The latest in HO scale modular model railroading Free-mo was developed with the idea that a set of standards focusing mainly on module endplates would enable faithful modeling of prototype trackplans and operations in a modular environment. The length and track configuration of a Free-mo module or module set is up to the modeler. Free-mo … Continue reading "What is Free-mo?"
I'll play with trains such as this layout I helped build ! This is before with another pin after !
Six months... In a Blink of an EYE! YIKES... Has it really been six months since my last post on my Traindame Blog?!?! That's just plain CRAZY!!!! I've been Facebooking... Tweeting... Emailing... Traveling... and daily opening up 'Traintastic' relationships but there's simply *NO EXCUSE for neglecting my Traindame Blog!!! Ok, so what is the best way to…
This is a model of a wood trestle for model railroads. This design is based on pictures on the internet and does not model a specific trestle. A tres
While planning the Peshekee River Railroad, I had some significant challenges to overcome. My home has limited space and my railroad would have to share my workshop. I do woodworking so the dust le…
Our "traveling Layout" is a 3' by 36' N-scale modular, feature filled unit, designed for easy break down and set up. We began construction on the the N-scale layout in January 1998. The...
Troubleshooting and Fixing Model Trains That Won't Run
Das PIKO A Gleis ist mit 2,5 mm Profilhöhe zwar hoch, kompensiert dies jedoch durch seine realistische Form und eine top Preis/Leistung.
Mir gefällt das Modul ebenfalls sehr. Die Farbgebung und Gestaltung der Böden, der Vegetation und des Bahnkörpers ist hervorragend gelungen. Wie
Hi All, I'm Callum and from South Africa. Im about to build my second Shelf Layout and its the first time posting on this forum. Being new to this forum I'd like to ask for links to any build threads/blogs for guys building highly detailed Modern Era Shelf layouts. I am a huge fan of the ISL Shelf Layout and honestly believe they do not get the attention they deserve, these days with time and money being a scarce commodity for most I fear the future of the Model Railroad Hobby is doomed if the mindset towards smaller (not denser) track plans isn't changed. I consider myself a young modeler at 40 years old but the hobby needs younger and older railroad enthusiasts to build the buying base for the industry. I read on so many threads about guys planning and planning and never building due to lack of space or finances or time. Surely the hobby would benefit more form 1000 10ft shelf layouts vs 100 basement sized empires (which I love but realistically will never own or build) Maybe the memories of most are of trains running through passes in the mountain and so I fully understand the connection between the hobby and the memories that drive us to buil these worlds. Funny enough I have never seen a real GP40/60 or any other locomotive for real, being based in South Africa our railroads are very different but I have a fascination with the big diesels and freight cars from the US. All my prototypes are take off the net with little to no real life exposure to what I model. Here are some images of the last layout: Track Plan - 12ft x 2ft shelf with a 10ft Staging section on the left. 📷 This is a panoramic of it just before I had to sell it (Yet another great thing about a small shelf is the ability to sell it and pass on the modeling to others who are not great at constructing these). Buildings are mostly mock-up cardstock except for the middle two structures. All Peco code 83 with #6 turnouts. 📷 📷
My 8' x 3'2" rural layout before buildings built.
03-15-2011 Back about a year ago, Bob had been looking at metal bridges online but they cost several hundred dollars to purchase one. He f...
