[Anthony B]

My first love is and always will be slot cars. But reading how I got back into trains as a side hobby, made me smile - I sold off about 80% of that st batch that I bought and made back far more than I paid  

So what I am doing has now firmed up - I have German Railways, but I am not fussed at all if I have items that are not either peiod correct of even locality correct. I have what appeals to me  

Some updated pics: but as a reminder - this is what inspired me - multi level 8x4, as I loved that the trains disappear in the centre front - reappear at the right back - go accross the board -re-enter a tunnel and then go the whole way round to come out at the far left hand side and climb the bridge to the top level agani. Lots of running in a small area. Also it makes it interesting for small eyes (my grandson)

   

So from an absolute noob in building the strongest advice I can give is set out the track is your start out idea and then PLAY with it.
I realised very quickly that my 'playability' was not great. Hence some changes

I pulled this up: SO where the 3 point started - all track from there taken off

   

And then added this: and Turntable. I absolutely love it - Fleishman have this spot on - power only to track to which the bridge is pointed. Turning is incredibly realisticay slow. I love it! And of course you can turn your loco around and you have somewhere to store them.

           

This part = essentially the steam yard and shunting yard - with a cement factory at the rear, sits on the higher layer above the turntable.


       

The other invisible to the eye work has all been on the wiring. ANother lesson - dont stop halfway through wiring and take a rest for 6 months and then come back to it - took me an age to work out how the wiring worked again