You really have inspired me to get back into this great hobby again.I was almost put off by cost after watching someone on here planning a layout and talking about spending £10k..thanks to you and Doug you have shown me there are other better ways to enjoy it.Great video as always.
Reminds me of a layout you showed in a Peco track plan? magazine a few months ago. Nice to see it come to life. It’s amazing that a simple shunting layout can occupy so much time without being repetitive. Thanks for the ideas. ✌🏾
Hi Mike, impressed with this micro shunting layout & would love to make it myself. I’ve acquired a few goods wagons & will need to buy a loco. I need also to purchase the track. Being a total novice could you break down the exact track plan, so I could buy what’s needed & have a go please? Thanks Mike👍
Hi thanks. I've built simpler and more effective layouts after this, perhaps take a look at my how to making a layout for complete beginners series. Generally you will need three or four points depending on which end your track comes in. This one used four right hand points with single straights and some bits of old Lima track. Consider buying second hand track and points as this can half the cost but buy Peco not Hornby as they are much more effective for shunting layouts. I don't have the layout any more and never draw track plans, sorry my layouts evolve rather than being designed. I have loads of videos on different shunting layouts so maybe take a look at them? Anything else just ask
Every so often i've got to toss some kind of diorama or micro "layout" together , just to keep my model railroading sanity . ... 👌 Like that plug-in Fiddle Yard
First video i have seen in a few weeks Chaps..We had to have our dog put to sleep and are now settling in a 9 month old Jack Russell/Patterdale terrier crossbreed.....It means mega Busy !!!!!!! Enjoyed your vid as always....Need to catch up on your others..Cheers..Ade
Nice one Mike.just a quick update one my shelf layout my brother has given me his new zealand railway rollingstock wagons they are 1.64 scale resin and diecast kits he made over 15 year's ago a early Xmas presant cheers Bruce
Really great work. In a nation where housing has otherwise deminished the ability to carry on with this hobby, you have some amazing ideas to combat this.
@@BudgetModelRailways as a result of your inspiration, I have "created" a winter winderland scene on a board; so that finally I have fulfilled the dream to have a OO guage track round a Christmas tree!!! Very simple with 8x 1st radius double curve track!
@@BudgetModelRailways Never too late! Got my children to dress the tree, then added the scene when they werent looking as a surprise! Local Timber yard cut 80cm by 80 cm mdf. Added insulation as snow; rolled up polystyrene on backing paper from diy. Tacked down track and created the scenery. Lemax sell all types of xmas themed accesories including trees with snow...!
I have a suggestion for 3-D printing. A housing that would hold the device that connects the NCE DCC PowerCab to the track. It would be nice to be able to use the NCE without having to mount that piece of hardware to a layout.
Please can you do some update videos on this as I am restricted on space also and have a taken the basic layout idea you have but added another siding. I'd really like to see how this one looks from start to finish. Im forever going back through the channel re-watching videos for ideas and tips!!
Thanks for sharing, I'm planning something similar myself based on part of the Madder Valley railway layout, check it out it's a great layout one of the first if not the first to be built. By the way as a money conscious modeller are you aware that some companies do free downloads of brick paper and the like, once downloaded you can print as many copies as you like no need to ever buy brick paper again? Thanks keep up the good work.
I wonder if there was a way to attach 2 completely different wooden sections in order to make a small quasi-modular setup there. Micro-layouts are a favorite due to how much one can put in a small place.
You really have inspired me to get back into this great hobby again.I was almost put off by cost after watching someone on here planning a layout and talking about spending £10k..thanks to you and Doug you have shown me there are other better ways to enjoy it.Great video as always.
So glad we could help
Reminds me of a layout you showed in a Peco track plan? magazine a few months ago. Nice to see it come to life. It’s amazing that a simple shunting layout can occupy so much time without being repetitive. Thanks for the ideas. ✌🏾
Thanks for watching
Love the thought you put into the back story, can’t wait to see it finished!
I like how your able to come up with very simple but somewhat amazing Layout Designs! Looking forward to more Videos on the Layout!
James :)
Thanks James
Hi Mike, impressed with this micro shunting layout & would love to make it myself. I’ve acquired a few goods wagons & will need to buy a loco. I need also to purchase the track. Being a total novice could you break down the exact track plan, so I could buy what’s needed & have a go please? Thanks Mike👍
Hi thanks. I've built simpler and more effective layouts after this, perhaps take a look at my how to making a layout for complete beginners series. Generally you will need three or four points depending on which end your track comes in. This one used four right hand points with single straights and some bits of old Lima track. Consider buying second hand track and points as this can half the cost but buy Peco not Hornby as they are much more effective for shunting layouts. I don't have the layout any more and never draw track plans, sorry my layouts evolve rather than being designed. I have loads of videos on different shunting layouts so maybe take a look at them? Anything else just ask
Another winner, Mike. Can't wait to see how this one turns out.