Hi all, I'd like to share with you the start, progress and re-start on my eclectic HO scale layout. A rr modeller since I was a child, I've been interested in US-themed rr's since the early 1990's. SoCal/Cajon Pass and the Santa Fe /BNSF transition era was to be the theme for my layout, had I not fallen into a great appreciation for the south of France and the French railways. How to accommodate all of this in a single layout? Well, I tried. One side of the layout has 2 levels, on top there is Southern California (inspired by Pelle Soeborg's layout), on the bottom level there's France with a small town and its station, and the hidden staging. The other side of the layout hosts a Cargill grain elevator which could be either in Europe or in the US, depending on the operating sessions. It may sound a bit confusing, here are a couple of screenshots of the preliminary plan. 📷 📷 The basic structure was up when I found out humidity and moss were damaging part of a wall, and reaching that spot for fixing it required taking down 3/4 of the layout. See the far corner on the left? the most inaccessible one of them all... 📷 I tried to think positive: that was my chance to re-do the layout structure. I decided to use plywood instead of solid wood. And most importantly I decided to go modular so that if we ever move I just need to use a wrench, not a chainsaw. And, as of last weekend everything you see in the above photo has been disassembled and I put together the first 2 modules. There will be a total of 2 single-level and 4 double-level modules. 📷 📷 On the previous structure I focused on speed, I just wanted to lay some tracks and start running trains. (wrong approach, I know) On the new modular structure I'm focusing on a precise and solid benchwork, taking my time and doing things properly. So far I'm very happy with it. Next weekend will be fight-the-moss day, once that's taken care of I will continue with the layout. Oh, I forgot to mention I live in NW Italy! Ciao, Guido
Hola. Hay una imagen que me martiriza constantemente, no se si la he soñado o la he vivido, creo que una mezcla de las dos. Entre las pobres imágenes del recuerdo de mi niñez al visitar con mi padre las viejas instalaciones ferroviarias y un poco de dosis onírica, he planteado esto. Como veis es un diorama industrial no muy complejo. El dibujo miente un poco en las proporciones, es lo que tiene el dibujo a mano alzada. Medirá, aproximadamente, 65x40 cm. Con lo cual tendré que poner otro edificio en la zona noreste y tambén pondre una zona de chatarra. Empecé a primeros de año y ya hay echas algunas piezas, unas son de construcción propia y otras son comerciales.Edificio hecho con porex, poliestireno azul, madera de balsa, resina, cartón corrugado, alambre, Evergrenn, cuerda de guitarra eléctrica y fibra: Puntales para la ruina que tiene el edificio por quitar el anexo: madera de balsa. Placa giratoria para vagones: Madera de balsa, raíl Roco, Evergreen y cartulina. Fachada norte, Lampistería: poliestireno azul, textura Redutex, cartulina, madera de balsa, alambre, acetato y farolas Busch.Muro 2 caras: poliestireno azul, cartulina y cuentas de los abalorios de mis hijas. (conseguí que no se dieran cuenta y no las echaron en falta)Los carteles no me convencen mucho, los quitaré de ahí, también el nombre de la calle.Oficinas Renfe: edificio de la marca Faller. No ha sido necesario transformarlo mucho. Para españolizarlo se han utilizado: poliestireno azul, madera de balsa, cartulina, Evergreen, farola, marca Busch y la chapa de los collarines de las botellas de vino.Un pequeño detalle: Edificio anexo de personal ferroviario. Edificio de la marca Artitec. No he hecho nada mas que cambiar el tejado ondulado por uno hecho con la chapa de los collarines de botellas de vino. Edificio oeste, talleres, edificio en realización en este momento. Se utilizará como materiales: poliestireno azul, textura Redutex, Evergreen, acetato, cartulina, tira de cable paralelo informático,...... Los puntos suspensivos son porque no se como acabará y los materiales que utilizaré, es todo una improvisación.Antes de realizar los edificios, me hago unos planos con el programa Adobe Illustrator:Así es como está:Para esto utilizo las tiras de cable paralelo informático, para hacer cierres metálicos.Bueno espero no haber sido aburrido. Continuará
C3O (Compound of 3 Octahedra)不切長方形48枚折り。Designed by sakutwitter: https://twitter.com/sakusaku858facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sakusaku858instagram: http...
Artist Sergio Jauregui creates miniature models of Los Angeles. Inspired by his surroundings, the tiny cityscapes will fit in the palm of your hand.
Down below the bridges at Hanging Rock is a deep, serpentine defile known to the locals as Horse Thief Canyon. It's a classic Southwestern "slot" canyon, much narrower than it is wide; the kind often found worming back into the sandstone cliffs of Thunder Mesa country. This particular slot canyon is about 72 scale feet deep but only averages about 12' wide. A perfect hideout for horse thieves and rustlers - as long as it isn't flash flood season. 📷 Slot canyon near Page, Arizona Follow along as I build Horse Thief Canyon and the surrounding cliffs from EPF on my On30 Thunder Mesa Mining Co. layout.
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Model Train Structures & Dioramas in HO scale by D.A. Clayton
