good luck with it its hard to build one on jobseekers - but its still very possible as i found out when i was on it

thanks ive already got track and some coaches and various wagons i just want new track and the train i owned broke witch is class 86 les ross

Hi Erik,

Some money saving tips:

If you have a train shop a bit near, ask them for second hand track. You could save some money that way. My local shop usually has second hand track out the back.

If you bid on e-bay, then make sure you know the retail price for it... If the price goes to high, then walk away, especially important in the dying moments. Just switch off the computer and leave the house until the auction ends.

For board construction, find a local building site and speak to the foreman/manager/whatever, he might let you have some offcuts or let you raid the skips. It's amazing how much stuff goes to waste!

Good Luck!

A lot can be done on a smaller budget. I found someone selling some scenic scatter on ebay and put a cheeky bid in and got a nice assortment for 99p. It was not the most up to date product but it does the job and I got lots for very cheap.

If you are going to use products like Plaster bandage to create the landscape then look around the other hobby sections in places like Hobbycraft where you might find cheaper products than those aimed at Railway Modellers.

If you still have the broken class 86 then getting it repaired may be cheaper than buying a new one. If you ask in the Advice Centre on this forum for help then someone might be able to help you repair it yourself, saving yourself even more money.

Best of luck with this layout.

Stephen

hi everyone thanks for the tips i have two large peices of wood witch will fit a decent sice layout of my liking the class 86 still got it just sitting on a peice of track on top of my telly my layout will not be of eny era so more of a run your own trains layout as i like many trains of differant liveres my local model shop is called bolton model mart and they sell model trains track etc i will u updated on plans one question before i go can u use drawing pins to pin track down as have a bad nerves in my right hand i find it hard to hold steady small things bye for now