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16 hours ago, RailwayLacky said:

welcome to the small radius club!

Thanks! I will start a thread for it once I settle on a track plan. Re the four wheel coaches, one big advantage is that they look far better on the curves than bogie stock

Thanks for that. In the meantime I'd taken a punt on a new one, the IWCR train pack. I'm happy (relieved!) to say the whole set runs on these Fleischman 250mm, around 10 inch, radius curves. The Terrier's fine, the coaches groan a little but are ok.

It's looking really good, hard to believe it's so small. Great layout!

Happy days! Maybe guest checkout doesn't work with preorders because they're not taking payment yet so need to save details? 

That first picture in particular looks great!

On 28/01/2024 at 21:05, 03060 said:

Has anyone else experienced problems trying to pre-order one of these ?

I just preordered no. 10 successfully, though have been registered on the site for a while. Maybe register first then preorder?

Great to see another post on this layout, really enjoyed it on here and YouTube. I did wonder if the Hornby 110 DMU would run round these curves, looks like the answer is yes!

Don't suppose you've tried one of the new Hornby Terriers round there? The old ones are fine, nice deep flanges and lots of sideplay, but the new versions look like they might be a bit fussier.

That does indeed look good. Seriously tempted. But that means I'd also have to buy the pack containing number 11. Damn you pretty red livery!

I ordered a P class, post bombshell, order was accepted and confirmed. I take that as a positive sign. 

I did 7.5" curves on my Christmas display, with a cardboard template on the inside, pva glue and a few nails tapped in round the outside. One end was perfect but I did get a bit of a point at the other that probably reduced the radius to about 6". Thankfully not a problem for the Bachmann tram I was using.

Next time I'd use far more nails, or pins, and put the template round the outside of the curve. I'd also pre bent the track first, not with a rail bender, just bending it flat on the table till it didn't want to go straight anymore.

@JimRead

Looks like you put in the @, followed by (no space) the member's name exactly as it's written. A little tab pops up, click on that and it's done. At least that's what just happened on my Android tablet

Looks good. I think the stairs would have made the platform seem really small, plus this adds an air of mystery - what's behind the doorway? 

To avoid any stairways making the platform look shorter they could be underground, emerging from a dingy doorway in the brickwork, like some of the Great Central stations

They work well visually against the sky

Enjoying this and your videos. Not an area I know but rather weirdly my daughter has just moved to Rood End so it looks like I'll be getting acquainted with the locality pretty soon. This will give a whole new angle as I watch your model develop!

Sorry JimRead, I meant uncharted territory with respect to 0-6-0s! I'm enjoying following progress, and indeed your previous O gauge layouts.

Curves as sharp as this are largely uncharted territory, it comes down to experimentation. Which could of course be a bit expensive if it didnt work.

With a layout as small as that though you could take it to a shop that did secondhand stuff for a 'try before you buy' session! 

Really enjoying this and looking forward to seeing the scenery develop. There's something about small continuous layouts I really like - maybe memories of childhood trainsets. I'm putting together a Christmas display on a 60cm by 50cm offcut of ply. The curves are around 19cm radius over track centres. It's designed for a Bachmann On30 tram, but I had to find out what else would run besides the obvious 0-4-0 s.

Amazingly, provided there's only one coupling hook, preferably on the inside of the bend, the old Hornby Terriers (ex Dapol) are fine. Even more so, the Hornby 0-6-0 s with the semi flangeless centre wheels seem to work, though I suspect they're right on the limit.  Apologies for Thomas, its the only example we have!

I'm also a big fan of Ian's layout, my favourites being Newcastle Haymarket and Victoria Park, both of which I've been lucky enough to see. I'm intrigued by the curved version of Haymarket that was teased in the November 2020 Railway Modeller. I've waited patiently for this to appear, to no avail. Anyone know if its been featured or appeared anywhere and I've missed it?

Just come across this thread, what a great little layout. Can't believe the Hymek and DMU run round those curves. 

The other end was quite fun too!

Saw these today too and I have to say I'm really impressed. I've spent the best part of forty years trundling up and down shelves due to lack of space, but I really want a tail chaser for a change. Tried N gauge, didn't get on with it, having been able to handle these today they really do seem a step up size wise. Plan to treat myself to a set and see how it goes.

On 26/10/2022 at 15:41, Peter Kazmierczak said:

Has anyone received their (free) TT-members pack yet?

Mine just dropped through the letterbox

And-

The two webcams are rather good too-