| There are countless ways to build a train layout. | | | | recreate the exotic city of Dubai or even the |
| Being a train enthusiast myself I am often asked | | | | gritty city of New York . It's easy to discover |
| how to build a train layout and what I like to say | | | | what you might like by just imagining. |
| is there are as many ways to build a train layout | | | | If you're going to build it for sure, than stake out |
| as there are train enthusiasts. | | | | some territory in the house that's out of the way |
| Every layout is an exploration into who you are | | | | and perhaps behind a closed door if you need to |
| and what you like. Perhaps you live in a big city | | | | keep out your pets. Get a board and lay out your |
| and all you see is concrete, asphalt and | | | | track. Remember it may take many months or |
| skyscrapers. Well you might long to fashion a nice | | | | even years to perfect your masterpiece, but |
| layout in a bucolic setting, perhaps an O-scale | | | | even right at the beginning you can still run your |
| locomotive with a bunch of rolling hills and the | | | | train around that track and imagine what it will |
| green and yellow John Deere farm machinery. | | | | look like as you slowly learn more and more |
| Maybe a swimming hole with a tire swing and a | | | | about how to build a model train layout. |
| large herd of cows. It's whatever you decide. | | | | Finally don't forget that there is no requirement to |
| Perhaps you live in the middle of miles and miles | | | | build a train layout that is a realistic depiction of |
| of wheat and the biggest building in town is the | | | | anything. You could build one set in the future or |
| grain silo. If that's the case perhaps you might | | | | the past or in a fantasy world. The choice is |
| choose to use the extremely small z-scale to | | | | yours. |