Hi,
I've been looking at scale OO track (SMP) and comparing it to PECO and Hornby. They seem quite different, the PECO and Hornby track looks more narrow guage with a model on it, the SMP looks better. I'm guessing it's because the sleeper length and spacing on the SMP are more accurate for OO.
Is the PECO and Hornby track a compromise between OO and HO? i.e. are the sleeper lengths and spacing half way between the 2 scales or is it purely HO with the only OO thing about it the guage? If PECO and Hornby have made it to HO scale I can see why, most 16.5mm guage track will be sold for HO layouts (rest of Europe and USA etc.) so making 2 sizes of sleeper would be expensive when 1 can 'do'.
The above is important as I need a layout to run recent RTR (so EM and P4 etc. are out) but want somthing that looks OK. PECO is obviously a step up from Hornby but is it any better in terms of scale, the flexi sections could be better in SMP and perhaps it's worth soldering up the few points I need in the visible sections of the layout to be able to get the correct sleeper size.
Sam.