Hi all - first post here and new to model railwaying (well, since I was a kid!)
We've bought a Virgin DCC set for our son for Christmas, plus another second hand DCC engine from his grandparents. Ain't he the lucky one?! Anyway, as is so often the case, space is tight so we've had to be quite creative with the layout.
We decided the best bet was to have a long straight along one wall in his room, which runs into a sort of circular section. The grand plan (or at least part 1 of it) is to be able to run the trains up and back on double track, then go either way round the circle. 6 points in all to allow the train to go around in the circle, or go back and then switch from one straight track on the double track section to the other.
Now, assuming I've managed to describe that coherantly, I'm imagining some of you are already shaking your heads! My initial reading on DCC essentially said "now you can design any layout you like without worry", which is what I did. But it was when I saw a Hornby DCC "reverse loop module" just now that I began to think... hold on, I thought I could do anything?! Why would I need one of those?
So as I can be prepared for the Christmas traumas, I'd love some advice! Will our layout work? Will it need some modifications or extra bits of kit / isolating things? Apologies for being so green!
PS - there looked like a relevent section to cover this in the DCC FAQ, but it was empty?
We've bought a Virgin DCC set for our son for Christmas, plus another second hand DCC engine from his grandparents. Ain't he the lucky one?! Anyway, as is so often the case, space is tight so we've had to be quite creative with the layout.
We decided the best bet was to have a long straight along one wall in his room, which runs into a sort of circular section. The grand plan (or at least part 1 of it) is to be able to run the trains up and back on double track, then go either way round the circle. 6 points in all to allow the train to go around in the circle, or go back and then switch from one straight track on the double track section to the other.
Now, assuming I've managed to describe that coherantly, I'm imagining some of you are already shaking your heads! My initial reading on DCC essentially said "now you can design any layout you like without worry", which is what I did. But it was when I saw a Hornby DCC "reverse loop module" just now that I began to think... hold on, I thought I could do anything?! Why would I need one of those?
So as I can be prepared for the Christmas traumas, I'd love some advice! Will our layout work? Will it need some modifications or extra bits of kit / isolating things? Apologies for being so green!
PS - there looked like a relevent section to cover this in the DCC FAQ, but it was empty?