Derbys65 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Hi folks , now my divorce has finished and starting a fresh . I’m am resurrecting my layout Hady Hill . But building from scratch . I am having an 18x10’ shed , my question is , would this be too tight for a roundy layout ? , I’m running mostly panniers and small stock but I also have a B1 and am getting the darsted coaches . Only other bigger loco would be the large prairie when it’s released . Any help or advice , very much appreciated . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Dougal Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Hi folks , now my divorce has finished and starting a fresh . I’m am resurrecting my layout Hady Hill . But building from scratch . I am having an 18x10’ shed , my question is , would this be too tight for a roundy layout ? , I’m running mostly panniers and small stock but I also have a B1 and am getting the darsted coaches . Only other bigger loco would be the large prairie when it’s released . Any help or advice , very much appreciated . Hello, my shed is the same size! I tried a roundy roundy layout. You can fit a single circuit using peco set curves. The coaches may buffer lock. My Heljan 47 managed the Peco curves ok. The biggest hassle for me arose from the lift out section. I made a rookey mistake and had (slightly) curved track on this. In warm weather the track expanded just enough to derail trains on every 3rd or 4th circuit. I also found the circuit used up loads of space. But I still had room for a work bench. It was great to sit and watch trains go by. I changed my set up last year to an L shape for a simple BLT layout set up. Loads of operating potential and loads of room left to move about and for storage. Dougal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Hi folks , now my divorce has finished and starting a fresh . I’m am resurrecting my layout Hady Hill . But building from scratch . I am having an 18x10’ shed , my question is , would this be too tight for a roundy layout ? , I’m running mostly panniers and small stock but I also have a B1 and am getting the darsted coaches . Only other bigger loco would be the large prairie when it’s released . Any help or advice , very much appreciated . Hello, have you got the space and ability to go outside of the shed to have an out and back again ? If so that would give you a lot more scope if you had an 18’ by whatever you have above 10’ going outside etc. Best regards Craig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) To be honest, my room is 15' x 20', and that is still tight. I really wanted a double track circuit which I could of had but soon found my favourite 2-8-0 locos would not go round the curves. The 6' rule is acceptable to most 7mm locos, though saying that you could definitely reduce your curves and have no problems if you are using 0-6-0's and 2-6-2's . But a B1 might be a no go, you will probably find the leading wheels ( front bogie ) will snag on the cylinders. What a lot of people do not take into account, which looks awful in my opinion is the amount of " over hang " as the locos struggle around a tight curve. Okay I might sound a bit fussy but these curves even on a real branch line were a lot more forgiving. I agree with what Craig said above, if you can go outside and then back in that would look great, or if not a Branch line terminus. Hope this helps, Martyn. Edited May 20, 2018 by 3 link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbys65 Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 My friend had suggested a similar idea to the larger loco running outside then back in, the image is not to scale just rough . Going through end of shed and back in on the side of the shed . And the smaller locos running on the smaller curve 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Ken Payne's Kedale goes outside at both ends. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Look at the following compact continuous circuit layouts: Boxer Bay Railway - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/120116-boxer-bay-railway/ Bruckenheim - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/71714-br%C3%BCckenheim-page-three-onwards/ Regards, CK 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Look at the following compact continuous circuit layouts: Boxer Bay Railway - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/120116-boxer-bay-railway/ Bruckenheim - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/71714-br%C3%BCckenheim-page-three-onwards/ Regards, CK The second one reminds me of, and I think his name was Ken Ashbury, OO Layouts of the 80's in Railway Modeller, when he went O Gauge he went strait as he put it in the article. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbys65 Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Thankyou for all the help guys , a lot of inspiring stuff there, as are so many of your layouts too. With that in mind , what I am thinking is a backwards L which would be 18’ long and about 3’ wide. Then on the other side of the shed I’m actually looking into getting a oo gauge layout again . So got best of both worlds 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 The second one reminds me of, and I think his name was Ken Ashbury, OO Layouts of the 80's in Railway Modeller, when he went O Gauge he went strait as he put it in the article. I think the layouts were called "Ashton and Midport" and depicted a joint GWR/GCR station somewhere in Bucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Thankyou for all the help guys , a lot of inspiring stuff there, as are so many of your layouts too. With that in mind , what I am thinking is a backwards L which would be 18’ long and about 3’ wide. Then on the other side of the shed I’m actually looking into getting a oo gauge layout again . So got best of both worlds I think you might find that once you get into 7mm that OO holds little interest. I moved from HO to O and have never regretted it for a moment despite no longer having a layout capable of hosting Pacifics and six coach trains. Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbys65 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Hi chaz , I do already have O gauge , but also having a venture back into oo too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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