Carlosfandangobanjo Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I am coming back into the hobby and was looking to plan out a layout on 12 x 4 board set up in my garage but amazed there isnt anything simple to use....anyrail...£45, but easy 9 ish) to use..scram...$39 but clunky and not drag and drop....so its going to have to be a case of playing with anyrail and seeing if i can beat something out, is there anything Hornby have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souty Train Guy Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I wasn't particularly aware of any Hornby version on the market. For my layout I use Scarm, the only downside being if you have too many track lengths, you have to split your layout into different files to avoid going over the freeware limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I use AnyRail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Scarm 100 track pieces in the free version. And it has a built in train sim to try out your track to see if it has play value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Pencil and paper and real track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I hate to admit it but I prefer WTD's method. I do have a planning stencil I got from Hornby eons ago , and also a box of clip together track planning pieces, but squared paper and a pencil and an old fashioned school compass seems to do just as well if not better, a rubber eraser is handy too. I do use Microsoft Visio for drawing railway wagons to scale and therefore I have set up some track planning stencils in that program, but I still prefer (a) paper and pencil, or (b) getting the actual track pieces out on a board and trying to make them fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 By the way the Track Mat fits a 4' wide board so you will be OK with an oval of 3rd radius and you then need to extend it from the 5' by another 7'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyd 85B Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I came into the hobby about three years ago, with little knowledge and even fewer modelling or IT skills. I started planning a layout using a pencil and piece of grid paper, but very quickly tired of that. I then came across AnyRail and was surprised at how easy and intuitive it was to use. It was free initially because I was only using a limited number of components, though I eventually had to pay for it when my ambitions grew, but it only cost £28 - about the same as a Hornby brake van. When I came to laying track, everything fitted millimetre-perfect within the available baseboard area. I have since used it extensively, both to expand the existing layout and to play 'what if?' with other ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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