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Need some 'expert' advise...
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Need some 'expert' advise...
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Anonymous
on Sunday, May 18, 2003 11:17 PM
I bought a Hornby train set. I need some advise on my layout as I am new in this hobby and as I am in the office,I don't have internet access back at home to be always in the forum.Please help me with some of my difficulties:
1)Do I need to get a track-bed (like the one from woodland scenics) to support the Hornby railtrack before i nailed down the track?
2)Which should I start, nailing down the track or paint the layout board first/create all the sceneries?
3)The Hornby sets is in OO scale ,will the figures (HO) scale be realistic with my curent Hornby set?
4)Is there any other websites which gave info's for beginners in rail modelling (building layout,painting,etc) apart from www.trains.com?
Thank you for advise.
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:02 PM
Hello sharilayu,
It's best to have use cork or foam roadbed under any track -- pre-fab or handlaid -- to minimize noise and provide a proper ballast profile. Foam is good, but in my opinion cork roadbed and/or Homasote (a dense paper product sold in many home-improvement stores) is better. Check
www.modelrailroader.com's
site for links to books about building benchwork and small layouts for more information.
Lay the track first, then build the scenery. Sure, you can do it the other way, and some people have, but the success rate is much lower. Lay the track carefully, work out any trouble areas, and make sure your trains run smoothly before tackling scenery makes the layout more fun. Some nights you may not feel like building scenery or structures, so you've got the layout to operate. You'll see the MR's project layouts that the scenery is built last -- get the mechanics right first, then dress it up!
HO scale is 1:87, while OO is 1:76; that means OO scale is bigger. HO scale figures will look a little small. Check the Web to see who offers OO scale figures. Continental Modeler magazine might be a good site to check for sources.
Trains.com is the best place to get illustrated online stories about building a layout. You'll find a wealth of help under Layout Construction and the other navigation links on the left-hand side of MR's home page at
www.modelrailroader.com
.
Regards,
Paul Schmidt
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