I almost gave up railway modeling because of the cost. Then I found your videos. Now I am modeling, I have become a hoarder of anything I can use for modeling and once again enjoying the hobby. Thank you
Awesome stuff! :-D This has given me a flashback. Do you remember when every year or so, a model railway magazine would do a segment called something like: "build a model railway layout for £100!" And the the builders would do things like, buy a pack of 5 tress for £20, but only use 2, then say "I've only used 2 trees so that only £8 spent". They did this where ever they could. They would end up spending closer to £250 or even £300! This really got on my nerves!!! Then one day I saw this segment that really did build a layout for £100. Including loco and stock! My 12 year old mind was blown!! :-D
I thought I was restricted in space with my N scale layout which is 6’x3’ ! The Maxime of keep it simple was never so true with this layout,it offers fun,a bit of escapism which is what all model railway modellers want. A truly great,great layout and honestly makes me think I should blow mine up and go back to basics again! Thank you!
I think this size of layout would be perfect for getting your child or grandchildren interested in the hobby and you could build it together how nice would that be ☺️ Paul
You've cracked it there Mike I can't really see how that could be improved with the constraints that you have set yourself, the coaches look the part too I like the "Apple Green and Custard" paintwork, very stylish.
Mike and Douglas, Another great layout build. This layout is deffinately a great example of what can be accomplished with minimal time and a few bits and bobs. Without a great outlay of funds or time. Guys NOT to become a nitpicker. I do see something missing. A boy and his dog standing on the hill in the shade watching the trains run by. A few Towne folk or workers ( 3 to 4 )would'nt hurt. All the best at the show and Take care.
I think the boy’s mother yelled for him to come home because his cousin from America was about to pour ketchup on haggis and eat it. The townspeople wanted to see that too!
Just goes to show that you can have fun with a small layout. This one looks really good and makes me want to do a micro. Big fan of the coaches and the colour scheme. Great work, Clint
Thank you. I was thinking about building a test track to service my trains that have been sat in the sed and to test electronic prototypes (I am an electronic engineer) and now I find I have been doing resurch on the S&DJR railway in order to create layouts on one sheet of 2X4 foot ply (or what ever the stupid metric measurments are in the UK at present!
I love it,how can anybody down vote this always amazes me! Its a really nice little setup.Well done and im very pleased you have found time to share this with us all.Regards,Michael.
We have a couple of serial dislikes who simply dislike every video when it comes out, we have become quite fond of them religiously watching every vid just to dislike it
@@gregpotter6957 Just find it sad really as thanks to Mike and Doug they have shown me loads through their videos.I am returning to this great interest after a 40 year break,i nearly was put off by a video by someone else on here,it started off ok...but he reckoned he needed to spend over £10.000 to build a layout.I havent that sort of money to spend,but these videos have shown me you dont need to spend big to enjoy making trains run.
He was just showing off, you hear them at exhibitions, its not about how much you spent its about how much fun you had, the two are usually in inverse proportion, the less you spend and the more you make yourself the more fun you have.
"Not a real model railway?" Of course it is! The problem with some people is that they are infected by an overblown sense of their own intellect! You've done a great job, Mike!
Great to see you do things out of the norm. When I did shows with our layout some 25 years ago we had a guy who built a layout n gauge on a wooden tea tray, another that was made 009 on a metal morning board in winter which was really good. So you don't need the biggest or fanciest so long as you enjoy what you have. Take care Rob yes I'm wrinkly railway man now,
Brilliant work and a nice little layout. Interested which railway would run the slug green livery lol. I like it. The definition of a model railway must have changed since I was a kid - always thought it was one or more locos running around a loop and /or sidings!
Really imaginative for such a small but very interesting layout. Well done. As for me? I am a high speed trains freak, into stations and tunnels! Some people never grow up!!!
Truly wonderful! I reckon if you added a few more details in the goods yard and to the station, the layout would look really really amazing. I love those coaches too. You guys never cease to amaze me with what you achieve in a small place. I have just moved to a new flat so I need all the space I can get, you guys are really giving me some great ideas. 😁
This reminds me of the Pallot Steam Museum on Jersey, whose line (when I visited) consisted of a tight oval of track with a station and 0-4-0 locomotive hauling short Victorian coaches. So not only is this definitely a model railway, it's actually pretty close to a real life heritage line. Actually, when I saw those coaches, I did think they look like exactly the sort of thing a heritage railway might build using a wagon chassis.
