Planning on building a 00 layout on a baseboard around 8' by 4' when we move in a couple of weeks and hope you all could give us some advice. We are thinking of having an inner (2nd radius) and outer (3rd radius) rail running around the edge and loco shed and fiddle yard in the middle or possibly on an additional side board. Initially looking to be able to run two locos at the same time, but with the facility to expand at a later date to three or possibly four, mainly shunting in the fiddle yard so the Hornby HM2000 is looking tempting.
This layout will be entirely fictional, as the stock will be a mix of heritage steam locos and at least 1 blue livery BR diesel (the better half has decreed the latter so I must obey!).
We would like some quick results initially to keep the children interested, but plan to install points off the mainlines for future expansions. As this will be our first model railway building project is this be too steep a learning curve and too ambitious?