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Hey everyone....
Just thought I would introduce myself to everyone.
Im Jonathan, and I am about to start building my first ever layout, but in P4. Wish me luck wont you.
To be honest I wanted to build a P4 layout years ago, but I seem to remember there were a lot of issues with suppliers of p4 track etc, and althought I am more than looking forward to building the points/slips from kits, I wasn't too keen on building frogs etc from scratch, but now that a new company have come on the scene, I can't wait to get started... am busting at the seams !!
After an hour or so, trudging through the many books at the MotorBooks shop in London looking for specific inspiration for a layout, I came across a station called Parkend, which was on the Severn and Wye railway. It was a big mining town, with a bit of passenger traffic too so it will be able to cater for all tastes.
I reckon the final dimensions of the layout without fiddle yards is going to be around 4m x 65cm so will be on the larger side of things, but hopefully it will portray the openess of a country branch line.
I found an amazing discovery whilst looking for suitable baseboard construction methods. I found at IKEA a set of wooden slats made of beech, which interlock with each other to create draw dividers, but they will make a great and eventually sterdy base to place some 6mm MDFb when they are all glued together with strengthening brackets etc.
Well I shall leave you with this for now... but look forward to posting some pictures of the upcoming progress on Parkend.
Thankyou for reading..
Regards,
Jonathan
Just thought I would introduce myself to everyone.
Im Jonathan, and I am about to start building my first ever layout, but in P4. Wish me luck wont you.

To be honest I wanted to build a P4 layout years ago, but I seem to remember there were a lot of issues with suppliers of p4 track etc, and althought I am more than looking forward to building the points/slips from kits, I wasn't too keen on building frogs etc from scratch, but now that a new company have come on the scene, I can't wait to get started... am busting at the seams !!
After an hour or so, trudging through the many books at the MotorBooks shop in London looking for specific inspiration for a layout, I came across a station called Parkend, which was on the Severn and Wye railway. It was a big mining town, with a bit of passenger traffic too so it will be able to cater for all tastes.
I reckon the final dimensions of the layout without fiddle yards is going to be around 4m x 65cm so will be on the larger side of things, but hopefully it will portray the openess of a country branch line.
I found an amazing discovery whilst looking for suitable baseboard construction methods. I found at IKEA a set of wooden slats made of beech, which interlock with each other to create draw dividers, but they will make a great and eventually sterdy base to place some 6mm MDFb when they are all glued together with strengthening brackets etc.
Well I shall leave you with this for now... but look forward to posting some pictures of the upcoming progress on Parkend.
Thankyou for reading..
Regards,
Jonathan