Hey Acetone, I`d like to get into scenery building in Outerra as well. can I try making the small town of Saint Philippe on the South East corner of the island? Maybe it turns out good!
BTW, is there any specific asset set you`ll use for this scenery?
Oh man, completely forgot I was planning to work on this. JBLM and stuff like that, didn't had the time...
Of course, you can test scenery crafting in this area, the village you choose is perfect for that
Here is a cache of the (small) work I did in the island, you'll have the airport and a few roads, but as you will see, nothing really advanced at all.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/yusv1tbgrk4gec1/Reunion.otxFor buildings, I think you should use some of the smaller houses of the World2Xplane Polish and British houses. You'll see that only a limited set of models set very well with these kind of middle sized houses. Just check the sizes you need and delete the others models to have a more simple building list. Check the ones right next to the LFNA airport in the Alps scenery, these are probably the ones you want to use.
Outside of this, try add things step by step, don't try to do everything at once, find some good music, and you'll see that it's very relaxing
Experiment stuff when you get bored, it's your place so you can do what you want with it
This island may be the perfect place for collaborative scenery development. If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask (and don't forget to post pictures of your progress !)
Also:
http://forum.outerra.com/index.php?topic=3231.0Have fun!