FREE Model Railway Scenery

Sign-up for more tips, tricks and weekly Free Cutouts You may have already started with a train set bought from the local hobby shop or retailer.It probably came with at least an oval of track (or figure 8), a power pack, a locomotive and some freight cars. You could set this set up as a…

Now is when we get to the creative side of model trains. Creating realistic scenery is the part that pulls your layout together and brings it alive. You’ve started with a train set, and now it’s time to convert it to a full scale model railroad. Scenery is the geographical setting of your layout. It’s…

In any layout you must have realistic scenery, including buildings, so you might as well include some buildings if you have a model train layout. It is really important to build structures to the correct scale, as a Z scale building would look at of place on a HO scale railway and vice versa. It…

Building the bench can be as easy, or as complicated as you want it to be. Benches can be custom built, or you can make use of an unused kitchen table or a shelf fixed to a wall. The first thing to consider is how much weight the bench will carry, as that will determine…

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It’s probably a good time to get more technical… I’ve given you an overview of control systems, but I think you need more information to make the right decision on which control system you should use. What we are talking about will completely transform your model trains and provide as much fun as you can…