Johno1983

It can be wider...Im mainly worried about reach. Anything over 3 ft is a stretch as its on a wall and will only have access from one side.

Good Morning All, I thinking of creating a layout 18x3 but ideally would like it to be a continous run/loop? Anyone have any ideas how I could creat a loop/continuous loop on a 3ft wide board?

So my boards are going to be 6ftx2.5ft So going to use a 12mm hardwood ply top, with 18mm x 44mm timber. with 4 study legs. Do you think the timber dimensions is adequite?

Would mdf be ok for a room in the house? Plus I'm planning to glue the track not pin it.

Hi All, About the build 4 x 6x2 baseboards, going to use a 3x1 timber frame and 12mm ply, question is though, why not mdf and what is recommended soft or hard plywood?? Thanks Carl

Thanks All, Excatly what I was looking for. Thank you.

Hi All, Been searching for a while as I have lost the NEM sockets for the Hornby Class 60 DCC I own. Can anypoint point me at what I am looking for please. Looked all over the Hornby website. Carl

So I have around 10 locos, 4 are dcc and 6 are DC. They don't run together. But I'm looking for a dc controller to use for the 6 locos. Any suggestion for my requirements?

Hi All, Can you tell me if this would be powerfull enough to run 4 trains on 4 sperate tracks wired up together on a 9x9 baseboard please?

Hi there, so with my layout I have a dcc feed for the main lines and one dcc feed for the sidings. Issue I have is I would like to get a connector that converts 4 wires to 2 so that I can connect 2 wires to the controllers instead of 4. Any ideas what that would be?

Something like this might work?

Not a problem if you are running DCC! It is a DCC Layout yes.

I having issues working this out in anyrail. can you give me a few pointers roughly how it would work?

Hi there, Looking for some input on Point locations. If you look at the below picture I have set out two possible layouts that I could do, I liking the left option as it would give locos the chance to go from the fair right side of the track to the innner side without having to go round again and again....What do you all think? /media/tinymce_upload/af6e082f03a4ff735b0caac92e4be5cd.png Carl

Excellant, Thanks for this.

So im going to bite the bullet if you like and instead of using fishplate droppers going to solder drop wires directly to the underside of the rail. It seems pretty straight forward. Except one thing I'm really not sure on....The soldering iron temp? Any thoughts?

Evening All, Laying the track down for the first qtr of the layout and wanted to back sure that you think where I am putting my drop cables to my main bus are enough. I will be using fishplates with drop cables soldered to them. Any question please ask. Fishplate locations are marked with red line. /media/tinymce_upload/eb05cc33a298d3579b643287708d4c37.png

Evening All, Im now looking for inspiration, I have looked at my layout for a while now, and is it be or is it very basic/boring? Any thoughts to spice it up a bit, the board is made, its 9x9 with a 3x3 hole in the middle, I have full access to all sides so reaching inst a issue. Any thoughts ideas would be helpful,

Afternoon all, I can reach all corners well as there is a gap around the table for full access. I have made some amendments. I did try and move the 5 sidings vertically up but i couldnt get the curverture correct on anyrail so the track wasnt spaced correctly. Would be ideal though. /media/tinymce_upload/54890b03cc934a86c08d4b7f89a5ca31.png

Good Evening everybody, Hope this finds you well? I have been working on this design now for around a month or so and have put final touches on it prior to build. The base board is built just need to now order and lay track etc. Looking for advice / opinion on my final layout and if anyone could add anything i may of missed? Regards, /media/tinymce_upload/728b40ba578922cb215cb46d0a0003a5.png

Evening Everybody, Hope this post finds you all well? I have been working on this layout idea for a few months now. Before I finise it and start the work. Can any add anything I may of missed or have any ideas regarding the layout please? The Layout is a OO Gauge 9x9 Board. Regards, /media/tinymce_upload/b7a2b3cb510468e975595a5aa5d7e313.png

Afternoon, Can anyone explain to me please how you would configure / design / implement the track and connect it together so that the section is easierly removal for access?

4 locos to convert to DDC so not bank breaking. Can you do me a small favour and draw a quick diagram on where you think I should put the crossover?

Hi Guys, Made some more amendments....Its only going to be DCC. Ive decided to convert my DC Locos. /media/tinymce_upload/4761c5bcc4881dd406c4926d746938b2.png

Hi All, Made some admentments on your recommendations, its 9ftx7.6ft. /media/tinymce_upload/0a610321383bbc7fa683c9f7a3bc14a3.png