Putting together a wee layout for my grandson, with the Hornby Highland Rambler kit to start, and this is far and away the best guide to what you do with the extra track packs after that. Good stuff - many thanks!

Nice to see someone who seems so excited and happy about modelling while making a video! It's something not often seen these days.

Wonderfull video, strait to the point no fluff about unboxing and staring at a box for 20 mins without opening, thanks for a great video

Thanks so much, my son and I were stuck until we watched this and realized we tried to build the whole thing without the starter oval 👍

This really helped me, I have a spare room in my house and I love house set ups so I turned it into a model railway. Love it mate

Thanks for the easy-to-follow video, as someone mentioned, thanks for not doing the opening-the-box stuff, staring at it and talking out nothing. You have made it a pleasure to watch, easy to understand for someone like me, a new train set enthusiast, gathering all the extra packs, its exciting. Thanks a million. 😊😊👍👍🚂

Just goes to show. You only need a simple layout to have fun. Detailed layouts are nice but the good old fashioned train set is always a winner.

Great video thanks, I've got all of this to put together for my sons first Hornby Christmas :D thanks again

great video , i have just purchased a starter set to build my first layout with the packs you have used here. i plan to get packs E & F next week with any luck. Starting off small with the hope of adding more in the future.... many thanks

Thank you so much for taking the time to do the video. I purchased The Flying Scotsman train set with expansion pack B and C. The instructions for doing the link power to the inner circle is very poor I was sitting it under the track :-( . One stressed 7 year old and one stressed mum I found your video and within a few minutes I had it up and running. :-) Thank you x

Looks great - needs that 3d look with buildings and vehicles and some figures to bring it to life

Great video mate. I had a similar layout to this when I started off into building my first model railway layout many years ago.

I love this video I don’t know why it’s just fun to watch and Hornby is cool

I've been looking for a video like this for 4 months and now I found Really enjoy your vids! Keep it up😎

Great work of completing the hornby basic track mat

Excellent video. It is a massive help to my introduction to the hobby.

You done the right thing to do the track mat packs we all have to start somewhere grate video keep going well done 👍

thanks this video has inspired me with all this simple stuff to start simple to now im FINNALY going to take off my old engines off the shelf and save up for a track pack and set.

Loved seeing this, looking to get into Hornby trains!

Glad I got taught how to run 3 rail, great for teaching kids about electrical currents, building rings/loops and switchboards

Thanks for sharing this video with all this great information and interesting tips

Thanks friend, useful. I used this vid to get the link wire setup and working on my track.

The first lay out is still amazing. I love the set you have though

I would get insulated rail joiners so as to run more than one train. one on inner and one outer

Great video I'm in the process of putting together a layout this is very helpful.

Very nice video , enjoyed the unboxing 👍🏻

I personally started with the Caledonian Carrier set - and have completed the track-mat and more

I like the way you talk, it comforts me.

Thanks for teaching me what a wire link assembly was

Really helpful since I’m planning to build off the Hornby track mat for my model Railway.

Informative video and simple to follow...great ideas here

Excellent video

Looks good and I love trains

Very lovely 👍

Great start to model railways

Thanks for showing me how to connect the tracks and I have the Flying Scotsman (:

hi I started off with the east coast Pullman dcc fitted set.i added all the extra extension packs and completed the layout.i then removed a buffer added extra baseboard and added an extra two oval loops.

Very useful to an old beginner! Thank you

Thanks mate

I will give this video a 10 out of 10 good work. keep up the awesome work!!!!!

Great I'm just starting so this is perfect 😋

Love ur vids bro! Keep it up :)

Awesome! Loved your canal videos :)

Very nice layout and very useful video how to setup thank you

Thanks for the great video Dan. I have all the Hornby track & scenery packs but sadly no space to build it. One of these days I will find room.

I'm surprised you don't have more views, the videos are so high quality! :D

Your kit is very beautiful 😀

for the track layout you have below the track pieces, this layout is complete. however it is not really competed. you still have expansions E and F to add to it and then it will be complete.

Great video

I really envy you. I have a starter similar to yours, but minus the inclusion of track expansion A. I would love to complete my layout just as you have

I'm using this track design for my layout!

Brilliant just what my husband needed.

