shortliner Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Came across this that may help small space modellers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 That's huge! Cheapside Yard is 6' x 1' including fiddle yard, and with some O-16.5 thrown in as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Agreed, but I was looking to point out some inspiration - oh, and since the link on there was part of a screen grab it won't work - so here it is in usable form https://huntervalleylines.wordpress.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted April 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2016 I've got a pile of (mostly borrowed/stolen/acquired) ideas for minimum space OO layouts, but the prospect of Dapol's 08, along with a few wagon kits mean that quite a few idea scribbles now have O-gauge dimensions added to the bottom, and anything like this to add to the file makes the already slippery slope just that little bit steeper and more slippery. Will I be able to resist? Do I want to resist? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 A 3-2-2 inglenook only needs ONE loco and FIVE wagons, EIGHT wagons for the full 5-3-3. There is no need to buy any more than that. 5 wagons will cost about the same as the 08 (or less if you buy secondhand), and you can use a hidden traverser or sector plate to avoid the need for pointwork (and save space), so you just need a few yards of track. There's no need for a slippery slope at all . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 See second link below ....... Not much, is the answer, especially if it folds/packs away neatly for storage. Mine is currently occupying floor space 16"x13", while standing discreetly in a corner. If I draped a cloth over it, and stood a potted aspidistra on top, it might even be more discreet. And, when Peco, eventually, get round to issuing their small-radius points, things will get a lot easier for those who adhere to "fine" wheel standards. Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I was always impressed by Halstead, which is only 5' long. http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=9634&highlight=halstead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_tyne Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I was always impressed by Halstead, which is only 5' long. http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=9634&highlight=halstead Cracking little layout - thanks for the link! Julian Andrews one of the masters of the micro layout built a tiny little layout called 'Micr-0' a few years ago which was about 3' in length. It was based around the same concept as Chase Creamery above (pointless inglenook) but more constrained. It was featured in Railway Modeller, although I cannot remember exactly... (if anyone can enlighten I'd be interested to know so I can try and get hold of it myself). A bit of 'googling' should turn up a couple of pictures. David PS - see a cheeky glimpse in a photo in this thread -http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/41457-exmoor-rail-saturday-6th-august/?fromsearch=1 Tiny as I said!! PPS - RM seems to be March 2013 (if anyone can help me with a copy of the article I'd happily reimburse them) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Who'd have ever thought there would be a 'mine's smaller than yours' thread on RMweb. At 8ft long I feel quite inadequate. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
south_tyne Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Who'd have ever thought there would be a 'mine's smaller than yours' thread on RMweb. At 8ft long I feel quite inadequate. Peter Ha... don't come in here waving your 8ft around like that!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I was always impressed by Halstead, which is only 5' long. http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=9634&highlight=halstead It's a nice little layout, but I'm not sure how satisfying it would be to operate. There's no way to run round a train, without reversing into the fiddle yard and lifting the loco off to put on the other end. It's what I struggled with on my original plan for Holman's End, which is why I'm now planning to make it bigger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Who'd have ever thought there would be a 'mine's smaller than yours' thread on RMweb. At 8ft long I feel quite inadequate. Peter I think mine will be 9ft, so don't feel so bad about it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 You don't need much space at all for an O Scale shunty-plank, even for American outline. Some of my layouts, with sizes:- Portway Terminal, USA, 15ft x 1ft. Portway Center, USA, 12ft x 2ft. Withyn Reach, UK, 10ft x 1ft. Lydllow Goods, UK, 5ft x 1ft, & finally, I also built a standard gauge O scale layout in an A4 Boxfile, once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 dare I say, what about Gauge One !!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kes Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Hi mine is 6'6" long and 15" wide. It folds in half to fit in my motorhome- see " o gauge in a motorhome" on here. It has 4 points and sector plate accessing 3 tracks. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d600 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Hi my first attempt is on a 6 foot x 2 foot board big enough to shunt some wagons about using small 0-4-0,0-6-0 shunters keeps me happy. cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted April 17, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 17, 2016 You can do a surprising amount in 6 x 1 ft in G0, the size of Coxheath Sidings. Shorter than that the space for running & shunting is more limited, but Jim Read's layouts are 4ft 7ins long by 1ft 6ins wide http://www.jasread.com/micro/index.html Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d600 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Jim read's layouts are very good and his rolling stock and loco's made from card look good. Moxley is my favourite layout of jim's. Col Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKR Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Jim's absence from these forums is a great loss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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