AGHRMatt posted:I don't see any "hate" for the 4x8, especially since so many of us started with that in one scale or another. However, if you MUST stick to that single 4x8 sheet of plywood, I might suggest using O-48 FasTrack in place of the H.O. track in this little gem (you're going to lose the passing sidings, though):
The H.O.G. is an 8x9 layout (12" deep tables) created by cutting up a single sheet of plywood into 12" wide strips, cutting 12" of two of them, then making diagonal cuts to make the corner gussets. Instead of the 18" radius (O-36) limit of the 4x8, you can run a 24" radius (O-48) or even 30" radius (O-60) if you so choose.
Just a thought.
Matt, I really wish I had seen this layout design before I built my layout. I'm going to use this a a base for a design for a buddy. BTW you can use a combination of O48 and O36 to get a wider radius curve on a 48 inch wide piece of plywood. That's what I did on my layout.