This is soo cute! I'm now building my layout just like this but hadding a bit of a Thomas the Tank Engine style to it :D Oh an idea, for the channel: a Thomas the Tank Engine based model railway :)
great job guys,looks great,love your freelance coaches,,along with the 040 loco these coaches would look great on a freelance light railway,maybe with a steampunk feel.jpj
I love this, going to do (eventually) something on a similar layout but building upwards , trains only visible via a valley with a tunnel each end with a hinged hidden purspex access hatch built in the side of scenery to deal with derailments and loco positioning . That way I can use the siding to switch points and swap the engine remotely to make it look like a background mainline, the railway being a side feature of the main diorama..will it happen probably not any time soon when it does I'll show the results! Awesome videos guys!
I think this really does highlight that anyone can have an 00 gauge layout. Who needs 009? Ha! Great work showing what can be done with limited space and money.
PS. Sadly as its neither DCC or a perfect recreation of an actual railway its unlikely that any of the magazines would cover it, they are only interested in innovation when its hi TEC and expensive.
This gives me inspiration to build something small like this, albeit a little longer, and only one siding. My problem will be the flexitrack, and my lack of patience. Will a Terrier go round at a push?
Hi. A terrier wouldn't go round mine, in fact to my surprise it wouldn't go round my 13in radius curves either.1st radius seems it's limit? Newer locos even 0-6-0s won't even go round 1st radius, it's a retrograde step
Very nice! Btw, the western side of Pulborough is still largely undeveloped: it might make a good home for the lbsc model and an outreach extension of Amberley. Where I ought to go to again . . . Best wishes, John
Have you ever considered 3d printing wagon and coach chassis, I love the coaches but don't have chassis laying around, if I could buy both and just add wheels I definitely would
Sorry I meant fingers crossed for luck. OK the smallest easy layout is to use 1st radius set track, this would approx 90cm by 1mtr as its 75cm radius circle. Flexible track would enable you to go much smaller than this down to approx 50cm but it is more fiddly to do, but we have a video in this series how to do it. If you look at our more recent videos I have built one a bit smaller using very old set track but that is hard to find. Anything we can do to help please just ask us
I like this layout, I have 1 a similar size. Some of the Hornby GWR Pannier tanks have flangeless wheels and may go around those curves. Have you tried any? Also intrigued into future 3d printed projects.
@@BudgetModelRailways From my angle it just looked like they were robbing you of about half inch which seemed to be as about as much as the engine was overhanging. I do like those coaches too.
By making a hole in the backdrop and adding another switch and a piece of rail going through the backdrop you could have a one track fiddle yard which would greatly improve your operation ability without adding much cost.
Can you do a tutorial of how to use a 3-D printer and including the software of using the printer to make stuff and can you also buy foam to make a whole layout foam should be cheap then would and have a awesome day
Hi Philip here me and my girlfriend like your small 00 scale train layout I was thinking of doing my railway layout similar would that be ok let me know
A nice small layout, title "worlds smallest" though is completely wrong. We've all been to shows where there are excellent micro layouts also designed for their operation abilities.
I sold it some time ago but from memory it was 16in by about 2ft. OO 0-4-0 locos will be ok but wagons will need to be short wheel base with only one coupling hook per two wagons. Whilst locos will go even smaller radi , the wagons won't as you get coupling) buffer lock. An alternative is to use Kato 6in radius N gauge track and the N gauge pocket line range
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I almost gave up railway modeling because of the cost. Then I found your videos. Now I am modeling, I have become a hoarder of anything I can use for modeling and once again enjoying the hobby. Thank you
Awesome stuff! :-D
This has given me a flashback. Do you remember when every year or so, a model railway magazine would do a segment called something like: "build a model railway layout for £100!" And the the builders would do things like, buy a pack of 5 tress for £20, but only use 2, then say "I've only used 2 trees so that only £8 spent". They did this where ever they could. They would end up spending closer to £250 or even £300! This really got on my nerves!!! Then one day I saw this segment that really did build a layout for £100. Including loco and stock! My 12 year old mind was blown!! :-D
Tiny space, great ideas !That's what I like here. And your passenger coaches are pretty.
Thanks Oliveier
I thought I was restricted in space with my N scale layout which is 6’x3’ ! The Maxime of keep it simple was never so true with this layout,it offers fun,a bit of escapism which is what all model railway modellers want. A truly great,great layout and honestly makes me think I should blow mine up and go back to basics again! Thank you!
Thanks
Thanks for the very kind compliments
Charming. I love it. With DCC you’d be running two trains. The coaches are marvelous.
I think this size of layout would be perfect for getting your child or grandchildren interested in the hobby and you could build it together how nice would that be ☺️
Paul
You've cracked it there Mike I can't really see how that could be improved with the constraints that you have set yourself, the coaches look the part too I like the "Apple Green and Custard" paintwork, very stylish.
