I have posted some of this information online on various groups but to be honest like many modellers or model train enthusiasts and collectors, my layout is in my head but I am letting some ideas come out as follows.

Having tried OO and N gauges my first layout board was about four feet long and was a N gauge layout of Crianlarich Station built in a bedroom I thought it was nice wee layout but a change in my circumstances ment it had to go was given to a model railway club in Linwwood and went on to become part of a bigger layout by the Renfrew MRC. We tried a OO layout which hung from the spare bedroom ceiling, as fine but visitors were unsure when sleeping under it, it was dismantled while we redecorated the room it never went up after that.

I have pottered about with small test tracks as storage space is limited but that layout in my head wanted to come to fruition.

Through the wonders of the WWW there is many layouts that can be stored away easily and quickly set up again.

The track I eventually used was N gauge Kato easy to put together and dismantle on a kitchen table, great for grandchildren to play around with.

As for layouts I have tried N T track but found it too bulky had two triples and two corners which I built myself, enjoyed making them, but hard to store in my shed

My next venture was to have a go at N pocket modules and made enough to fill a banquet table although not as bulky as T Track still hard to store .

Both of above allowed me to run my N Gauge stock but only got as far as laying track and a wee bit of electronics, just pondered over doing the scenery which I never built .

Last year enjoyed watching a demonstration of the Kato circus modules at the Glasgow MRS then came across Hex Trax online my latest efforts would include my representative of Corrour Station on one side of a hex laid on a folding banquet table , was going to make the hex modules myself but cheaper to buy readymade from Train Trax but may have a go when weather gets better.

My attempt to make a West highland ish layout, the buildings will be removable in sections which will allow the Hex modules to be” played With .

The Layout Hex Modules are stored in a 35L really useful box and it only takes les than five minuets to assemble so I can have my trains running around on the table and SWHTBO is reasonably happy as it stores away easily and my layout in my head is slowly emerging . My hope is that each hex module can be worked on my desktop time will tell.

No matter what I can now let my trains out of storage and free of their boxes, I can run them easily in DC or DCC so far I have tested my fleet of DCC and they all seem to cope with the tight radius and the kato Y points its now time to make the bases for the buildings and platform.

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