What dimesions have this layout?

I live in the US and model in American Flyer S-gauge. But I find your videos very useful. The ideas and budget concepts are easily adapted. Keep the info "rolling".

Considering something similar with some vintage Tri-ang rolling stock and Lima diesels I am gathering. What track did you use for this build? Peco flexi code 100? Thanks

Pleased you painted the track and ballasted it, weathered too, turns a toy into a model...Bachmann/Farish scenecraft do very good N gauge figures..

Thanks for the video Mike, are you going too build this completely or just too show us how its works. Loved the idea of this one too.Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and Doug!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧

Nice layout like the trams.

What number are the turn outs and where can you get small wagons for pocket line?

Just in case you needed a nudge. I for one are looking forward to seeing the Japanese layout. Cheers

Talks about model harbour with seagull sounds in the background… 😉 Looking forward to seeing this one! 😊

For those of us living in the 21st century that's 559mm x 279mm.🙂 You're welcome.

Not sure which is better - that the tide is in because its thin board (lol) or the seagull singing in the background for the dock layout as filming. Love the concept and creativity as always, look forward to seeing how this goes and a fresh new concept being seaside / dock theme. Thanks to your videos have my first bundle of on sale Tomix N rolling stock fresh for new year project. Watching from AUS and 35 degrees (things dry in your hand before you can think about sticking it down).

Great little N gauge layout in a box, love the idea!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧

Great little layout for someone!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧

Looking very good. Love the transportability of the layout.

Awesome video! Regarding the thumb, this may sound silly but a cheap pair of hose or v-grip pliers do wonders for caps and knobs when you have joint pain. Im in my late 20s with early joint issues and have zero shame using my water pump pliers for anything from oil and coolant caps at work to caps on drinks.

Hi Mike Thanks for posting about your new Motorbike layout. For what its worth here are some things.... For trams with goods these might perhaps be interesting: Camborne and Redruth The Sospel to Menton Tramway Revisited (Chemins de Fer de Provence 51) Kinver light railway Railways by Stuart Marshall with inspiration from Kinver (and others I think): Brooks bridge Lambton & Verdane Regis Tramway And dare I mention tram on a ferry... Tram on a ferry to Kulosaari in Helsinki Is worth having a look for. And lastly the layout Shellsea Harbour. A light railway which has a similar track plan ish. Two locos are used to shunt and turn trains which might be of interest.

Definitely ground breakers you guys

Nice and greetingsfromDownunder. Did you mention the dimensions of your baseboard, including the backscene? If so, I'll have to rewatch the video. BTW, I am loving the series on the Japanese outline layout.

Manchester had goods delivery. Somewhere I have a book, ' The Manchester Tram'. More anon.

I really like that track setup you got going on there

Cool small layout. You almost have enough spurs or an Inglenook layout puzzle.

What fun - I can't see how on earth that huge layout will fit into that little box! I know it will fit, and am prepared to be amazed. I presume it's N gauge?

Again, another great concept that will blast the big layout myth and, using the BMR formula, done without breaking the bank.

Another intriguing idea for a small layout! You mentioned a battery-powered controller. I wonder if you can get the Rokuhan controllers in the UK. I got one for Z scale, since that's what they're built for, but they can power a small N scale layout. They take batteries in addition to house current, and the connector they use that sends power to the track is compatible with Kato track connectors. I thought I'd give it a mention in case you hadn't heard of them before. Best of luck with this and the Japanese layout!

Great layout idea but if you're going as a tram/loco layout might I suggest Tomix track as they do a tram track ready to go rather than trying to build up to rail level with I'm guessing card and then trying to get the track insert to work between the rails, I know I go on about Tomix track but I've found it works, if you go on KZbin and look up Gallney Island Transport or my name you'll find a unfinished tramway layout I built many years ago to prove a point about using the tram as a switch in two rail use as it had been done rather successfully in 00 with overhead wire and both rails as returns, someone asked at an exhibition about doing it in two rail and I had to have a think about it

This is going to be great, really enjoy your problem solving methods. Looking forward to more updates on this and the Japanese inspired layout.

Thanks for sharing as ever. Where will you be exhibiting your large Japanese layout? Best wishes

Anchors away! Another great idea. I look forward to seeing this completed!

what track are you using Atlas? or Peco? which code?

That's going to be a really interesting layout. The steeple cab locos plus trams makes me think of the Salzburger Lokalbahn in Austria

Hello, great video,this looks ideal for the motorbike,can't wait to see the progress on this layout.

Blackpool had a steeple-cab locomotive to haul coal wagons. The vehicle still exists, now in preservation at Crich, Derbyshire. Another interesting video.

This is good advice, thank you but I'm sorry, Hornby should be releasing products ready to go out of the box, not things you have to tweak

Another good looking layout ( Your shed or storage cupboard must be full to the brim with layouts by now!). Will be interested to see how you join the boards together electrically - are you just going to use fishplates or connecting wires underneath? I do like the japanese layout, especially as Kato are reliable and reasonably priced. I should imagine the only limitation is finding suitable japanese buildings as the Peco / Metcalfe ranges look rather "British"? Keep up the great work , your videos are always inspiring and above all showing that you dont have to spend loads of cash to enjoy the hobby.

In america the north shore line near Chicago had trams for passenger service and a couple large locomotives for freight

Always enjoy your quality videos

It'll be nice to see you have another go at a harbour layout! I did a small harbour inglenook in a boxfile in N inspired by some of your content! Also just a side note I've seen a few UK stock popping up on Ebay as runners for around the £50 mark preowned. Not sure how they stand up but was interesting to see!

That's a shame, i like your Japanese layout, looking forward to all your layouts!

Fantastic, as always. I am about to start a new N layout, last one was 20 years ago. I am going to use that track plan but I have 2ft by 7ft to play with so I am going to extend it to get 2 stations and a scenic run at the back. 👍

Armchair expert here. Can you show us a service on one of those locos, using WD-40?

what scale is this? something that has been preventing me from doing model railways is the space required, but like you say for something so small there is a lot of operating potential!

haha! one time i was soaked in oil like that locomotive and i ran a 30 second mile! jk love your videos you just got a new subscriber :)

Brilliant! Watched to the end as usual. Thanks for inspiration!

Another great one discovered as I go through the playlist! Keep them coming! I may not have heard you correctly, but I THOUGHT you said about the minimum Setrack radius on Peco N is 12 inches. I used a 9 inch radius piece as a template for producing that radius as the inner curve on my OO tramway (mentioned in the first post when I subscribed.) Now, the OO train brigade might thing that's impossibly tight for OO, but a four-wheeler tram will trot quite happily round (wait for it!) FIVE inch radius. Cheers! Pete

Kato's little engines are literally perfect for these layouts. Love how neatly you figured everything out, including that road section!

Former HO starting over with N here, after a few decades out of the hobby. This was helpful and was good info. Thanks!

Very inventive!!! 👍👍👍

Hello, everything looks great, it's great for a start, but there's one thing missing, in my opinion you didn't show how you connected the power cables and how you did it with the switch to switch the power to other tracks... so I'd like a video like that :) best regards

Always see something new here at Budget Model Railways, I watch all the way thru, sometimes twice! Thanks!!

Simple joy!