Completely new to the whole model railway thing, so we are going to build a shelf layout and see how we go!

Never done anything “handy” before (electronics aside) so had no tools at all, understanding that I would need wood and something to hold it together, off to B&Q we went.



Snook it in under the wife's nose to get out of the rain (yes its MDF)



We aren’t too far from Hatton’s so all into the car, I felt quite sorry for the guy who got us as customers, He didn’t say it but you could tell he was thinking “just by a starter set already!"



Just missing a controller thingy, so spent a few hours researching on MRF (great next day service from Bromsgrove Models).



I had considered going ‘N’ gauge when this all started! Glad we went ‘OO’



Decoder installed



First loco running!




Having a blast thus far, track planning next!