Hi Terry,
Is the effort of changing gauge worth it to you from a running or visual aspect ? If you are worried about the time involved why not continue as planned and put the time saved in wheel conversions into better scenery, buildings etc that will possibly offer more overall enjoyment of the layout ? If you are considering re-gauging of RTR wheels you won't benefit from the visual benefit of narrower wheels and if you are using the original wheels you may have issues with cylinder/crankpin obstruction. If you use finer wheels ( ie Gibson ) you gain around 1mm in this area ( 2 wheels each 0.5mm thinner ). What minimum curves is the plan currently designed to use ?
Sorry if this puts a fly in the ointment but worth a thought or two before deciding.
Hope that helps ( or not...)
Rob