Planning

Needless to say I started my planning by surfing the internet. I looked at Youtube, web-sites, anything that could give me inspiration.

I eventually ended up on the Noch site. They have preformed layouts. I compared the HO and N gauge  layouts - eventually I decided that HO would be too big for my house / garage / shed. But I did like the complexity of these layouts. I wasn't interested in running long trains, so their layouts seemed perfect. Soon I started comparing the various N Gauge layouts, and felt the Baden Baden fitted my needs.

I could get the Noch layout - Baden Baden - for A$900. This seemed to break the budget before I even started.

So....... I decided to use the Baden Baden layout as a 'point of inspiration', rather than the end product.