Below in chronological order are a series of articles and videos taking you through the process of building a model railroad from start to finish. The series will follow along as I build my dream layout, from an idea to a model railroad you can be proud of.
So, lets not waist any more time and get building.
This is the start of my journey into building a fully functional modular model railway. It's going to be a long journey but everyone has to start somewhere. Follow me as this model railway comes to life.
Taking the idea and turning it into something that will work as a functional model railroad, sometimes selective compression is necessary to get what you really want on your model railroad to fit into the available space.
In this video we'll pick up from where we left in the article above. This video will describe some of the technical aspects in building the benchwork, the video will end with the track plan transferred onto the baseboards and everything ready to start laying down the cork roadbed and then track.
In this article and video I'll be taking you on a step by step journey on how I lay track, specifically for joining modular model railroads together. It can be a challenge to get them to align perfectly however with the method I'm using in the video you should have no problems being able to lay good reliable track that keeps the trains on the track.
In this article and video I'll be guiding you through the process I've decided to use to wire the modular model railroad. This is not to say everyone must do it the same way, more so that this method works for me and there's a good chance it will work for you, especially if you are choosing to build a modular layout that needs to have the option to connect and disconnect the modules. This will make great wiring for a convention layout that will travel around to various train shows.
This is where the layout starts to transform into a focal point, the fascia and curtains help guide anyone looking at the layout towards the focal point which is the scenery and track. I also install the lights so we can actually see the model because once the roof section is complete not a lot of natural light will be able to get into the layout. Finally some foam is added between the tracks so that it's ready for scenery. It's exciting seeing the layout come to life and this was a big change!
Now that the main layout structure is complete we are almost ready for scenery... but first, I want to have a way of keeping the layout clean. Given that this layout lives in the garage dust will certainly be a problem. In this video I'll take you through all the steps I've done to prevent and hopefully completely stop dust from settling on top of the layout.
