This is the first of my recently finished baseboards and the first for track laying. This is a pointless layout, as a space saving sector plate is used. All track is Peco BH flexible type, and for this track plan I only used four track joiners. The track was glued down with superglue with steel weights holding it until dry – no pins for me!

I am not 100% sure of what this layout will become, maybe a BR 50/60’s goods yard, shunting plank or perhaps an industrial layout of some sort. When you only have a scenic area of 4′ x 18″, the track plan really dictates itself. To help all the track to be level and correctly spaced I cut my own spacers, a photo appears in the below photos. Yes I could have found space for one small radius point, but it would have made a very cramped scene and scenic to track would in my opinion would not make a good balance.

No isolating sections required as the layout will be DCC and Sound. Any shunting will be carried out by the ‘sprat and winkle’ system, but using the 4mm variety not the ungainly 7mm ones.

I have purchased the 4mm MDF boards for the backscene, but I am just working out what height and whether to add a ‘photographic scene’

All the track was laid in two hours, between the light rain showers!