I was able to do more work on my HO scale train table layout mountain and scenery. As this was the first time I’ve done scenery I was a little apprehensive, but I decided to just dive in. I taped up the rock castings and sprinkled grasses all over the mountain. The lid on the […]

It’s been a long time since I had an update on my HO scale train table layout, and that is mostly due to the fact that I haven’t actually done anything on it. Over the last several months I tried setting aside some time to work on it, mostly creating the mountain and tunnels on […]

After setting up my train table and finalizing the track layout, my next step was to start adding buildings and structures. For a while I wished I went with N-scale since I could fit so much more on the 5’x8′ table that I built, but after building HO-scale structures, I am so glad I didn’t. […]

I already knew I was going to have a mountain and a small town on my layout, and I wanted to have some of the track elevated so everything wasn’t just sitting on the same level ground. But I had to figure out what track would be elevated and how I would do it. The […]

As soon as the table was upright and in position, I immediately set up the track on it. It was just a simple loop that took up the whole table. I was content for a few days just running the train around, but I soon wanted more. So I sat down and used AnyRail to […]

Due to the size of the train table (5×8) I had to get rid of my rather large desk. I’m now using a desk about half the size of my old one. But that was the requirement my wife set in order to have the train table upstairs. It’s now taking up pretty much all […]

Over the course of two weeks and with the help of my dad, I was able to get all of the wood to my house, get everything cut, and assemble the train table. The table top was completed while my dad was there to help me line things up and make sure everything was level. […]