Christmas oval, cancelled crossover twice around

SCARM says its a 99" layout so that won't fit in the space, but the general idea will remain the same. 

The blue dots note the "trouble areas" a cross isnt a true 10" so thats one and the bad where that loops connect is a slight over lap.

But i think they'll work themselves out. The track will be here tomorrow. Pretty excited.

And might put the larger diameter track on the outside of the smaller radius for appearances only

Is there a question here?

Your SCARM schematic is not showing any overlap.  With Sectional track yo have some give which will allow you to take up any error.  Lay it out and run you engine on it and see if you have any issues.

Bart1 posted:

Is there a question here?

Not really. More of a stream of conciousness. Start to finish. With an under lying hope that everyone here as more experience than I do and could ease any growing pains.

Thanks Rob Johnson. Ill make another effort with SCARM and hopefully next weekend I'll have it built. Hopefully my stepdad can venture this way with some cars so it's more than an engine, tender, caboose trial run

Well. It worked, kind of, I removed 2 sections of 10" straight. Generally nice. I even dug out the tree skirt to get a visual. Of course I forgot to measure for layout boards.

With Thanksgiving in the rear view, its Christmas time

The 8' x 8' plywood was just too large for the room. I would have cut a 3' x 3' square out of the corner but our recliners would have been cramped.

I decided to use 3/8" OSB sheeting and 1" polystyrene insulation. 

So I reduced the layout to a 4' x 8' sheet with 0-42 curves

I decided to use 3/8" OSB sheeting and 1" polystyrene insulation. The insulation will "crush" when walked on so a little scrap plywood piece is used to protect the surface.

Practically overrides wishlist once again.

May I suggest editing the title to reflect your revisions.

So I should added, it's 5 x 10" straights between o42 curve tracks, 6 sections make 180 degrees. 

I would estimate 99.5% of people here have the same space problem. All that furniture stuff in most houses takes up valuable train space. Ha

Welcome to the hobby.

A Ross 22.5 with Lionel O42 would fit in a 70" long x 55" wide area as a twice around - some cut straights would be required