blazey layout into the given area.
However, given that I’m into both British and Swiss outline modelling, my current thinking is to build two smaller layouts rather than attempting to fill the entire room with one big one. A larger semi-permanent one with a focus on operation along the rear wall, and a slightly smaller one transportable for exhibition use along the front wall.
