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That was a nice read, thanks for the insight. I'll go with a DMU which operated in 3 or 4 car sets i guess. I'm sure I did see some 121s in photos running together but like you say maybe it was BR doing odd things.

I'm sure I'm not the first to run into this issue, but I'm looking at the Z21 but want to use my own wifi and don't want to use their handheld controller either, but there doesn't appear to be a package with just the Z21 unit and the power supply, which I then plan to use with my own Android tablets...

Thanks, I had a look at your layout photos, so you just built a table and then put framed boards on top of that? So you have no access to the underside of your layout without lifting a board, or have I missed something? 1200mm is 4ft ;) I see how 1200x600 makes sense as you can get 4 equal size boar...

Thanks, I was thinking that last night too, point motors when laying track it is and I'll have to stick with Electrofrogs, knowing my luck, they'll bring them out the day after I order all the turnouts!

Thanks, sounds like my thinking is sound then. Do you have some photos to share or some details on the sizes for the frames for both? 3x1 for the baseboard frame so it clears any point motors and then what for the shed frame, isn't the risk that you then have a huge lip with the two combined? I plan...

I planned a layout which uses a fairly standard right hand medium radius turnout in Code 100, Peco SL-E95, but I'd like to use Unifrogs instead. I can see that Unifrogs have been around for a while now so i'm wondering if there is a good reason there isn't an equivalent SL-U95? I can see lots of uni...

I'm just about to start construction of my baseboards and have a few questions. Whilst I very much doubt I'll ever take my layout anywhere, it is being built in a part of the house we're planning on knocking down and rebuilding in the next few years (but I want to get cracking on my layout now ;)). ...

I'm planning my first layout around a branch line set in Era 8 as that's the era both me and my partner grew up in. I'm considering what locos I'll run (I know squat about trains!), this may be more of a general question than something specific to the 121, but when researching I can see photos of Cl...

I saw the Sig-na-Trak Ace 3 in another post. Whilst i'm sure the setup is nicer with a screen, I'd quite like tactile feel of a controller. Also I spend all day looking at screens so not keen to do more of it. A good approach might be a tablet based system on a setup track to configure everything qu...

Thanks, it wasn't obvious that was a scroll wheel.