Plasticville Layouts (Photos)

[Southwest Chief]

My O scale layout is very Plasticville heavy.  I prefer the original pieces from the 50s and 60s, but I have the new dairy barn and out buildings too. 

I'd love to see photos of other layouts that use a lot of Plasticville structures.

[Dr. John]

That's a fantastic looking layout! Love the Plasticville!

What are the dimensions of your layout? And is the track Gargraves? 

[Southwest Chief]

Thanks Dr. John. 

Dimensions are: Length 114", Width 78 1/2"

Track is Ross Custom

[Jumijo]

SC, that is the nicest looking Plasticville town I have ever seen! WOW!!!

My layout is populated mostly with Plasticville as well. See below:

 

 

 

 

 

Jim 

[dbaker48]

Really great looking layouts !!!!   Should be in CTT or OGR !!

[railfan23]

Great pics   I have always enjoyed and will have P-Ville on my layout.

[traindaddy1]

From a 'once-upon-a-time' layout:

[coalminer3]

Some real memory-joggers there.  My compliments to all and thanks for sharing your layout pictures.

work safe

[Sturgeon-Phish]

I love plasticville.  I too like the originals from the '50's and '60's and the style keeps the "toy like" or what a '50's or '60's layout would look like.

BTW, where did you find your airstream camper?

[Big Walnut Railroader]

I'd love to see photos of other layouts that use a lot of Plasticville structures.

I don't know if you have any old Classic Toy Trains magazines from the 90's, but there was an article on a guy who collected old Plasticville. The story refers to him as "Mayor of Plasticville". It was a nice layout. There are fantastic photos to look at.

[Southwest Chief]

Great Plasticville photos.  Nice variety.

Big Walnut, yep I have that article.  An amazing collection displayed on the "Mayors" layout.  Also kept the one that had an article about the history of Plasticville.

[Jumijo]

Sturgy, your layout just screams 1950's! Very nice! Like taking a time machine trip back 50 years.

Jim

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Sturgy, your layout just screams 1950's! Very nice! Like taking a time machine trip back 50 years.

Jim

Thanks, did you notice the flag has 48 stars

[Anonymous]

Matt,
That is a great looking layout indeed.
I think what makes it so appealing is not just the collection of Plasticville but Your presentation of it in the "kitchy" 50's style with perfect streets and all of the details. It's a vintage catalog cover "come to life."
Great work.
Mike

[rtraincollector]

Those are all great looking layouts I have some plasticville but don't have room to set anything up at present but your all layouts are GREAT

[riverrailfan]

Sturgy, your layout just screams 1950's! Very nice! Like taking a time machine trip back 50 years.

Jim

 

I was thinking the same thing.

 

I'm not a fan of plasticville but that was tastefully done and I'm impressed. Nice and clean and the buildings are well laid out. The details just make it stand out. The fences, hedges, trees, vehicles. Even the road looks real and you even have a inground pool.

Nice work.

[Garfield]

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Is that Sam Walton's Ford Truck on the left side of the barn? 

[Sturgeon-Phish]

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Is that Sam Walton's Ford Truck on the left side of the barn? 

Yes

[Buckeye Riveter]

Great photos and layouts.

[Jumijo]

Keep those photos coming guys!

Matt, please tell us how you made those great hedges! Boy, you sure did a super job on that layout! I love it!

Jim 

[Jumijo]

Sturgy, your layout just screams 1950's! Very nice! Like taking a time machine trip back 50 years.

Jim

Thanks, did you notice the flag has 48 stars

Of course I did! Did you think I'm as dumb as I look?

Truthfully, I didn't even see the flag, let alone the stars.

Jim 

[fifedog]

SouthwestChief - I really liked how you layed out your town.  Nice collection.  Thanks for sharing.

[Southwest Chief]

Matt, please tell us how you made those great hedges! Boy, you sure did a super job on that layout! I love it!

Thanks Jim,

I purchased the hedges from Scenic Express.  Here is a link.  It looks like the colors may have changed though as there used to be yellow.

The hedges come fully assembled.  All you have to do is cut it to size and glue it on the layout.  Couldn't be easier.

[csxt30]

SouthwestChief - I really liked how you layed out your town.  Nice collection.  Thanks for sharing.

and what a great web-site also !! That video clip is really neat too !!

Thanks, John

[Buckeye Riveter]

Southwest Chief,

Wow!! Your Garden RR really grabs the sights and sounds of SW Colorado.   What type of locomotive was in the video that made the true to life steam whistle sounds?  Loved the sounds of the Galloping Goose as the train passed by. 

 

[Southwest Chief]

Wow!! Your Garden RR really grabs the sights and sounds of SW Colorado.   What type of locomotive was in the video that made the true to life steam whistle sounds?

Thanks

Heh, yeah with all this talk of Plasticville I forgot about the outdoor layout.

For the cabride video, I used an LGB Mogul pushing a gondola camera car.  The Mogul is battery powered using Airwire control.  The sound is by Phoenix, using a Big Sound 2K2 board with the file DRGW.  Goose #5 is similarly operated, but uses a Phoenix Big Sound P5 board, and the file Goose.

[JimM]

I really like looking at the photos of the layouts using the Plasticville pieces. It really does look like you are going back in time to see what train sets from the 50s used to look like. I love realistic layouts as well, but these look more like what Lionel was really "designed" for. A "kid" playing with his toy trains. I have somewhere around 10-12 Plasticville pieces, and some MARX tin stuff, that I REALLY want to set up right now, so I can have that "50's feel"!! However, it will probably wait until it gets a bit cooler outside, as I must take advantage of whats left of the warm weather to get things done!

Jim

[tex702]

Ok Southwest Chief what are you and the other guys using for streets on your layouts?  I am ready for some streets but dont know what to use.

 

[Buckeye Riveter]

Wow!! Your Garden RR really grabs the sights and sounds of SW Colorado.   What type of locomotive was in the video that made the true to life steam whistle sounds?

Thanks

Heh, yeah with all this talk of Plasticville I forgot about the outdoor layout.

For the cabride video, I used an LGB Mogul pushing a gondola camera car.  The Mogul is battery powered using Airwire control.  The sound is by Phoenix, using a Big Sound 2K2 board with the file DRGW.  Goose #5 is similarly operated, but uses a Phoenix Big Sound P5 board, and the file Goose.

Southwest, I have done that gondola camera car trick, too.  Have you found the Phoenix sound system to hold up good in rain and snow?  Here is a video of our garden rr.   The rains have really pounded it this year, washing the ballast away from the roadbed.

[Southwest Chief]

Southwest Chief what are you using for streets on your layouts?

I'm using streets intended for HO scale.  I run mostly O-27 equipment and  since Plasticville is scaled for use with both O and S scales I've found these streets work fine for me.

The manufacturer was Mini Highways.  Unfortunately I'm not sure if they are around anymore as the listings on Walthers is not too promising, with everything out of stock and unknown when they'll be back.  Here's the link: Mini Highways

My Uncle, who also has an O scale layout, uses Moondog Express streets and they work well too.  I could not find a link for these streets but using Google this is the best I could find: Moondog Express