Hi from India. That's how I too workout my model railway layouts. "Just go on building & add things that I will would make it interesting within the limited money & space!"

I think I must be the ultimate example of being unable to move off the baseboard. I have a track laid, similar to yours but now I think your idea of moving upwards to create a town above the track is excellent. Next step - find some foam board😎. Thanks as always for the inspiration - maybe now I can get going😎

Seems like a great layout to work on some budget lighting in and around the buildings for a night scene

Superb inspiration for a simple round and round layout, with a nice twist with the siding track. and, anyway, Metcalfe kits are great ! I love them.

Small is beautiful.....tight radius works well for sure here and split level is pleasing to see....congrats.

Love the hardboard as a guide - will do the sane for flexi track in OO gauge.

Mike, this is a really creative layout. I'm sorry impressed with your ideas and can-do approach. You're definitely an inspiration and positive force for those of us getting into model railways. Thanks again, Paul!

Like the multi level. Increases interest in a very tight space. Card kits work well.

Love both of these layouts. Well done as always. 👍

Thanks for the video, love the idea for laying the flexed track using the half moon. Looking good at the moment, you have a great eye for this!!😎🚂🚃🚃🇬🇧

Couldn't agree with you more on the planning aspect. To misquote some military person, no plan, no matter how meticulous, survives contact with the enemy! I spent months planning my first, now defunct, layout, but winged it with my current one which is still evolving as I go. Cheers

Adapt is the word for today. Next word is Innovate. This layout brings to mind one of your layouts that used a mirror to create the illusion of a much longer street. I like the idea that an Inglenook is incorporated into the layout. Allows you to make the layout double-purposed: Roundy-roundy AND and operatable.

Mike, I'm enjoying your "Market Garden" layout blogs very much. The large scale looks very promising.

Mike you have nailed it again, I look forward to your videos. They inspire people with no space to have a go.

I love micro-layouts like this! The only changes I have considered are adding an opposing siding or two on the back side so I could use them as stub-end sidings to hold trains during runs. And maybe some kind of tram either moving or stationary, running through the town. But that's the beauty of these kinds of layouts is the ability to do whatever you wish in such a small space! Keep up the amazing work, it's nice to see people challenging the "room-sized layout" narrative!

Awesome, a worthy successor to 'Market Town'👍😊

Now you have gone and said about medieval castellations I have suddenly upped my interest considerably! Typical ruddy post office issues but then it stretches out the tease 😜 It will give you plenty of scope for messing about with trucks and the small scale I think will actually add to the medieval feel as the streets would of course have been very narrow and claustrophobic anyway, so that’s handy! I was thinking of doing a small Minories-like layout based on Conwy which I was going to give a more Welsh looking name ‘Mynwrys’ and which would feature the railway running through a castellated wall like Conwy 😎 Have a great weekend mate 👍🍻🍀

I love your progressive planning, where you start with a general vision, and the scene evolves as needs and wants arise, working with what you have. I have to think that this organic approach is how many towns and railroads grow and have this character of _emergence._ At the high-level, it can take on the appearance _frenetic chaos,_ or (as is so often the case with your layouts) _charming whimsy._ Blessings from Roanoke Mike and All! 💜💙💚

Another really clever layout with a great theme. The town section reminds me of York and the ‘Shambles’ area, and the gatehouse might be reminiscent of the city walls that are still in place

Looking forward to seeing this one finished!

Nice urban layout, beautifully portrayed and with trains running.

Great layout 👍

What i really like is the creativity you put in planning all these buildings and tracks in such a small space for locomotives a dapol pannier or a dapol 1400 class with autocoach might be a great idea(it's not that expensive specialy pre owned)

Great layout well done

Hello,the both layouts are looking brilliant.the first layout is growing with houses.each video there's always something different.

Great little layout. You really can put a lot of things into a small N gauge layout. It would be fun to put a tramway on the top level of this layout. Also, how is the 00 gauge shed layout going? I guess a update will be on the cards soon.

It's always great to see your mini layouts. I'm currently working on a layout with 103mm (4 inch) radius curves using Tomix Finetrack. My Kato Pocket Line and my small Tomytec locos and trams happily move around it. Layouts that size I can put on a shelf in an IKEA Billy bookcase, meaning I've got storage for more layouts than I'm ever going to build.

so so cool :) lots of ideas there for when I finally do one!

These are the types of layouts I wish they would show more of for beginners to build instead of Giant double layer layouts.

Great fun, just as it should be . Problem is you need more hours in the day...

In the real world, communities built up and over the railway if they couldn't build across. In the States, we call over-thinking with no results "paralysis by analysis"...

Mike, would you be able to post a list of the track pieces you used so we can replicate your layout, please? Thanks.

They both look and seem to operate great. Does either layout have a name?

I shall take this opportunity to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!!

Nice layout. What's the overall size?

Hi Mike I have just started an n gauge layout due to limited space and I have got kato diesel and wagons and the tram I have tried to order from your website and cannot find how to pay for the kits is it because I am ordering from a mobile

Do you think you'd be able to get an 08 around it?

Is this proper N Gauge or is it 009?

So it uses flexitrack!! Impossible to do if you’re using points!!

Looking really good. I think using the Brewery building to link the levels is a great idea (aka narrowgaugecitizen)