festiniog 009 traincam

model railway drivers eye view

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• narrow
• gauge
• model

[fattock2]

The stock is made from a mixture of Langley kits; Backwoods miniatures and Worsley works. The Prince is a kit from the 70's that uses an old mech, neither of which are made any more. These days I mainly model in bigger scales and I keep 009 going out of habit.

[crazymetalfreak87]

does 009 use 00 scale buildings i'm building a coffee table for my dad with my brother and it will be the first layout we ever make i also need to know how big and small the radius of peco 009 flexytrac is

[fattock2]

Hi, The only difference between 009 and 00 is the track. However, because the wheelbase on vehicles is short, the radius on the track is short as well. Peco used to make 9" radius points called 'crazy track'. I make my own track and have gone tighter than that on older layouts. A friend has made a track using a 2p piece as the centre. This layout is closer to prototype and I have used a minimum radius of 12".

Best of luck.

Lawrence

[ajhdbsteam]

after your layouts sucess in the 009 Society mag, why dont you enter it in the Railway Modeller or Model Rail?

[fattock2]

Hi, Thanks for comments. Please see the Modeller for Oct 2003.

All the best

[Mozzy39]

were did you get the festiniog engine from ???

[carmium]

That's some nice work!

I remember my one and only trip to Blaenau Ffestiniog, back in the late 80s, and I recall that every building there was made of slate and seemed to be about 3/4 normal size. 8-D

[batersydogshome]

great layout im planning a 009 gauge layout myself

[walesrailway]

the trains are nice just like the real ffestiniog

[DolwyddelanLightRail]

A really nice representation of the Ffestiniog Railway! 5*

[9720680]

very awesome! music suits this well! great job!

[HarveytheCrane27]

Very nice.