Thanks, I'm really happy with it
Great to see the final layout..simplicity is the key rather than overcrowding....
That's amazing! Its crazy how such a small layout can fit so much stuff. Great work! 👍
Mike and Douglas, Another great layout build.
This layout is deffinately a great example of what can be accomplished with minimal time and a few bits and bobs. Without a great outlay of funds or time. Guys NOT to become a nitpicker. I do see something missing. A boy and his dog standing on the hill in the shade watching the trains run by.
A few Towne folk or workers ( 3 to 4 )would'nt hurt.
All the best at the show and Take care.
I am going to add people, I just ran out of time
I think the boy’s mother yelled for him to come home because his cousin from America was about to pour ketchup on haggis and eat it. The townspeople wanted to see that too!
Just goes to show that you can have fun with a small layout. This one looks really good and makes me want to do a micro. Big fan of the coaches and the colour scheme. Great work, Clint
Thanks a lot
Thank you.
I was thinking about building a test track to service my trains that have been sat in the sed and to test electronic prototypes (I am an electronic engineer) and now I find I have been doing resurch on the S&DJR railway in order to create layouts on one sheet of 2X4 foot ply (or what ever the stupid metric measurments are in the UK at present!
Great little layout. Looks really good and as you said, you can either watch it go round or shunt in it.
Awesome work!
Thanks
I love it,how can anybody down vote this always amazes me! Its a really nice little setup.Well done and im very pleased you have found time to share this with us all.Regards,Michael.
We have a couple of serial dislikes who simply dislike every video when it comes out, we have become quite fond of them religiously watching every vid just to dislike it
@@BudgetModelRailways weirdos! ;)
You have to feel sorry for them really, it must be miserable to be that negative about something so many others get enjoyment from!
@@gregpotter6957 Just find it sad really as thanks to Mike and Doug they have shown me loads through their videos.I am returning to this great interest after a 40 year break,i nearly was put off by a video by someone else on here,it started off ok...but he reckoned he needed to spend over £10.000 to build a layout.I havent that sort of money to spend,but these videos have shown me you dont need to spend big to enjoy making trains run.
He was just showing off, you hear them at exhibitions, its not about how much you spent its about how much fun you had, the two are usually in inverse proportion, the less you spend and the more you make yourself the more fun you have.
Hi Mike & Douglas. Amazing this is a great little layout it would be great for any young ones coming into modelling. Well done. Regards George.....
Those coaches are great!
You cut right to the chase. I love your work. It looks fun to build and fun to operate and the whole thing gets going really quickly. :-)
Thanks, it went down really well at the exhibition
"Not a real model railway?" Of course it is! The problem with some people is that they are infected by an overblown sense of their own intellect! You've done a great job, Mike!
Thanks for your support
Great to see you do things out of the norm. When I did shows with our layout some 25 years ago we had a guy who built a layout n gauge on a wooden tea tray, another that was made 009 on a metal morning board in winter which was really good. So you don't need the biggest or fanciest so long as you enjoy what you have. Take care Rob yes I'm wrinkly railway man now,
Thanks Rob, I agree you don't need a lot of space or money even in OO
Those coaches look beautiful
Brilliant work and a nice little layout. Interested which railway would run the slug green livery lol. I like it. The definition of a model railway must have changed since I was a kid - always thought it was one or more locos running around a loop and /or sidings!
cutest little train set out there
cheers m8!
Thanks
The curves are really sharp lol (my 390 would never get round them 😅), cool vid 👍
This is looking very nice mate, you guys have done a great job with this one
Best regards Andrew from Down under
Really imaginative for such a small but very interesting layout. Well done.
As for me? I am a high speed trains freak, into stations and tunnels! Some people never grow up!!!
No one should ever grow up!
Truly wonderful! I reckon if you added a few more details in the goods yard and to the station, the layout would look really really amazing. I love those coaches too. You guys never cease to amaze me with what you achieve in a small place. I have just moved to a new flat so I need all the space I can get, you guys are really giving me some great ideas. 😁
Thanks Tim, its not quite finished yet it needs some people and cars etc
...beautiful little layout, and it looks good! thanks for the inspiration 👌
I have just started on another, video due out today. Glad you liked it
This reminds me of the Pallot Steam Museum on Jersey, whose line (when I visited) consisted of a tight oval of track with a station and 0-4-0 locomotive hauling short Victorian coaches. So not only is this definitely a model railway, it's actually pretty close to a real life heritage line.
Actually, when I saw those coaches, I did think they look like exactly the sort of thing a heritage railway might build using a wagon chassis.
