That's a really good plan, I like that

I agree. Even for a more permanent layout, I find it great that before I glue down track, I can experiment and actually run trains on the track plan and make changes as needed. The only problem with Kato track is that the points are expensive, since they include built-in point motors. Cheers.

I'm not keen on the look of Kato track, but it is excellent quality and just about bulletproof. As you say easy to rip up and put together.

Fleischmann N gauge track with built-in ballast is good, too - do they still make it? The points were hand-operated, and I used a fair amount of this track for an HOe Austrian layout back in the 80s. It wasn't quite right for HOe (sleepers too close!), but it was of very high quality. Not ridiculously expensive, either, if I recallcorrectly.

I’m 100% Kato. I’ve been fortunate to find used points that have kept the track cost down. Americans love the larger layouts. I’ve become a rebel in that small layouts where I can interchange the same buildings is very appealing.

Thanks

Sounds great ,have fun and thanks for watching

It's better and cheaper than most UK outline stuff, especially the rolling stock

Japanese anything is no guarantee of QC just look at Seiko the past ten odd years, but Kato like Citizen has fantastic quality overall.

Hi Philip here me and my girlfriend are doing a speril layout were the track just goes round and round up over and under do you think that is a good idea as I like it.its in oo scale but I've also got n scale.which is best.let me know .and is it good to use wood as I've been doing my railway layout for years now.i like your layout to.

Your new layout could just as easily be a 009 narrow gauge set up. I like 009 as you can use oo gauge scenics with the 9mm track

Madness, defeats the whole point of TT, it's laughable and self defeating

@@BudgetModelRailways Must be the same size as H0 first Radius 😜😜

Thanks for the support

Quite right!

Quite right, simplicity is the key.

Well done you

Do any your flat mates come round for a running session?

Do your flat mates come round for a running session?

@@OscarOSullivan It was a bit of a curiosity for them. I'm not sure what they really thought when I was building it, but they did seem surprised as it came together. Ops were pretty simple. 5 industries plus a short spur for cars coming into the area. A single loop with no run-around sidings. A town scene on each side separated by a ridge (representing the gold/yellow colored foothills in central California during summertime) running diagonal down the center.

Mr Freezer often advocated using the precision-made proprietary curved sections - especially on small layouts - as they were so much easier to use than trying to bend flexitrack to tight radii, with all the problems that might result from even small errors.

You are welcome here anytime as is any one who is one of the happy medium

Guess your one of the happy medium, more expensive rolling stock but a BMR approach to the track bed and scenery

Guess your one of the happy medium, more expensive rolling stock but a BMR approach to the track bed and scenery

Lol, sounds like some negotiations are due

@@BudgetModelRailways Haha the coffee table top is perfect lol😂

Thanks very much for the support

My old eyes agree and that is exactly why I chose OO. Well, that and wider choice of rolling stock.

OO for life as well

That's kind of you thanks

Hi Adam. Great to see you on Saturday. The shop in Eastbourne still has a box of TT stuff, a Jinty 4 or five coaches and loads of Wagons, about £60?

Traintrax are very good for Kato

@@BudgetModelRailways thats who I went with :)

Thanks

Given that it covers a quarter of the area, it just gives so many possibilities. When linked to genuine budget kato locos and rolling stock both new and 2nd hand, it is much more in keeping with our budget model railway ethos

I am thinking about doing an exhibition type layout. Must go tip diving for a wooden board in good to great condition. Weight is no problem as I can lift the largest supermarket crate filled to the brim with 500g packs of onions with ease.

A passing loop brings no actual benefit and takes length and another point, it's something Cyril Freezer had worked out. Everyone has them but it's more habit

Thanks

Thanks, so am I as so far I've only got the track plan sorted, no other ideas yet

Japanese, kato freelance and 3d printed

No, no issues, although the Kato stuff is designed to be more tolerant, other makes might have an issue

Hi thanks. You can buy the boxes from our website, we ship to the US, but there is a delay on delivery at the moment. You would need to source the electrical components online, we use Ebay and Amazon in the UK. Again details on our website

where can I see track plans for 4'x2' ? my max available space.

Try any rail free software, and any plans book by Cyril J Freezer, which are easily adapted to fit whatever size you have. Best advice is keep it simple

@@garyhollins2266 Google 4ftx2ft track plans. Go to images. Hundreds of them.

You can get lower profile but it doesn't bother me, reliability over looks

I am doing Tt120 Queensland 3'6" on N track. 7ft wagon are the same size as Peco N gauge 9ft wagon.

He has written loads. This one actually came from a little pamphlet he wrote in the late 60s

Sorry, his name is Cyril J Freezer, he actually wrote most of the Peco guides

@@BudgetModelRailways worth having a look round for. Many thanks

Sadly been dead for over ten years

Not yet

I think you will find it very interesting.

It's one of the excellent Kato pocket line range. Superb runners and only £45 with two Wagons

Kato N Gauge Track would solve that but I know what you mean lol

Specsavers.

Hi, this is genuine advice😊 I have quite a lot of eyesight trouble due to diabetes. Ask at the optician about glasses more suited to the hobby. A good optician will be able create lenses that are suitable for seeing detail at 0-18 inches (0-40 cm) rather that the standard distance and/or reading. But I understand, it’s expensive too! All the best and happy modelling 😊 Ian

The track was all very second hand so a fraction of buying new. It's basically a 1st radius oval, four points three short curves and some straights. I probably paid about £40 for the track, it would be more than double that new. The baseboard cost me £3 from our local tip shop. Roofing felt was free, when I took it off my old shed lol

@@BudgetModelRailways thank you I will go to my local model railway store to see if they have second hand track. and the board is 2ft by 3ft am I right

3ft by 22in to be exact. You need the shortest set track points

@@BudgetModelRailways thank you I will find some board for it love your vids. and did you build your own controler for the layout

It's a short shunting layout using two points, one left one right, and three parallel sidings, with a head shunt. You use a card system to generate random consists of Wagons and shunt them around to complete it

thanks very much. But I don’t understand how you do all that with only two points

That's the amazing thing about inglenook puzzles. With 9 Wagons there are something like 4k options of the order of the Wagons. You basically move them back and forth using all three lines till you have them where you want them

UK outline stuff is problematic, older will probably be OK, but not newer, its why I don't run UK

@@BudgetModelRailways thanks

Spot on, I have modelled N, HO, OO, 009 and O