Having dug out the unbuilt Tim Horn baseboard with Cadeby in mind - I changed my plans.
It just didn't feel like it was the Goldilocks size for the plan.
So now I'm back to building a custom board to fit in the Ikea unit, whilst still giving me the height to include trees and somehow light it. I'm leaning towards Kato track for simplicity.
Since I want to rebuild Flemish Quay anyway, it makes sense to use the Tim Horn board for that.
The great thing would be making more of a feature of the lifting bridge, but I can see other advantages. The problem at the moment is the lack of HOf track. If I can't find any, I'll cut my losses and build it as an OO9 layout.
As for the scenic board that Flemish Quay was in...
The price and availability of the track does seem to be a problem, maybe part of the reason that 6point5 never really took off? If you're just making an oval then modified Z might be a solution, laid on tin strip or with a steel wire under the track for the magnets. Or buy some code 40 and a pair of gauges.
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