Another great little railway well done to you both. Love the coaches i am very tempted, might even steal your cloud sceme!
Looks fantastic! I love the coaches :D
Looks very nice. Neat and tidy little layout small but perfectly formed ;-)
Oh, the activity bursts. I do my work in 15-20 minute increments. Only way to not get yelled at!
So true lol
What a lovely little layout
What a perfect model railway layout, one of your best!
Thanks mate
Great layout love the idea wish I could do this will be ordering next kits soon
Wow!!, Great stuff. Layout is looking loverly. I may even try and do the same but in n-gauge.
Sweet little layout 👍
Very kind thanks
what a great little layout very cute
Looking good Mike. Regards Kev.
Looks awesome. Brilliant progress 👍
This is soo cute! I'm now building my layout just like this but hadding a bit of a Thomas the Tank Engine style to it :D Oh an idea, for the channel: a Thomas the Tank Engine based model railway :)
Wow that looks amazing you have made so much progress
Nice work.
great job guys,looks great,love your freelance coaches,,along with the 040 loco these coaches would look great on a freelance light railway,maybe with a steampunk feel.jpj
Looks fantastic, great video!
that looks fantastic i think i should build a layout that small myself!
This would be an excellent introduction for young children into the world of model railways. Cheers Greg
So simple and effective, that's the beauty of it
Thanks
I love this, going to do (eventually) something on a similar layout but building upwards , trains only visible via a valley with a tunnel each end with a hinged hidden purspex access hatch built in the side of scenery to deal with derailments and loco positioning . That way I can use the siding to switch points and swap the engine remotely to make it look like a background mainline, the railway being a side feature of the main diorama..will it happen probably not any time soon when it does I'll show the results! Awesome videos guys!
Very kind thanks. Take a look at our market town layout videos for a similar idea
@@BudgetModelRailways Just sponging up info and ideas currently.. will check out all your videos for sure..keep up your great work and passion 👍
Thanks for the support
Looking really good!
Do you think you could 3d design and print a brake coach body for the standard hornby 4 wheel coach chassis?
We have a plan to make some guards Windows to insert in the existing Windows to convert the standard coach into a brake coach
@@BudgetModelRailways ,awesome I look forward to seeing them.
I think this really does highlight that anyone can have an 00 gauge layout. Who needs 009? Ha!
Great work showing what can be done with limited space and money.
Many thanks. I'm in the process of building a slightly larger version, as per our latest videos
Wow....That is truly brilliant !!..Love it....Ade
It does indeed epitomise what BMR is all about. Perhaps call it Budgette or something similar! ;-)
I think it looks fantastic.....
What a fantastic layout! You should try your small Steam Tram on there to see how it works out! Otherwise, great video! 👍
Outstanding as always!
Just fantastic, the landscaping is great here, plenty of atmosphere for such a small space. This is magazine worthy. What are the overall dimensions?
Thats very kind thanks. Its only 2.5ft by 15.5in so a lot smaller than the supposed 6x4ft min usually quoted!
PS. Sadly as its neither DCC or a perfect recreation of an actual railway its unlikely that any of the magazines would cover it, they are only interested in innovation when its hi TEC and expensive.
Excellent, some great tips and ideas for us all.
This gives me inspiration to build something small like this, albeit a little longer, and only one siding. My problem will be the flexitrack, and my lack of patience. Will a Terrier go round at a push?
Hi. A terrier wouldn't go round mine, in fact to my surprise it wouldn't go round my 13in radius curves either.1st radius seems it's limit? Newer locos even 0-6-0s won't even go round 1st radius, it's a retrograde step
Cracking little layout, I think a nice little peckett would be a great loco for this layout, if you can find one.
A bit pricey for our budget but a nice idea
@@BudgetModelRailways I got one for a bargain 50% off 2nd hand at £50 so a little shopping round and you may get lucky.
Very nice! Btw, the western side of Pulborough is still largely undeveloped: it might make a good home for the lbsc model and an outreach extension of Amberley. Where I ought to go to again . . .
Best wishes,
John
All the 3d printed stuff you guys do are awesome, what brand printer do you use? They work wonders!
love it, i'm 43 and I want to play with it! :)
Its just a fun layout alround
Have you ever considered 3d printing wagon and coach chassis, I love the coaches but don't have chassis laying around, if I could buy both and just add wheels I definitely would
Its not the chassis thats the problem, difficult as they are to get the wheels to run smooth, its the couplings which are 3 quid each!
I love this!
Thanks
I don’t know if you’ve already answered this a some point but what 3D printer do you use
Hi what length do you cut the flexi track curves for this layout? Great videos😊
Sorry I don't know I just cut it too size in situ
Nice layout
Great stuff! Love it!
