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!"
@duckman56427 ай бұрын
Do you have an N gauge?
@richardtarr27457 ай бұрын
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😎
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Sometimes it's difficult to know what to do, I have a couple of layouts where I ran out of ideas and couldn't finish them. The two levels adds interest and solves lots of problems
@andrewlongman63087 ай бұрын
Seems like a great layout to work on some budget lighting in and around the buildings for a night scene
@OlivierGabin7 ай бұрын
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.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@davidsheriff89897 ай бұрын
Small is beautiful.....tight radius works well for sure here and split level is pleasing to see....congrats.
@peternewman96827 ай бұрын
Love the hardboard as a guide - will do the sane for flexi track in OO gauge.
@pault12897 ай бұрын
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!
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
That's very kind thanks
@gregmacdonald9277 ай бұрын
Like the multi level. Increases interest in a very tight space. Card kits work well.
@user-sv4pj5jl8n7 ай бұрын
The 1/35 armor modelers could have a field day.
@gwill9837 ай бұрын
Love both of these layouts. Well done as always. 👍
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@christopherbraiden67137 ай бұрын
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!!😎🚂🚃🚃🇬🇧
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@daviemaclean617 ай бұрын
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
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Military decision making is very similar, make a decision, then adapt and overcome as required lol
@southjersey107 ай бұрын
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.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
That's the layout I'm hoping to emulate
@user-sv4pj5jl8n7 ай бұрын
Mike, I'm enjoying your "Market Garden" layout blogs very much. The large scale looks very promising.
@grahamsouthamn97987 ай бұрын
Mike you have nailed it again, I look forward to your videos. They inspire people with no space to have a go.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
That's very kind thanks
@MakeItWithCalvin7 ай бұрын
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!
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thanks, yes a siding at the back would be useful. The minimum size nonsense ia annoying, I still see people saying that 6x4 is the smallest size for OO yet all my exhibition layouts were smaller than that.
@user-iq2ry3lo6c7 ай бұрын
Awesome, a worthy successor to 'Market Town'👍😊
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thanks, I hope so
@timsully89587 ай бұрын
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 👍🍻🍀
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Sounds a great plan, they make a set of castle walls as well, I'm so tempted to make the whole castle lol. Great name
@timsully89587 ай бұрын
@@BudgetModelRailways: well why not treat yourself to a decent wall? Something magical about old walls, especially where they bear scars of former battles 😉👍
@brettany_renee_blatchley7 ай бұрын
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! 💜💙💚
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thanks, as you save most towns evolved they were not planned. Happy Christmas to you and yours from the UK
@scalerailmodelling28467 ай бұрын
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
@jmollick17 ай бұрын
Looking forward to seeing this one finished!
@Madonsteamrailways7 ай бұрын
Nice urban layout, beautifully portrayed and with trains running.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@railway1877 ай бұрын
Great layout 👍
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thanks
@raymondmarkesteijn31987 ай бұрын
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)
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
I doubt they would go round it. I find the UK outline stuff too expensive even second hand, especially the locomotives
@johnodonoghue73817 ай бұрын
Great layout well done
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@stevenjones19-m8i7 ай бұрын
Hello,the both layouts are looking brilliant.the first layout is growing with houses.each video there's always something different.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@bentullett60687 ай бұрын
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.
@mrp30777 ай бұрын
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.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Interesting, will the locos pull wagons round that small a radius?
@mrp30777 ай бұрын
@@BudgetModelRailways My Kato two-axle rolling stock will handle the curves unless there's an s-curve, that will cause derailment due to cars (but not my loco) having inferior couples without springs. Tomix two-axle rolling stock has better couples with springs and and thus all my Tomix 2-axle cars will handle 103mm s-curves too. I might get a video up once the layout looks a bit more finished.
@LondonPredatorAngler7 ай бұрын
so so cool :) lots of ideas there for when I finally do one!
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thanks
@raymondleggs55087 ай бұрын
These are the types of layouts I wish they would show more of for beginners to build instead of Giant double layer layouts.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
I agree totally, the hobby is obsessed with complexity and cost at any price to achieve perfection, instead of simple small cheap layouts to get people started
@barrypick53617 ай бұрын
Great fun, just as it should be . Problem is you need more hours in the day...
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Very true!
@TheJpec3617 ай бұрын
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"...
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Great, I'm going to remember that, thanks
@BarryLowis7 ай бұрын
Mike, would you be able to post a list of the track pieces you used so we can replicate your layout, please? Thanks.
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
I can but bear in mind that the curves and all the back straight are flexitrack off cuts so not easily replicated
@Maurice00PA7 ай бұрын
They both look and seem to operate great. Does either layout have a name?
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Not yet, Market Town 2 seems a little obvious lol
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Thanks, you made me think and I've come up with a name for the urban layout. Castletown, epic, thanks
@Madonsteamrailways7 ай бұрын
I shall take this opportunity to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!!
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
And the same to you all the best
@alfredbarten49017 ай бұрын
Nice layout. What's the overall size?
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
2ft by 1ft
@stevesouthwick42115 ай бұрын
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
@BudgetModelRailways5 ай бұрын
It can be a bit problematic on a phonr
@thomaskissell52697 ай бұрын
Do you think you'd be able to get an 08 around it?
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Probably not, they are too expensive for me so I don't have one I can try, sorry
@thomaskissell52697 ай бұрын
@@BudgetModelRailways ah yep all good
@Madonsteamrailways7 ай бұрын
Is this proper N Gauge or is it 009?
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Proper N lol
@Madonsteamrailways7 ай бұрын
So it uses flexitrack!! Impossible to do if you’re using points!!
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Sorry why? Mine has two points, my larger layout using flexi track has 7, why is flexitrack and points a problem please
@TheJpec3617 ай бұрын
My eyes must be playing tricks on me... I'm seeing points on here 😊
@BudgetModelRailways7 ай бұрын
Correct, I am not sure why flexi track and points would be incompatible, I do it all the time?!
@johnhindson53167 ай бұрын
Looking really good. I think using the Brewery building to link the levels is a great idea (aka narrowgaugecitizen)