By J. Joseph Bartczak
Lets get started. Plan your layout. Start with your track, and track bed. Don't forget your turnouts, to flow to different sections of your layout. Now is the time for your imagination to take over. Picture your layout, what is your scenery? Is it your home town, or a place that you have seen, or just your own imagination. Now imagine the buildings, trees, people involved in your scene, even the time it takes place. What season is your layout? Remember it is a picture frozen in time.
Now let your picture become a reality. OK, as an example....
It's your home town in the summer. The grass in green, the trees have leaves, and the people are in summer attire. The buildings are Main street stores, a Post Office, gas station, and a Town Hall, and of course, the train station. The town needs telephone wires, poles, and streets with automobiles. Maybe even a pond or a stream. Rolling hills in the background make it complete.
Or maybe a winter scene....
Snow on the houses, no leaves in the trees, children ice skating or even sleigh riding down a hill. Maybe the Town is getting ready for the Holidays, lighting, decorations, equipment, etc. These are some ideas in the types of seasons.
With the use of buildings, roads, hills, and people the sky is the limit. Just don't forget those little details that make your layout different from the rest. Put your own stamp on it, make it your own. Look at other layouts and get more ideas. You may see that "Thing" that you were missing. Train shows are a great place to get ideas, so don't pass them up.
Lets get started. Plan your layout. Start with your track, and track bed. Don't forget your turnouts, to flow to different sections of your layout. Now is the time for your imagination to take over. Picture your layout, what is your scenery? Is it your home town, or a place that you have seen, or just your own imagination. Now imagine the buildings, trees, people involved in your scene, even the time it takes place. What season is your layout? Remember it is a picture frozen in time.
Now let your picture become a reality. OK, as an example....
It's your home town in the summer. The grass in green, the trees have leaves, and the people are in summer attire. The buildings are Main street stores, a Post Office, gas station, and a Town Hall, and of course, the train station. The town needs telephone wires, poles, and streets with automobiles. Maybe even a pond or a stream. Rolling hills in the background make it complete.
Or maybe a winter scene....
Snow on the houses, no leaves in the trees, children ice skating or even sleigh riding down a hill. Maybe the Town is getting ready for the Holidays, lighting, decorations, equipment, etc. These are some ideas in the types of seasons.
With the use of buildings, roads, hills, and people the sky is the limit. Just don't forget those little details that make your layout different from the rest. Put your own stamp on it, make it your own. Look at other layouts and get more ideas. You may see that "Thing" that you were missing. Train shows are a great place to get ideas, so don't pass them up.
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