Alex1988

Hello. I am planning to build my first ever model railway layout. Ever since I was a young lad, I have been wanting to build one. I have been collecting 00 gauge trains for many many years and have a good collection. I have also just started to collect some n gauge trains as of this year. Recently I purchased a second hand model railway layout in N gauge on eBay. The layout cost me £40 and is approx 66 inches by 29 inches. So that’s about 5 and a half foot by 2 and a half foot. The layout is in a very poor state (was purchased in this state) but does operate albeit not very well. The reason I purchased this layout is because I have no experience building baseboards etc thought I could buy a layout already built and then add to it. The layout itself is in a figure of eight with a single track and two passing loops. I don’t really like this design but thought it would be a good place to start. When the layout was delivered, I realised that it needed lots of work as trains keep derailing and performance is poor. So I have decided that they layout needs completely rebuilding. So that is what I am going to do. I am going to rip up all the track and buy brand new peck code 55 finescale track and new peco unifrog points. The plan is to make it a very simple layout as this is my first. So I am planning to use 12inch radius curves with peco tracksetta and have a single line through a country landscape with a two road fiddle yard out of view at the back to keep it simple. I am planning to make it dcc. I am not planning to add a station at this point as I think to keep it simple, I will just have a train running through the landscape. In the future I plan to build a larger 00 gauge layout but don’t have the space at present due to renting just a room in a shared house. What at do you guys think of this plan? If you have any ideas please let me know. Many thanks and and have a great day!!