Hello all,
Very interesting to read the above, that Bentley is amazing, had no idea that such kits were available, very well done indeed.
I used to take a 12ft 0 Gauge model railway layout to shows, it was on two boards, I'm an independent modeller and after dodging up and down it for a day and then driving sometimes 100 miles there and back I was tired.
Having looked for ages at Carl Arendt's site
https://www.carendt.com/ I decided to make an 0 Gauge micro layout, 55" x 18" taking up Carl's challenge for a working layout in max 4 sq ft.
I looked at the Inglenook idea, I like shunting but thought it too boring for me.
This was what I came up with after a few weeks doodling, similar but with a 3 road traverser and a two road loco release. This made things quite complex and saved about 4 points and a crossover.
This is an aerial view
Track made from 00 gauge rail glued to card sleepers, point made on copperclad strips and the low relief buildings from photographs taken in Sheffield.
Cheers - J