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SL-93 is the crossover bit for the middle of Peco streamline points to give you a scissors. You will have to cut some flexi for the sides and it gives a wider spacing for the track than standard.

Two thoughts: 1. Have a lift out board so you can swap between either scene. You don't need to decide then. 2. Allotments are actually tricky things to model due to the variety of plants and vegetables. eg think about how you can model some runner beans or potatoes? That churchyard is quite a lot of...

One thing I would recommend considering is installing a velux roof light. Natural light makes a world of difference in how a space feels.

They are Hornby parts under the Hornby OO track library

SCARM also has a rather nifty feature where you can export the layout as a jpeg file. Go to File - Export then select jpeg from the drop down file type menu. Saves doing a screen dump.

What about using a crossover on your sidings - gives you a much smoother entry for shunting and doesn't change the points you need - just swaps them over.

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Don't just dismiss a fiddleyard as hidden storage. Once you get into the operation of your layout a fiddleyard acts as the rest of the world. This means trains enter and exit in the appropriate ways, they come from somewhere and go to somewhere. Without a fiddleyard your trains have nowhere to run f...

Most people don't scale real life locations exactly for 00. Basically you need to compress the location somewhat to get it to fit. So sidings, platform faces, etc all become that bit shorter - perhaps lose a siding or two if there are many. That kind of thing. So you end up with the same sort of mov...

Your sidings will be easier to shunt that way as well since they will be on a trailing point now. It is normal to drive on the left so your inner loop would normally operate anti-clockwise. Swapping the sidings means the loco won't have to run around to shunt them.

Chris You can't seriously suggest that as a possible track layout to build? Where would he put any station or industry or goods yard or anything? Also where can he store any stock or do any shunting - it is almost 100% running lines and run around loops. Often in model railways as regards track - le...

The R1s are the two R604 bends on the bottom two sidings immediately off the points.

If you have a double track oval it severely limits the siding space in the center of the board. If you go to a single oval then you can create more siding space either inside or outside the oval.

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Don't use R1 curves as it will limit what you can put on those sidings. You can generate more space by having an island platform (use R4s on the outer line at the top.) Currently your platforms look very close to the track. This will help get the room for the R2's as well. Alternatively use a low re...

One thing to be aware of is that the track has changed since the 1970's. You will probably find the old track is steel and the new is nickel silver. It is therefore likely that the old track will have rust spots, etc and will definitely need a good clean. In terms of your space if you can go wider t...

You need to be wary of those curved points for two reasons. Firstly they are notorious for derailing stock passing over them. Secondly the distance that you need to leave to clear them (ie if you have a train on the inner line and one passing on the outer) will make the length of train you can run v...