Even though I don’t have any Hornby I can just imagine how excited I would be if I completed the layout

Amazing video I subscribed

Fantastic work mate took about 10 secs to get me subscibed :-)

Great demo video! With this particular layout/wiring, can two trains be run at the same time on the two circuits? Or, are you just using the one controller for one train but with multiple routes?

Great Dan. You were right about the track mat settling down over time. Are you going to replace that at some point and decorate the layout with cork balast and immitation grass and such? I really love watching your videos and love the simple life you lead. I have been doing the same and debt free since leaving the UK in 1999 for Canada ( though I moved last year and now live in Austria).

I think the Track May is okay but the old version’s Yard And 3rd outer Line a better. The newer ones probably better every other but I’ll probably get some more track and make it bigger.

Grate videos

love your cat

great video. did you know that there is or was a track pack E and F

Hey another interest of mine I used too watch you when you had Tilley the long boat

Nice! Is it possible to put another train on it and run?

Hi I love your videos

Do you have a video of the turn out point with electric motor installation

Did you made any video about how to set up point director ?

Would i need two separate DC controller's to control two separate train's on the Hornby track mat layout you built as i only want to use DC controller's only also would using points be a issue for me wanting for example the two train's to use any different part of the layout please helps me if you can kind regards from Jason

Brand new to this lol, can you have two trains running on that as is?

How much would you say all of the track cost together, including controller and track hook up and such

I've returned to this, how do you do connect, same connections parallel to each track ?

brilliant what size is this layout

Very informative I'm about to do the same. could you please tell me the cost of all Pack's please and what size board have you got. Thanks.

Would post of all the r numbers and qty

Hi Dan - I have avariation of your seet up, running 2 controllers. I'm unable to isolate a train in the inner siding by flicking the point direction - any idea what I'm doing wrong

On my layout I want to have 3 running at once so 3 power clips to 3 corresponding controllers if I’m correct

Hi how big a table would I need for that set up please

Nice! You mentioned it but the simplicity, yet very well thought out expansion packs is striking. I see you have to throw the track switches manually though; is there any option for doing that electronically?

I live near lochgelly it’s in Scotland

Will you be able to do N gauge

I'm American I love British railways tho so this helps me be cause I'm gonna build a layout with this track mat, I just need to ask how but is the base board for this.?

How did you get the creases out of the mat

I am still having trouble with the points ,cannot seem to get the train into the sidings .it is the Hornby Trakmat with added A B C D packs and two controllers need help Santa is coming . T

How would this work with 2 trains on different tracks?

I have a problem I have assembled pack C with the power clips but when I try to switch the train from the outer to inner loop it short circuits

AWSOME VIDEO you need more subs keep like this 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀😀

Could you run 2 locomotives on the layout?

How large is the base board for this layout and could it be expanded upon?

Aother great vid

You should have also added track pack E and F

How are Hornby trains different from Kato?

hi there, I have the flying scotsman 2nd hand there are no instructions do you know how I can find out which track piece connects with which. I am not getting the arcs to follow the map very well and its very hard to see on the map layout where the connections go.

Where do you buy that train set? You know, I'm number one fan! But, there's no train set like this sell in Malaysia.

Fantastic video very informative how would I need two separate DC controller's to run two separate train's as i only want to use DC also would using points be a issue if say i wanted a different train on a different part of the track hope you can help me please kind regards from Jason

Gosh, the mind is boggling with all of this and our train stopped completely today but i feel much better prepared to tackle the additions of C and D after watching this. My 7 year old grandson has no patience but has absolutely loved trains since the age of 2 with the Brio sets. As I saw someone post earlier in the thread, You should offer track set ups, you could make a fortune! You make it look so easy :). Cork and ballast is the next thing to research, at least I have lot's of time on my hands at the moment as I run a Group Travel Company normally :) Just a quick question if I make a tunnel on the corner of this track on the outer edge will the RailRoad Car Transporter Bogie Wagon - R6423 from Hornby fit through it okay? I love the car transporter but don't want to encourage my grandson to spend hours making a papier mache tunnel if the train won't fit through without the transporter attached. Thanking you kindly, off you watch your other videos now and to subscribe if I can see where to do it. Emma :)

Hey Does The Link Wire Come With Track Pack C ????????

Thanks for helping my cristmas list

I love hornby OO

this was my first ever hornby train set i got at 5 years old i am also 8 years old

How much did it all cost

Hi mate can you tell me the size of these trackmats? As I'm looking for one that's 8ft x 4ft thanks