OO GAUGE · HORNBY SETRACK · 6 × 4 FT
Starter oval on a 6 × 4 board
A 1st radius oval stretched with two double straights on each side. It is the simplest layout that still looks like a railway rather than a circle, and it leaves room on a 6 × 4 board to add sidings later.
- Board
- 6 × 4 ft · 1830 × 1220mm
- Track footprint
- 1441 × 771mm
- Space to spare
- 195mm each side
- Tightest curve
- 1st radius · 371mm
- Track pieces
- 12
Good to know
- The long straights give a train time to run at a steady speed before the next curve, which looks far better than a plain circle.
- The space inside the oval is big enough for a goods yard or station later, without moving any of this track.
New to setrack? Read which radius you need, how points work or the part number chart.
Checked with the First Radius geometry engine: every joint meets, the track fits the board with the space shown, and no tracks overlap. Figures use Hornby's published setrack geometry; real track has a millimetre or two of play.
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