Saturday, 4 October 2025

New narrow gauge railway layout - NG11 - The Pizza layout


With the IKEA Lack table firmly glued, it was time to add the Pizza track base. The ring was cut from MDF with my jigsaw and with a track centre of 600mm. I thought 600mm was about the minimum I could get away with without compromising performance of the Hornby 0-4-0 or 'Smokey Joe' chassis on the tight curve.


As you can see the track base just fits on the extended Lack side table.


I used small wooden blocks to raise the track ring as I wanted to have the groundwork extend below track level as well as above it. The wooden blocks and ring were glued and pinned in place which allows me to lift the whole assemble by the MDF track disc.

The plan is for the engines, wagons and buildings to be scratch built to the scale of 11mm = 1 foot or 1:27.7, hence NG11. The same as the OSO Salt diorama and Yellow Pelican layout (see earlier posts for more information).

I would expect more updates soon.

Tony

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