Left over scenery items, spare space, and left over insulation foam becomes the basis for a tropical themed HO scale micro layout. With the left over bamboo, palm trees, and agave plants purchased for the Brazilian Micro Layout, and a fairly large amount of XPS insulation foam left over from Read more
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 last post about my HO scale Brazilian–themed micro switchback layout, 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 which is only a baseboard and nothing else, 3 which 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 opportunity to have some operating sessions on it, which has 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 railroad, we make track plans, plans for scenery. But sometimes 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”. My youngest daughter recently acquired a new bunk bed for 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 power supply (in this case a 9 volt battery) under 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 started to do something about that. I have started to 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 larger layout. This might be partially because of the sense Read more
OO Scale British outline Ruston Light Railway model railway micro ‘layout in a box’ now fully operational, and scenery progressing along nicely. After doing a lot of work on the Ruston Light Railway micro layout, I have now finished the wiring and had a few operating sessions on the layout. Read more