I agree with Mike. The thought of truly modeling in O never entered my mind. In part, I grew up with large, Christmas carpet central layouts that were fun but in no way were representative of real railroads. My own basement layout, now torn down, was the same even though it was on benchwork and had, perhaps, 150 sq. ft. of space. My newest in a spare bedroom is 8'x12' and can only be just a toy train layout in O.
I've seen a forum member's large basement layout. Truly unbelievable one that belongs in a magazine. It takes up the bulk of a good-sized ranch house basement. For O, I think that's what's needed for a true 1:48 scale layout. On his, the to-me big scale engines look great proportionately correct. For me, OTOH, I'm thinking of selling my Wabash GP7s because they're too big compared with my O27/semi-scale steam engines and smaller diesels.
Looking forward to seeing Corner Field's layout!
