Looking for inspiration

[barney121e]

Hi All

Am new to the site and looking for some more help. Have found a site called mikes small trackplans, but wondering if people knew of any other sites with small track plans as only have a size of 1.8m by 0.9m availiable.

Cheers

Dave

 

[rogerw]

Welcome Dave . I am modeling HO but have seen this topic come up before. Its early morning here so people waking up and im sure you will get lots of help

 

[Nomad]

Dave, there's hundreds of trackplans on the web. Mikes is one of the best. Here's another one.
All-Gauge Model Railroading Page
At first it looks like large gauge, but scroll down.

Loren

 

[MasonJar]

Google "carl arendt" as well...

Andrew

 

[barney121e]

Structure

Hi

Thanks for the details, they all look good so plenty of inspiration there. I have found some makers of structures, walthers, dpm but wonder if you can recommend any others.

Cheers

 

[60103]

Barney: are you looking for North American, British, or something really foreign?

There's a shop down the Leith Walk that makes Scotch buildings and details.
Walthers carries a large number of lines.

 

[barney121e]

Hi

Hi

I'm after north american kits. I want to do a north american layout to go with the japanese one i am working on.

 

[Biased turkey]

This site has very interesting small HO scale layouts. They could be adapted to N scale.
Model Trains and Model Railroads - Gateway Division NMRA - Gateway to Model Railroading Fun

Jacques

 

[barney121e]

Buildings

Thanks for all the layout sites, have one or two in my mind now. Just wondering what kits you all use on your layouts.

Cheers

Dave

 

[Triplex]

Have found a site called mikes small trackplans, but wondering if people knew of any other sites with small track plans as only have a size of 1.8m by 0.9m availiable.

3x6 feet. I'd suggest taking a 2x4 plan (like many of Mike's) and scaling up by 50%. The 9.75" and 11" curves can be replaced by 15" and 16.25" (or similar values) and #4 turnouts replaced with #6s.

 

[Biased turkey]

Triplex has a very important ( and underestimated ) point in favor of N scale here: Even if you have enough space for a standard 4' X 8' HO layout ( unfortunately it's not even my case ) build that layout in N scale and suddenly those sharp HO curves will look majestic and you'll be able to run long trains .

Jacques

 

[Biased turkey]

Hi

Thanks for the details, they all look good so plenty of inspiration there. I have found some makers of structures, walthers, dpm but wonder if you can recommend any others.

Cheers

Atlas has good detailed residential structures, such as
Atlas N Scale Barb’s Bungalow
Atlas N Kate's Colonial Home

Model power has some interesting industrial buildings:
ACCESSORIES- ALL SCALES - N SCALE - Building Kits

Walthers and DPM have some good modular industrial buildings

Walthers has some trackside structures:
Walthers Model Railroad Mall -- product information page for 933-2600

American Model Builders has some laser cut wood kits.

Jacques

 

[Pitchwife]

I would recommend a trip to your LHS and pick up a copy of Walther's N&Z product guide. Then you can see a great deal of what is available and what will fit into your ideas of what you want on your layout.

 

[barney121e]

Have looked at mike small layout plans and brought a book called 'Basic Model Railroad track plans' which has 4x8 HO plans which i can reduce to N gauge. Two have caught my eye, Kootenay Lake and Madison Central, so i think with some minor adjustments i think i have a track plan.