Model railroad layouts plans

Michael has been in touch again, with some HO scale bails of hay.

(If you missed his last post, it’s here: HO scale L shaped layout.

Quite a few of you were keen to see his layout plan, and he’s obliged. Same goes for those hay stacks too.

“Al, Thanks for posting my work.

I have some comments on the questions I received.

The hay bales are from a kit I purchases on amazon but after iI saw it I could have done it with some common materials. The kit I bought had plastic pieces I painted with glue and sprinkled static grass on it. Very realist. If I were to do it again I would skip the plastic pieces and use balsa wood or small wooden dowels painted and the use the glue and static grass. probably cost the same.

I have include some pictures of the layout before I built the details.

Michael”

The houses are made from the ones you print out, and stick together (just click on the link at the bottom of this page to see them).

He’s done a great job on them and sent in these pics:

It was the buildings that interested me most about Michael’s layout.

Michael’s layout reminded me of Paul’s: Making HO scale hay bales.

If you’d like to try your hand and making some of the printable buildings, you can get a whole bundle of them here, for just $29.

And lastly, Dangerous Dave has been in touch with his latest update.

“Hi Al , just uploaded the last in the series of My New Model Railway, and half way through there is a surprise visitor.

Regards

Dave”

That’s your lot for today. A big thank to Michael for sharing his HO scale bails of hay, and to Dave too.

Please do keep ’em coming and keep me busy. I enjoy them as much as you do.

And if today is the day you grab the bull by the horns, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.

Need buildings for your layout? Have a look at the Silly Discount bundle.

Michael’s been in touch with his ho scale l shaped layout:

“Al,

This is a HO scale layout consisting of 3 separate zones. Farm, Village and Mtns. There are 2 bridges, 2 tunnels and lots of interesting things to see along the tracks. I use EZ track. It’s just easier for me to work with.

The platform is L shaped 4X8X6. DC powered.

I used plastic, laser cut; self build (balsa) and paper houses and buildings. A little bit of paint makes them look more realistic. I purchased a bundle of paper houses I saw in your emails. They were easy to assemble and add a nice touch of realism.

The roads are made from a Woodland Scenic kit. The little details like the billboards were made from actual billboard pictures I found on the Internet. I reduced them to the proper scale, printing on photo paper, and attaching them to a painted balsa wood frame.

Mountains are made from 1” thick rigid insulation, stacked, glued, cut, shaped and painted. I also added some natural stone; plaster tunnel portals, and paper retaining walls. All topped off with some mosses and grasses I bought at the craft store.

The farm scene is my favorite. The farm house is paper, the store is laser cut and the barn and silo is built. I added a lot of little touches like the wheat and corn field as well as the plowed earth.

I topped it all off with people, animals, fences, gravel roads, vehicles and a few other items to make it fun.

I added a few more pictures.

Thanks

Mike”

Another cracking layout. A big thanks to Michael for sharing his HO scale L shaped layout.

(The farm scenes reminded me of Peter’s: HO scale farm.

But it’s not just these gems I want to post – if you’ve put the time in and made a layout, please do send in pics.

Lastly, I’ve had a few emails asking where the store has gone.

I’m putting together a new one, so everything is in the same place. In the meantime, I’m putting some silly offers together for the printable buildings, like this:

Have a look at the Silly Discount bundle for just $29.

That’s all for this time folks.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day you get going on your layout, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.

Need buildings for your layout? Have a look at the Silly Discount bundle.

“Hi Alistair,

Lyttlehurst took me just over 6 month’s to build, it is N gauge, and its 4 foot long by just over a 1 foot wide, I’m afraid that I can’t take all the credit for the design. I borrowed the plan with full permission from Mr David Cox, it was his 00 gauge layout (Woodstow) that was my inspiration.

It is an end of line terminus set in the 60’s in the fictitious country town of Lyttlehurst. The hills are a cardboard frame covered in peppier mache, I use uni-bond as the fixer as its far stronger than ordinary paste.

All the building’s are commercially available kit’s some with modifications, the weathering is all watered down artists acrylic paint of various colours, (browns, green’s, blacks,), the rust on the track’s is un-diluted ochre, again acrylic.

There are a few little things to spot, the woman in red, outside the pub is Marilyn Monroe, (she makes an appearance in all my layout’s), on the platform, the couple with the white boxer dog is my wife and myself, there is a fox by the nearside barn, also the pile of rusty scrap, and there is a couple walking in the top field with the sheep, if you need any more information then please don’t hesitate to let me know,

Thank you very much for your interest.

highest regards,

Malc”

(images are clickable)

That’s all for today peeps. Until tomorrow.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day you get you get the urge to scratch that railroad itch, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS More HO scale train layouts here if that’s your thing.

Need buildings for your layout? Have a look at the Silly Discount bundle.