This is the time of year when I usually start to devote more
time to model railroading. I model in HO scale and run HO narrow gauge trains. HOn30 gauge runs on N-gauge track.
I don’t have a permanent layout, one in which I keep up all
the time, I have what might be considered a mobile layout, one in which can be
easily transported and assembled at train shows and other events.
The layout measures six by eight feet and consists of four
three by four sections. The sub-assemblies are stored just with their scenery
shell and track. All the structures are labeled on the layout and on an accompanied
diagram. Everything is removed, wrapped to protect and keep dust from accumulating
and packed away. The trees, all one hundred of them are pinned to the layout
and must be removed one by one. These usually need to be spruced up before they
are painstakingly replanted on the layout.
I have had the layout for five years and it has been assembled
seven times, either at home or at some event. Usually when the layout is taken
to an event I usually take two sections and assembly a three by eight layout.
The layout is pretty versatile and can be assembled in a few different configurations
(with a few minor modifications to the layout). I will be setting the whole
layout very soon and plan on keeping it up over the holidays.
A model train layout is never really ever finished and I am
always thinking about ways to improve the scenery, adding detail parts, or about
adding new structures to fill in some of the gaps. I will be digging through my
un-or-partially-built kits, picking a few of these out, and assembling them. I
will be posting several articles on different aspects of this endeavor over the
next couple of months.
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