Vegetation and ground cover on the HO scale Brazilian Micro layout makes it is better looking and looking more like the region being modelled. “Mais bonito” in the title of this post is Portuguese and means “better looking”. Since the Read more…
Being on holidays with the family presents opportunities for railway exploring. Early in September, we had a short 5 day family holiday in Bathurst, NSW, west of the Blue Mountains. This presented an opportunity to explore the railway features of Read more…
Small areas of scenery completed on the periphery of the layout, and some extra details, enhance the over all look and feel of the layout. At the time of writing this post, I have 6 micro layouts in total: 1 Read more…
Scenery starting to take shape on my Brazilian themed switching / switchback micro HO scale model railway layout. And an idea for more flexibility in switching moves. Since my last post about my Brazilian micro layout I have had the Read more…
When a micro layout track plan meets reality, the plan must change to meet the actual constraints of that reality! But progress can still result from those constraints. In many areas of life we make plans. When planning a model Read more…
A left over piece of MDF, some inexpensive HO scale Brazilian models, and some extruded polystyrene foam means another micro model railway layout with many firsts. A left over piece of MDF produced the idea for “Yet Another Micro Layout”. Read more…
An existing track with a new lineside industry provides more switching possibilities for more interesting operation. Recently I added a stone / aggregate storage area next to the Team Tracks lead track on my HO scale Pier 39 micro switching Read more…
Scenery and lighting developments on my two HO scale 4 square feet switching layouts. Box Street Lighting Recently I added lighting over my HO scale Box Street micro switching layout. To do this I added LED lights, a switch and Read more…
Platforms for my HO scale Pier 39 micro switching layout. My Pier 39 switching layout has been operational for quite a while now, but very little scenery had been added to it. Over the last week or so I have Read more…
Adding realistic scenery to a micro model railway layout gives the miniature trains some scenery to run through, and increases operating pleasure. On micro layout, scenery seems to be more important than it might seem to be on a much Read more…