Bobshuruncle

Excuse me Mr Hattons.....any chance of this ???? Pleeeeeeeeease https://railwaysillustrated.keypublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/09/66780.jpg

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Dapol / Gaugemaster have now announced Biffa in n gauge, Come on Hattons,you can do it in OO, pleeeeeeeeease

No bell end yet then

Thank you all for your input and for the positives and negatives of such a project. The last time I got my hands on a model railway was probably 40 years ago with the usual 10yr old boys Christmas present of a Hornby set. I've had a look at some of the layouts posted here and the standard is amazing,I never realised what could be achieved today. Clearly these are a labour of love spanning many years of commitment To answer some of the questions you have posed Unfortunately we don't have any plan of how the layout looked before,it was already dismantled and boxed up. The gauge is oo,most items being Hornby,Wrenn and Bachmann 40x9 is the size of the total garage area,obviously there needs to be easy access/egress so I cannot completely fill the room and the less flexible among us will not be wanting to limbo under tabletops. I am thinking a run along one wall or maybe an 'L' shape My idea was to get some of the residents involved,the gentlemans two friends were already keen on the idea. However,the thought of letting septuagenarians loose with power tools does not fill me with excitement so I intend to build the framework/ boards myself to create the blank canvas if you like. I'm not sure about people just turning up,there is a security issue there,but I like the idea of maybe one or two evenings a week to help the build along. I am going to check on modelling clubs in the area,we are on the south coast a few miles from Southampton Thanks again for all the inputs

Good evening everyone.firstly I must apologise for having little or no knowledge of model railways but I come in search of enlightenment. I run a residential home for those in later life. A gentleman who regularly visited two of his friends at our home often got chatting to me on the subject of his model railway and whether he could bring it with him when the time came that he felt he would like to take things a bit easier and become one of our residents. Thinking this would be something similar to a Hornby set I agreed,suggesting it could be set up in the residents lounge and would be something of interest to others. Sadly our friend took a turn for the worse at home and never recovered from a short stay in hospital,passing away in early September. A few weeks later I received a visit from his family and was surprised to hear that the gentleman had requested that his model railway be donated to the residential home on the stipulation that it would be on display and used regularly. I was also surprised to find out just how much layout there was, a collection of items that was over 50 years in the making. Slightly overwhelmed I had to rethink the display area and come up with a new idea. So now we get to the problem. I have a double length garage with power and lighting attached to the main building. Heating and insulating this is not a problem. I consider myself a competent woodworker and not too shabby at electrics but when it comes to model railways and imagination I have literally no idea where to start with a track plan or design of some kind of layout,hence the title of my post I'm hoping somebody may have a suggestion or two???? Thanks for any information in advance