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I am building an old west movie set diorama in HO scale for a G scale diorama that I am presently working on.It will be fashioned after the model villages that are so popular in Europe.This is my first attempt at HO modeling and I kinda like it for a change.
The G scale module will be for a future indoor/outdoor layout.The HO part of this diorama/modular layout will be highly modified kits, including the figures.
There, I think that this thread belongs over here.
My 1st HO structure is an outhouse ,every town needs a few of these !
It is made from wood and weathered with pastels.
I bought this non-working train set for 50 bucks.I will just weather it a bit and it should be ready to go.
You don't seem to be using the word "modular" in the way that model railroaders use the term. A modular layout is one in which multiple sections are designed to connect together with standardized track interfaces to allow trains to move across them.
Sounds like this is just another non-operating diorama.
Model railroading definitions of sectional and modular.
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Hi cuyama ! This is a scenic module ,there is no train running through it.My train will run on the module next to it.I have seen plenty of this type of module at train shows and exhibitions and in all scales.Cheers! John.
Sounds like this is another static display that might be better appreciated in the Garden RR section of the forum.
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Hi Mobileman44 ! We will just have to agree to disagree. Cheers ! John.
A Sectional and Modular RR layout.
Hey folks,
I have a question............ What is a the definition of a layout?
Does it have to have self propelled trains, or can they just be static?
Ummm, I guess that answers my question..................
Here is a pic of a life size "old west" movie lot,mine will be HO.As you can see some buildings are only facades while others are complete.I am planning to have both.
mobilman44 Hey folks, I have a question............ What is a the definition of a layout? Does it have to have self propelled trains, or can they just be static?
I think you just asked an interesting question. If someone sets up a track plan using one of those wooden Thomas sets, would that be a "layout"? Obviously the train is not self-propelled, but then it's not necessarily static either.
Anyway, I agree with you regarding the definitions of layout, layout module, and diorama.
I think this is an great question and would make for an interesting thread. Why don't you start a new thread and pose the question. I need to think about this one for a while, but I am curious as to what others have to say on it.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
JohnReid This is a scenic module, there is no train running through it.
This is a scenic module, there is no train running through it.
A nice resource with a tad more "diorama" to it is Robert Schleicher's Scenery for Model Railroads, Dioramas and Miniatures.
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JohnReidHere is a pic of a life size "old west" movie lot,mine will be HO.As you can see some buildings are only facades while others are complete.I am planning to have both.
That looks more like a theme park than a movie set -- unless the refreshment/midway game booth is part of a film.
Actually it is both ! an old movie set turned into a theme park of the 1960's era.
This layout module will be self contained and it will be able to be dropped in or out for maintenance,changes etc.. I plan to light it with soft white LEDS.I would love to find an N scale railway that would fit in as well so that I could have a layout within a layout within another layout.Three different scales plus the 1:1 scale viewer.
You know I have been thinking about adding another complete RR module as well, in "N "scale, as part of the theme park.I could run it around the perimeter of the outside 1/24 scale fence,then It could be an N scale RR layout with a 1/24 scale RR module attached.Better save up my hobby money this could get expensive.Cheers!
I thought you were a man of few words!?!?!
Lets see more pictures of this "module"
Yup !
This is where I am as of today.The lower right hand side of the pic is where the HO removable module will be.There will eventually be 15 buildings and facades in there.The future N scale module could be attached to any of the four sides by simply screwing it on.The trains movement should really be an eye catcher.
Now,where the hell do I start ?
Where is the layout? The track, the locomotive, the rolling stock?
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