A severe attack of logic:
Harry's Hornby will now be moving to the cellar (5m x 3.6m) and the spare bedroom (2.5m x 2.5m available) will now house my 2mm layout. When he prefers girls to trains I'll move my layout to the cellar.
The cellar room was cleared, but has now acquired some surplus furniture. When that finds a home I will be able to start preparation. I'm currently adding lights to the Hornby Railroad carriages. I've already added seats and passengers.
Now I've joined the A
Yikes, a nearly a year has passed. Harry now has a County and a pug running on his trackmat, with a few extra wagons. I have completely revised my plan.
The helices have gone. My current idea is 2mm.
Top level double track mainline with an external circuit and lines from south and west (appearing from cuttings, so no tunnels) going to the town station and then a cut & cover where the tracks join the circuit out of sight. Before the station, the lines split to go to the goods ya
I managed to get approval for my seven-year old to be given a trainset for Christmas, so we now have a simple board in the spare bedroom and I have big plans.
Layout 1
Location: Spare bedroom
Room 4m x 3.6m
Size: 3m x 2.5m rectangle
Scale: OO
Setting: variable. S&D to BR Blue
Layout 2
Location: Cellar room. Dry, no windows
Room 5m x 3.6m
Size: 4.5m x 3.6m U
Scale: N
Setting: 1930s
For the setting I am thinking of mid 30s where there was no grouping but a competition r