I'm hoping to actually finish this one ! I've just started working on the station building
Just remember...getting there isn't half the fun - it's all the fun!
I like the fact that you have included the wiring, as I think that this is what people find most confusing. I know I do.
Every so often i've got to toss some kind of diorama or micro "layout" together , just to keep my model railroading sanity .
... 👌 Like that plug-in Fiddle Yard
First video i have seen in a few weeks Chaps..We had to have our dog put to sleep and are now settling in a 9 month old Jack Russell/Patterdale terrier crossbreed.....It means mega Busy !!!!!!! Enjoyed your vid as always....Need to catch up on your others..Cheers..Ade
Sorry to hear about your dog, but have fun with the terrier!
Nice one Mike.just a quick update one my shelf layout my brother has given me his new zealand railway rollingstock wagons they are 1.64 scale resin and diecast kits he made over 15 year's ago a early Xmas presant cheers Bruce
Would like to see the shunting puzzle in operation. Keep 'em coming!
We will at some point make a video on operating it with trains running to show how much potential and variety there is even in such a small layout
I'm going to take your idea for one of my projects. Well conceived, and well done.
Thanks
Really great work. In a nation where housing has otherwise deminished the ability to carry on with this hobby, you have some amazing ideas to combat this.
Thanks that's one of our aims
@@BudgetModelRailways as a result of your inspiration, I have "created" a winter winderland scene on a board; so that finally I have fulfilled the dream to have a OO guage track round a Christmas tree!!! Very simple with 8x 1st radius double curve track!
Excellent so glad we could help. You did better than us we planned a winter layout under our tree but ran out of time
@@BudgetModelRailways Never too late! Got my children to dress the tree, then added the scene when they werent looking as a surprise! Local Timber yard cut 80cm by 80 cm mdf. Added insulation as snow; rolled up polystyrene on backing paper from diy. Tacked down track and created the scenery. Lemax sell all types of xmas themed accesories including trees with snow...!
Thank you, another great video. These are much appreciated!
Thanks for watching
you are such a good guy and i would donate 2000$ to u if i had the money so keep up the good work
Great. The budget model railways we are used to☺. Thank you
Thanks for watching
the crane is nice where did you get it?
Its an old Hornby one of my late fathers from the 1970's
Some really good ideas there, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching
Excellent as always.
It inspires me to do similar in N gauge and use a similar space
You could get a lot more in with N, though it's harder to shunt with N
Budget Model Railways ..Curious, what makes shunting with n gauge a bit harder from your experience?
I have a suggestion for 3-D printing. A housing that would hold the device that connects the NCE DCC PowerCab to the track. It would be nice to be able to use the NCE without having to mount that piece of hardware to a layout.
Great idea for me to try some stock in 00 /HO on a small layout. At present I model N gauge. 👍👍😎
Thanks, that was one of my aims, to show that everyone has enough space to run something
Very interesting.......thank you.....
Please can you do some update videos on this as I am restricted on space also and have a taken the basic layout idea you have but added another siding. I'd really like to see how this one looks from start to finish.
Im forever going back through the channel re-watching videos for ideas and tips!!
I'm hoping to get an update out Tommorow as there have been some changes
Nice Video
I've got a model railway in progess and this has given me some ideas.
Brilliant.
Thanks for sharing, I'm planning something similar myself based on part of the Madder Valley railway layout, check it out it's a great layout one of the first if not the first to be built. By the way as a money conscious modeller are you aware that some companies do free downloads of brick paper and the like, once downloaded you can print as many copies as you like no need to ever buy brick paper again? Thanks keep up the good work.
3DK are particularly good
Excellent as always,......are you planning any n gauge 3D items yet?
It will be a while I'm afraid
Curious to know if you’ve ever built an Inglenook?
Not in the purest sense, but I have built quite a lot of shunting layouts
Thank you to you both for all the superb content. Your channel is the first place I go for inspiration.
Thanks for your support
very nice
where did you get the pug in the intro ???
£20 from Eastbourne Models and Hobbies
Any plans for the 10k subscriber mark?
We are giving away a free Hornby 0-4-0 to one lucky subscriber
@@BudgetModelRailways Oh nice!
I wonder if there was a way to attach 2 completely different wooden sections in order to make a small quasi-modular setup there. Micro-layouts are a favorite due to how much one can put in a small place.
I'm sure there are several ways of achieving that, nice idea