Well done! Is that a snack tray the layout is sitting on (or TV tray as we call them here)?
Its a little folding table that I got 2nd hand for 2 pounds
Nice what 3d printers do you have ? Many thanks
How did u get the corners so tight what track did u use?
Flexible track and everything crossed !!
Budget Model Railways how was everything crossed?
Budget Model Railways this is my first layout i am 12 and i need to make the smallest layout for oo gauge posible
Sorry I meant fingers crossed for luck. OK the smallest easy layout is to use 1st radius set track, this would approx 90cm by 1mtr as its 75cm radius circle. Flexible track would enable you to go much smaller than this down to approx 50cm but it is more fiddly to do, but we have a video in this series how to do it. If you look at our more recent videos I have built one a bit smaller using very old set track but that is hard to find. Anything we can do to help please just ask us
Budget Model Railways thanks just wondering is 3rd radius curves the tightest corners on set track or is that 1st radius?
Content not size..wonderful
I like this layout, I have 1 a similar size. Some of the Hornby GWR Pannier tanks have flangeless wheels and may go around those curves. Have you tried any?
Also intrigued into future 3d printed projects.
Brilliant!
Like the livery, the same as the LNER used on its 1930's tourist coaches!!
Thanks for the info
Look s great
greatgreatgreat!
I really want to make a model railway like this.
Interesant
Great
You would gain a bit of space changing the buffer stops. Would help with 'space' at the points.
I did toy with the idea bytes the siding are long enough for my needs
@@BudgetModelRailways From my angle it just looked like they were robbing you of about half inch which seemed to be as about as much as the engine was overhanging.
I do like those coaches too.
It's a model,
It has a working railway on it.
it's a model railway!
By making a hole in the backdrop and adding another switch and a piece of rail going through the backdrop you could have a one track fiddle yard which would greatly improve your operation ability without adding much cost.
True, but it would make it bigger which would defeat the point of the layout
Where do you get the switches cause I can't find any cheap ones
In the UK I get them second hand from shows, eBay and a shop called classic rail. He does ship to the US so might be worth taking a look
@@BudgetModelRailways thank you for the info im starting with the hobby and look at a lot of your video's
the problem with eBay is where i live (belguim) cause not too many people have ho/oo trains here
Try contacting classic rail, postage to the EU is pretty cheap
The coach livery is verry similar to the kyle of lochalsh line mk1s and mk2s
How much was the total cost?
Less than 20 pounds as it was all second hand and recycled. I built the station and goods shed myself so they were very cheap
so clever things
why wuld you find an hor hard to fit in to work on layou.i sometimes spend 12 hours a day working on my garden railway
@@rob235ioa1 because when I made this I was working full time, had a child, a marriage, and was volunteering 12-20 hours a week with the ACF!
@@BudgetModelRailways But railways come before anything or anyone else !!
Can you do a tutorial of how to use a 3-D printer and including the software of using the printer to make stuff and can you also buy foam to make a whole layout foam should be cheap then would and have a awesome day
Foam board is not that cheap especially one you have bought ply to support it
After thinking I realized you could do a figure 8 ?
It's too small probably
Hi Philip here me and my girlfriend like your small 00 scale train layout I was thinking of doing my railway layout similar would that be ok let me know
Feel free to copy whatever you like
A nice small layout, title "worlds smallest" though is completely wrong. We've all been to shows where there are excellent micro layouts also designed for their operation abilities.
In N gauge not OO or HO, so this is the smallest OO I've ever seen
Hi. Sorry if it’s mentioned and I kissed it, what are the dimensions of this layout? I’m hoping to fit something like this in my coffee table 🙂
I sold it some time ago but from memory it was 16in by about 2ft. OO 0-4-0 locos will be ok but wagons will need to be short wheel base with only one coupling hook per two wagons. Whilst locos will go even smaller radi , the wagons won't as you get coupling) buffer lock. An alternative is to use Kato 6in radius N gauge track and the N gauge pocket line range
@@BudgetModelRailways thanks so much. I’m thinking N Ishtar be the way to go. I’m working with about 14inch x 3 feet.
@@andyfox7107 take a look at Kato unitrack , traintrax is a good online company for it. They make a 6in radius curve
“Slug and Custer.”
I’ll take 10.
Just need to design a 4 wheel brake coach and you'll be well away!
The last coach is a brake coach with a guards compartment
Again simplicity...
Looks good but if your custard is that colour something’s gone very wrong.
Lol
Couldn't you just used Hornby's four wheeled coaches?
No they are too long to go round the curves