Layout size ...

Would be nice if the Imperial (US) units were 'feet' instead of inches?

OK, Dave, I will consider

OK, Dave, I will consider adding of some option to toggle between inches and feet units in the site, as there are users who prefer to see track plan dimensions in inches like in SCARM 2D editor.

Any other thoughts and suggestions are welcome

Mixy

The plans and layouts in the

The plans and layouts in the new site are growing and there are now over 20 projects listed

I am still not sure how to proceed with the imperial units - it seems that different of them are used among UK, US, Australia and may be somewhere else. Should I keep "inches" by default? Or "feets" are preferable? And what about the area - is it better to be displayed in square yards (as now) or in square feets? It is really difficult for me to decide as I am "metric" guy...

Mixy

Measurements

I think you should show all of your measurements in Meters and in Feet, not Centimeters and Inches.

If the data is driven from a database, this can be done with a calculation. If the data is manually entered, you can just use google to make the calculations for you once.

The projects in the database are growing

Yes, the dimensions are stored in a database and calculations are easy. The problem is that there are too many ways to display them and different users have different preferences, so I will continue to search for the best way to show size and area of each layout.

Meanwhile, the track plans and layouts in the database are growing - now there are more than 40 projects of all scales and sizes. Here are the most searched categories so far:

HO gauge layouts & designs (all sizes)
N scale layouts & designs (all sizes)
Small size layouts & track plans (all gauges)

I hope that everybody will find something interesting and inspiring there

Mixy

Thank you, Mixy for the

Thank you, Mixy for the database. This is a great resource for both real modelers and us virtual ones too.

John

Thank you, John And here

Thank you, John

And here is the last addition to the database which is now a Featured layout for February.

See it here: Warren's Layout in HO scale.

Hope you and all other model train fans will be inspired by this nice layout, designed in SCARM

Mixy

New featured SCARM layout

The Warren's layout from above were viewed more than 2150 times during the last month and was rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (21 votes) so far. It is a really good project.

And the featured design for March is:

Compact Railroad Layout in HO scale

Hope you will like it

Mixy

Industrial around-the-walls layout proposal in N

See the latest N-scale layout design in the site, with track route around the walls:

The Industrial Layout of John in N Scale



Mixy

Many new projects...

Many new interesting projects in different scales were added to the SCARM design database site in the past months. See two of them in HO scale:

Bahnhof Burgdorf HO Layout

Marklin HO C-track Plan

Mixy

You need dim. in feet

Layouts look good.  But for US people you need to add feet.  That is the way we think.  Leave the inches.  It adds clarification.  In showing the feet - show like this - 4' x 2.8'.  Not 4.0' x 2.84'.   Do not show 0 if feet are even.  One place past the decimal only.

You are off to a good start.  Don't get discouraged.

Mike Lee

New projects and dimensions in feet

Several more layout designs were added to the site in the last weeks. Here are two of them - one in HO and another in N scale.

The Layout Extension of Chris in HO scale

Nathan's Pass Railway Layout in N Scale

Both projects contains many new user-created objects such as various buildings, vehicles, rolling stock and more. I also added dimensions in feet, however, not sure how to display the part after decimal point... Should I keep it like now?

Mixy

More layouts in HO scale

Several more layouts and track plans were added to the site in the last weeks, most of them in HO scale.

Charlie's Train Room in H0 Scale

Large Marklin HO Track Plan

There are more than 35 HO-scale projects in the site now - see all of them here: HO scale railroad track plans & layout designs

Hope you will like these

Mixy

Atlas Granite Gorge & Northern

Here is one more nice layout form the last days of December, featuring the Ian's detailed loco and flat car models:

Atlas Granite Gorge & Northern Train Layout in HO

And a short recap for the plans on the site so far:

Most viewed track plans in the database (in all scales)
Top-rated layouts in HO scale
Top-rated layouts in N scale

Mixy

Selected track plans for January and February

Several new layouts were added to the database in the past two months - here 3 of them:

Small Village HO Track Plan

Hof Train Station in N scale

The Layout Room of Tackindy in O scale

Mixy

Loving the Granite Gorge and Northern....

...always wanted to build that when I was kid growing up but never had the finances. I read that trackplan book till it disintegrated. Brings back memories.

MIchael

Hof Station

I want to see that Hof Station layout built!  I didn't count, but it looks like a fortune in turnouts!  It needs two more modules added, one to each end that would allow it to be used with those Free-moN layouts.  I think this is right up M.C.'s skill level.

Den

The new layout projects for September

Two new layout plans were added to the site in the end of the summer:

Small HO Track Plan with Large Train Station

Compact N-scale Layout with Fuel Oil Terminal

Now there are more than 100 layouts and track plans in the database in almost all scales and sizes.

If you are interested, check also the following categories:

Point to Point model train layouts
Track plans with double main line
Track plans with reversed loops
Small layouts and track plans

Mixy

3 new track plans for December

See these 3 new track plans in 3 different scales already added to the database:

Bluewater & Grandview Railroad Layout in N-scale

Small Rural Layout in TT scale

Marklin HO C-track & K-track 300x125

Mixy

Garden State Central 25' x 50' Room Layout

Here is the new featured layout for January 2016, which is already under construction:

Garden State Central Model Railroad Club 25' x 50' Room Layout

It is one of the largest and most complex projects ever designed in SCARM which is now turning into a real layout by the guys in Garden State Central Model Railroad Club. See some pics from the building process:

Start:

Now:

Read more about that huge layout and download the SCARM track plan to see it on your PC from the link above. Hope you will like it

Mixy

Two more track plans from the past months

Several new layout designs were added to the database in the past 3 months - here are two of them in HO scale:

Around-the-walls HO Train Layout

Urban-Style HO Layout with Scenic High Line

Mixy

Two new layouts, published in the last month

Two more interesting projects were published in the past month.

Large Modular N-scale Club Layout

Marklin HO C-track double oval

Mixy
 

Site Down?

None of the links are loading for me ...

No, the server is OK

Just checked and server is up and running.

Mixy