Going for an 8ft by 4ft in our roof space, could maybe have pushed for more space but we still need some storage space.


Since got the top screwed down and the holes filled in as well as hiding the screws with polyfilla so it all needs a sand now. Had to cut the top into four slices unfortunately to get the thing into the roof space which was disappointing. A quick go with SCARM to give me an idea of what i wanted. I had three prerequisites. 1) had to have a tunnel. 2) had to go round and round and round. 3) had to have at least two lines for running in opposite directions.


All the new track I ordered came today also, but haven't had a chance to get it laid out on the top though. I do have a few boxes of old bis and peices that i inherited but its not up to much and has lots or rusted fishplates and broken sleepers. next problem is working out how I need to wire the lot together.
Ive decided im going to run off DCC, makes sense plus it gives me control via PC further down the line, which is my end goal. this is very new to me so its been a steep learning curve, mechatronics/electronics are not something i have any experience in. to help Ive since got a Hornby Select and Hornby Accessory decoder to run everything but ive not had much success with my first dive into DCC. Having converted an old Lima Class 87 with a Hornby 8 pin chip i thought i was set but it refuses to acknowledge any commands i give it other than which direction to go in and emergency stop which cuts power. not so good, so ive bought another dcc ready dmu that i can then stick another 8 pin chip i have into and see what happens. more reading needed in the mean time!