Model Trains and Things

Once again, work has got in the way of my hobby and Toni and I have been been working long hours every day for weeks but I’m grabbing 5 minutes now just to point you in the direction of a new website that’s out there and definitely worth going back to.

Scott Perry who is a very active member of the On30 Conspiracy list has started work on a new layout and his new website will take you through it’s construction. Scott has some very innovative ideas on layout design and even now … while he’s still in the baseboard construction period … there’s plenty to think about.

You can find Building the Okefenokee Swamp Model Railroad in On30 by following the link

If you’re building a model railway layout then sooner or later you will realise that you’ve embarked on a massive exercise in problem solving … and sometimes you’re going to struggle to find the answers to some of those problems.

The Wolf Valley RR is one man’s journey into the realm of problem solving and you can join him as he slowly solves his problems and builds his layout. Follow the link and you will find out more about the problems that he’s solved along the way.

Dave Frary has been a household name in the model railroad fraternity for many years and he’s still in action and still producing some absolute masterpieces.

Here’s a link to a brief tutorial on how he built a very attractive module.

Here are two great model railroad layouts that have their own websites.

Lambing Flat is an exquisite Australian layout that turns the clock back to a much more relaxed time in New South Wales.

Mississippi, Alabama and Gulf; be prepared to spend a lot of time on this website. It gives you an amazingly detailed look at a high quality US layout.