[pacman]

Hi Guys,

After a break of some 25 years away from the hobby, my mid-life crisis gave me the option of buying a Porche, or re-kindling my age-old interest in Model Railways....and guess which won?

I have just stripped out the box room in our house, and have laid a board around the walls, and am now flat out in planning mode.

My aim is to get a double-loop (up and down lines) plus out and back branch line squeezed into a 7'6" square room in '00' gauge.

I have used Peco templates for designs so far, and it seems to be coming together.

I want to try and base the layout loosely on GWR around 1920-1940 ish (one of my favourite periods).

I am sure I will be tapping into the wealth of expertise of the guys on this forum.

All the best,

 

[pacman]

Thanks for the welcome Brian,

Already started in the debates... the discussion around DCC seems quite hot!! Personally, I am at that critical stage now of deciding Analogue or DCC, so this debate is very useful... I'm sure to get the guidance I need (and the entertainment

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Cheers,

 

[pacman]

QUOTE (Gwent rail @ 7 Aug 2006, 15:12) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>but they'll never get me into DCC. There's nothing that DCC can do that I can't do with wire and switches !! and mine is cheaper !!

Perhaps, but aside from a handful of engines, I am starting from scratch, and although I come from the Analogue stable, I am intrigued by DCC, and the potential of operating any of my engines anywhere on the layout without having to consider where the isolating sections are. Also, now maybe the ideal time to start DCC for me, since I am just about to lay track; if I set up now as Analogue (better the devil you know), it may be more difficult to convert to DCC later (trying to unisolate all those sections and sidings), and is it worth the effort of laying in all that wiring and isolating sections, if I can avoid this by going DCC? Hmm, choices choices.