Ace posted:The hobby magazines seem to focus on large elaborate layouts which are often beyond the means of mainstream modelers. If there was more coverage of interesting affordable smaller layouts, it would help more people get started in the hobby.
Yes. CTT had a section called Railroading in a Small Space, or something titled similarly, from time to time in their magazine. Things like this are very useful to the majority of operators.
As has been said many times, in much of the country, houses don't have basements, or folks live in apartments or townhouses, etc., or for whatever reason they don't have the space or resources or time available to build large layouts. I'd say the vast majority of operators fall into this group. Looking at much of the writing about O gauge (including this Forum oftentimes), some people seem to forget this reality.
