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Hello mictop and a warm welcome to the forum. The way I see it there are several things to take into consideration;
How much room do you have available? An 8X6 shed will give you a reasonable size layout in 00, or a really good size one in N.
How's your eyesight? It just won't get any better as you get older. I speak from personal experience, when I was 43 I could see OK to do lining out on 00 locos, twenty years on and I won't even waste my time trying because my eyes just ain't up to it! If You start with N are you going to be able to see to do fine detail stuff around the time you retire? Some friends of mine built a N scale layout to sell to raise funds for preservation some time back, the verdict after completing it was "Never again" "Pass the Magnifying glass" "Don't call us, Please don't call us"! They were about your age and skilled at 00 modelling.
I have no personal experience with DCC, but from what I have seen at various shows, exhibitions, etc, If I was just starting I would go for it from day 1. When you have a couple of dozen locos it's not so easy to convert to it but if you buy stock ready equipped it's easier.
Take some time to visit as many exhibitions as you can before you start spending and talk to the people running the layouts, there is a wealth of experience there to be tapped into for just the admission charge, also some traders do special "Show only" discount offers.
Hope that this is helpful.
The natives are very friendly on here so feel free to throw questions at 'em.
Regards, 62440.
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