Progress on my HO scale ‘two micro layouts in one’ small model railway layout so it is operational with basic scenery. Since my last blog post, I’ve made some major progress with the HO scale 2-micros-in-1 layout, with all the track now laid, electrics done to a level which allows Read more…
Moving to a tiny home sized space means a re-organisation of my micro layouts. It’s been a while since I posted a blog entry on this site, and mostly that is because there wasn’t much happening with my model railroading apart from enjoying operating my various micro layouts. But in Read more…
It’s been a while since the last blog post, but that does not mean there have been no layout improvements. After spending quite a bit of time on improvements to my various other micro layouts over the previous year, I thought it was time to improve the look of the Read more…
Since I built the HO scale Box Street micro industrial switching layout, I have had a number of structures at the front of the layout, between the track and the front edge of the layout. When I placed them there, I felt it was a good way to add a Read more…
Anyone who has explored the late Carl Arendt’s micro layouts themed website will probably have happened upon a page or small layout scrapbook featuring layouts in boxes of various sizes, as small as a pencil case box. Model railways in small boxes, around shoe box in size, are quite common Read more…
Shortening some longer covered hoppers to enhance operation on my HO scale Box Street micro layout. After my recent successful shortening of a bay window caboose (see Hello Shorty blog entry on 1st September 2021), I was pondering some 56 scale feet covered hoppers that I purchased some years ago Read more…
A few weeks ago, I read a post on RM Web about a new Model Railway magazine / ezine called “The Micro Model Railway Dispatch“. Unlike most model railroad magazines / ezines, this new publication is dedicated to micro model railways, which are model railroad layouts that are 4 square Read more…
Passenger depot improvements for the HO scale Petra Pizza micro layout. Since I built the Petra Pizza layout, the Petra Depot area was a fairly basic ground level gravel area with a shed. In the last few weeks I had a growing desire to do something to improve the scene. Read more…
Scaling back the track arrangement on my 4×1 feet HO scale Box Street micro switching layout to be more similar to the track plan that inspired it and re-arrangement of industries. A few days ago, I was contemplating my Box Street micro layout, and thinking about how I can improve Read more…
Tropical palm and fern trees and some people add more life to a verdant tropical island HO scale micro layout. Since the last blog post about my Tropical Pizza layout, I have received and added tropical trees to the layout. I also found some HO size people to add to Read more…