Model railroad layouts plans

Fred has sent in the pics below of his layout. Another one to make me envious!

And Brian’s video made me think how his stunning pics don’t do his layout justice…

(Images are clickable).

“Al, as can be seen in this view, some of the building are complete and the card stock ones are of kits to be built.

The reason for cardstock mock-ups is for kit bashing purposes before building the actual kit and messing it up is because if it does not fit the area that I want it in then you have a dilemma..

Brian”

Please do keep sending in your pics and tips – I enjoy them as much as you.

Best

Al

Kevin has made this fabulous backdrop for his layout:

“Hi Alastair,

Here is a few photos of Amberton town scene under construction, the back scenes are scratch built using Plastikard and the viaduct is also scratch built which goes through the town.

The backdrop is made from two blocks of flats have been raised from ten floors to fourteen floors they stand at 2 feet tall,the football stadium is made from the same materials has the rest of the model.

You can see from the first photo how I used the kit to slowly build up the flats, then I just repeated.

Kevin”

A big thanks to Kevin.

There are lots and lots of posts on the site about backdrops – here’s one from Frank that springs to mind:

Frank adds a backdrop

Now on to Neil:

“Hi Al

I have a couple of photos of my layout not finished, is it ever,.

Regards

Neil”

A big thanks to Kevin for sharing – love what he’s done for his backdrops. Clever stuff.

That’s all for today folks.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And don’t forget the Beginner’s Guide is here if you want to stop dreaming and start doing.

Best

Al

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.

“Hi Al.

may like this one. a cctv camera made from one piece of plastic.you just snap it down in place add a tiny dot of instant glue and presto cctv camera for traffic.

just paint it add a lens and black cable and looks real anough.

this first pic is of a one piece plastic.the white cctv camera is made from two piece of aluminum from a food container and was a bugger to build.stick to the plastic.

Al I have a slide rule but don’t understand the numbers it’s giving me.Have any idea what 0.1.0 can build anything but cant understand a bloody slide rule.

Kim”

“Hi Alastair,

A few photos of areas around my layout.

Regards

Brian”

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“This is a video of my train. I make all my buildings with “foam board”. I make the images for the buildings on my computer. The current layout is on plywood in an ” E” format.

Enjoy

Wayne”

That’s all for today folks.

Please do keep ’em coming.

And if today is the day when inspiration grabs you, the Beginner’s Guide is here.

Best

Al

PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.