Micro Layout - for beginners

[kvp]

Looks beautiful and you made quite a lot of progress. Weathering the track would be nothing compared to the grass.

[katoftw]

Looks great.

 

What is the station you have used?  Been looking for something very similar for a long time.

[cteno4]

Excellent work ist, looking great!

 

Jeff

[IST]

Looks great.

 

What is the station you have used?  Been looking for something very similar for a long time.

Thanks!

I used this kit both for the stop and the station:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tomytec-Building-018-Station-Local-Station-1-150-N-scale-/121259153352?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item1c3b9bd7c8

[katoftw]

Thanks!

I used this kit both for the stop and the station:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tomytec-Building-018-Station-Local-Station-1-150-N-scale-/121259153352?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item1c3b9bd7c8

Awesome.  Thanks so much.  It will become my Osumi-Yokogawa and/or Kareigawa Stations in the Kriishima Mountains area of Kyushu.

[Matteo_IT]

Good work IST... it'sa nice layout.

Now, as you have learned more ways to model, the next layout will be better...!

[kvp]

Now, as you have learned more ways to model, the next layout will be better...!

I hope so, since hopefully that will be our club layout, and someone will be needed with more layout building experince than myself... So I'm really happy that at least IST knows how to make good scenery.

Edited March 15, 2014 by kvp

[IST]

Next layout? I have to finish this one first. :)

I have some pedestrians, cars, cycles, so have to figure out how to place them. And I cleared the white flower area, because I did not like it, I try to reinstall it on a better way. Beside of this I ordered a Woodland Scenics box filled with dark green bushes, plus a club member gave me some trees to place them. And I would like to try something with a Kato bus.

So I have a lot to do...

[IST]

Nothing special happened in the last few weeks: I made some tree but have to paint them, put some cars to their places, so my layout started to be a living town.

One of my friend helped me and cut the door out from a Kato bus, so we could insert a passenger into the door. I will place the bus to the shelter and will build a small queue. On the pictures it can not be seen, but there is a busdriver and a sitting passenger also in the bus now.

 

[Densha]

Can you book a ticket for the Akebono in the blue-ish building?

[IST]

I added more people as I got a package from Japan. Here are the first 2 pictures, but I plan to add more and more figure in the next days, so I will come with more pics.

 

"Yamada san! I have a great offer for you."

 

"Where is the tram? I am just standing here and waiting and waiting."

[katoftw]

Looks great.

 

The layout has come along way from the midwest days. (Too early for jokes?)

[JR 500系]

Neat and cute little layout! I like it!  :)

[IST]

"I hope it is open now."

 

 

"Who let the dog out?"

 

 

"I am hurrying home, but the barrier is always closed."

 

 

"The newspaper says there will be a more frequent service here from 2014."

 

 

"Is there a coin on the ground or not?"

 

 

"See, Miyazaki is waiting for us."

 

 

"Daddy, finally you arrived!"

 

 

"Arrgh, a queue again in the bus stop, although here is the tram line as well."

 

 

"Oh how I hate to clean this road!"

 

[cteno4]

Ist

 

You have done a smashing job with this! Kudos!

 

Jeff

[kvp]

Your layout looks great! :)

[cteno4]

Sorry forgot to say excellent job on the micro scenes! Really makes a small layout like the be something folks will look closer and scorer at and walk away remembering a larger and even more detailed layout!

 

Jeff

Edited May 21, 2014 by cteno4

[JR 500系]

Very nice layout IST! There's something about your layout that stands out, something about the peacefulness and serenity... Very unique ~

[Bernard]

Great job....I love scenes that tell a little story!

[IST]

Thanks guys!

I brought some pictures about today's work:

 

"I finish my cigarette and start to work again."

 

"Honey, you know that we have to visit the hairdresser. If you will be brave I will buy you a toy train!"

 

 

"I am so lucky that Toshio drove on this way and could pick me up. It is not so unconfortable."

 

 

The layout got some trees:

 

 

 

I finished to build this layout for a while, although it has not been completed fully (I was thinking about some weathering of the buildings, the tracks, maybe building wires between the poles, etc.), but at this moment it is nice to see it and watch it while a tram makes its roundy-roundy route. I have other projects (British T-trak modules, Hungarian modules, Japanese modules), I think I learned some basic modelling skills during the construction of this micro layout. It was also nice to see how many of you commented in this forum and watched my pictures.

 

[Bernard]

You certainly did learn a lot of modeling skills.....just think about how much fun and easier the next project is going to be!

[Vato]

excellent 

[darkwolf]

Very nice little layout and an inspiration to get on and finish mine

 

 

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[Ken Ford]

I really like this little layout - it's inspiring me to try something similar with the CV1 Unitrack set I picked up to make a test track. Nice work!

[ToniBabelony]

For clarification what you have is a 'mini' layout not a 'micro' layout.   In general a 'micro' layout does not exceed 355mm x 457mm.

(and even that's to big for me) 

From the Carendt.com website:“Micro layouts are small model railroads, usually less than three or four square feet in area, that nonetheless have a clear purpose and excellent operating capability.”

 

4 ft² = 0.371612 m²

580 mm * 390 mm = 226200 mm² = 0.2262 m²

0.2262 m^{2 =} 2.4347965363 ft²

 

This is even below 3 ft²