QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 2 Sep 2008, 06:35)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>You would have to use special track connectors as the Hornby and Peco are code 100 and Tillig is code 83.
But don't buy them! To join code 100 to code 83 just remove the top parts of half a code 100 rail joiner, and solder on half a code 83 joiner. (For code 100 to 75, you crush half of the code 100 joiner, and solder on half a code 75 joiner.)
QUOTE (Kimbo @ 2 Sep 2008, 08:06)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Linked to this Tillig question: Are the cross-overs and switches all do-it-yourself or do they have read-made ones?
In the end for a first-timer is Tillig still a good choice, or it is better to settle on a Peco track, or another brand?
Tillig have both ready made pointwork and kit build options available. Tilling appears to offer the most accurate RTR HO track representing European practise currently available, but someone with better current knowledge of HO may know better. (And there is some excellent choice in their range for integration of narrow gauge and standard gauge.) If I was modelling European HO it would be my choice: like any track system you will have to learn how to get the best out of it, both by exchanging experience with others, and by personal practice. It may not be as simple as Peco, but if you want something that looks more like the prototype...