Introduction

Welcome to the 1/43 Scale High Density Layout (HDL) Project!

This is something I came up with after spending the holidays putting down and ripping up different track layouts in the living room.  My wife wasn't too happy having the entire floor covered in track.  Since I already had built a 4' x 8' platform for HO scale track, why couldn't I use that?  Well, obviously, you can't get a lot of 1/43 scale track in a space that small.... or could I?

In the pages that follow, I will show you how something that started as a simple mental exercise has become an ongoing challenge to find the "perfect" layout.  I welcome anyone who has the time and energy to develop their own designs and send them to me.  I'll post as many as possible (until I run out of space at least).