Got this N scale layout on a door which I rather liked:
“Really enjoy your daily emails.
I’m 77 and decided to build my first model layout since I was in HS.
Chose N-scale on a hollow core door using Kato track at the recommendation of my local train hobby store.
Started last year and I am nearly finished.
Wanted to model early 1950’s in a NM/SW Colorado type free style landscape.
The depot is a model of the Glorieta, NM station using Red River Models of Tyler, TX kit.
The passenger train is the “starter kit” from Kato which is the first diesel passenger train.
The freight train is pulled by a Bachman 4-8-4 which was the last steam engine for Santa Fe.
I love Santa Fe because my Dad worked for them from age 17-65 as a telegrapher and Agent in E. Texas.
The hollow core door is topped with 1″ insulation foam and a second layer is used for the middle section.
The mountains are made from the left over insulation. There is a camping area on the back of the layout behind the mountain and next to the RR bridge that is not very visible in my pictures. Bought most of the building on E-Bay except for the depot kit.
Three of the buildings have the names of my grandsons on them-Bryce Wheels and Deals (Loves cars), Blake Broadcasting Company (BBC), and Jacob Cauley Texas Music Conservatory (will be a music major in college). May add a backdrop later. Jope you like my N scale
Dave & Carol
Houston, TX”
A huge thanks to Dave – I do love reading about your layouts and how folk add their own little twists.
There are hundreds and hundreds of N scale layouts on the site. Here are just some of them.
Bob’s stunning small N scale layout
“The only dedicated space I had available for a layout was a corner of my office/library, so I am now an N scale modeler.
My current layout is approximately 5 ft x 10 ft and built on a movable table for access.
Bob”
You can see all of Bob’s pics and read his narrative here.
Small N scale layouts
Here Bob talks us through his small N scale layout, step by step.
N scale trains – Arnie’s
“I live in New York and have been an N scale trains model railroader for many years. I love the pictures folks have submitted of their layouts giving photographic reality to their creations. My layout was constructed about 10 years ago after about 2 years of work on it. Though I continually make small changes at this time (such as landscaping and other scenic details), it is otherwise complete.
Arnie”
You can see more of Arnie’s N scale trains here.
Jeff’s N scale:
“I have pretty many different types of engines from steam to modern diesel. The majority I’ve painted and numbered to WM engines best possible. Switching from HO to N really puts a strain on the nerves and eyesight.
Jeff”
You can see all of Jeff’s pics and read his narrative here.
Bill’s N scale
You can see all of Bill’s N scale pics here.
Nich’s N scale model railway
You can see all of Nich’s pics and read his narrative here.
Graham’s N scale layout:
“So, into the 21st century and a growing collection of N Gauge engines and wagons, collected in a hope of building a more mobile layout for me.
Graham”
You can see Graham’s pics and narrative here.
Fred’s stunning N scale:
You can see more of Fred’s stunning N scale here.
Another stunning N scale layout
“My layout (N Scale) is about 24 feet by three feet, with a “dogbone” right angle section at one end for track return under a mountain.
At the other end there is about eight to ten feet jutting inward (away from the viewing front, which forms a harbor, that accomodates a chemical tanker piered for loading at a refinery.
Fred”
You can see all of Fred’s stunning layout here.
John’s N scale layout
“It has local and through freight services, commuter services and through passenger services.
It is point to loop, thus trains go somewhere and come back. When they get to the eastern terminal they must be switched to go the other way.
John”
You can see John’s layout here
Ralph’s N scale layout
“Completed the 1970s midwestern town, the hill (and park) above it. Everything was constructed on the workbench, and then moved to the layout (due to my physical limitations). Nothing is glued down, so opportunities for mods later, and if necessary complete dismantlement.
Ralph”
Ralph’s 3×5 N scale layout
Small N scale layout – Bob’s
“Of course I still made changes along the way – upgraded to DCC, good idea, bought new engines which cost less than converting old ones.
Bob”
You can see Bob’s small N scale layout here.
N scale small layout
“I have accumulated approximately 30 locomotives and somewhere around 110 to 120 freight cars and some 20 passenger cars.
Richard”
You cans see Richard’s N scale small layout here.
N scale multi line layout
“I’m still modelling in N Scale, and in keeping with my version of coal trains in the area in the late 60s/early 70s.
I extended the existing layout adding another 1.75 metre extension off the dogbone.
Ken”
You can see Ken’s N scale multi line layout here.
4×6 N scale layout
“My layout is 4feet by 6.6feet with a yard and round house off to one end with a lift gate to a door to the rest of my garage.
Jim”
You can see more of Jim’s 4×6 N scale layout here.
A big thanks to Dave for sharing his N scale on a door – and to all the others.
That’s all this time.
Don’t forget the Beginner’s Guide if you want to get going on your own layout, just like Dave, Jim and the others.
Keep ’em coming.
Best
Al
