Build a model train layout: Model railroad scenery part 2 how to WGH

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14 жыл бұрын

This video series, hosted by Michael Gross, will teach you the simple how-to workshop techniques you need to know to take an HO scale electric train set and make it a scenic model railroad. Well show you how to build a 4x8 model train table (benchwork) from plywood, lay sections of track, create easy realistic scenery using foam and paint, assemble model buildings, and wire your layout with a DC power pack. When youre done, youll have a railroad that operates well and looks real. Our techniques would work in N, O, S, G, or Z scale also. This video is scene 8, Scenery part 2 how-to. For more information and a free booklet with more tips visit greatesthobby.com. The Worlds Greatest Hobby program is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the fun, relaxing, and fascinating hobby of model railroading. Primary sponsors of our series are Atlas Model Railroad Co., Bachmann Trains, Kato Precision Railroad Models, Wm. K. Walthers Inc., and Kalmbach Publishing. Co, publisher of Model Railroader and Classic Toy Trains magazines. To contact the World's Greatest Hobby e-mail Info@GreatestHobby.com
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@billstevens630 Жыл бұрын

I watched all of these videos with my father 10+ years ago when I was a child. Fun to watch them again :)

@JoeIsCrazyWillman 11 жыл бұрын

Michael Gross is into model railroading?! Holy Crap! Burt Gummer, weapons badass does railroading! Cool!

@TimMillerTmillz1361 9 жыл бұрын

"What's a lake without water?" A crater.

@galfiioana3197 8 жыл бұрын

+Tim “Tmillz” Miller interesting points ,if anyone else wants to discover making model railway buildings try Boshapra Amazing Scenery Boffin (just google it ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my m8 got cool results with it.

@oforts9068 7 жыл бұрын

Tmillz316 p

@ryansrailfanningproduction9267 6 жыл бұрын

Tmillz316 lol true more like an ocean without water

@thunderturbine8860 5 жыл бұрын

Jen McKeon lol

@SheridanLeather 6 жыл бұрын

This series provides extremely clear directions throughout. I've also learned more from the greatest hobby website. Many thanks for posting

@drsaleen88 8 жыл бұрын

Great how to. I'm going to do this on my slot car track.

@HalomasterA69 12 жыл бұрын

Man, i love these videos, while hes creating i picture what i want, and the narrator rlly brings out in what i want in my dream, im completely new, O-scale to! And i see this, and it puts a foot into the door for me, got a whole room dedicated to the train set, and i got little cars to go with it, i can play with that while i have my conductors hat on, and move the train around the set, love this hobby so much!:) Great video buddy!

@splodium 8 жыл бұрын

He makes it lookas so damn easy...

@MikesGarageReviews 6 жыл бұрын

JustChase it really is! I did this as my first model.

@matthew_thefallen 9 жыл бұрын

holy cow. i'm getting that feeling of making one too

@buttonfactoryjim 14 жыл бұрын

i dont collect trains, im a wargamer by nature, but this video was fantastic and showed me alot of things that will help me in my next board or display piece. Thanks guys!

@MrThomo36 14 жыл бұрын

thank you gratesst hobby

@funnydude447 11 жыл бұрын

Exactly why do people leave crappy comments on a great video series on how to get started in a great hobby.

@aidanedwards546 7 жыл бұрын

Rattlebones Tv stfu

@goldenretriever6440 7 жыл бұрын

Now I just have to how figure out how to convince my parents to let me build one

@mitchellconant9336 7 жыл бұрын

Golden Retriever xD i feel your pain

@goldenretriever6440 7 жыл бұрын

To the model railroads of our dreams 🍷

@guitargatekeeper 7 жыл бұрын

I started working on my railroad dream this month. I have 7 10" fastrack straights, 1 5" fastrack straight, 1 uncoupling section, 8 pieces of curve track, some rolling stock and a 0-8-0 Lionchief PRR steamer.

@guitargatekeeper 7 жыл бұрын

Very expensive hobby, maybe would finish in 3 years.

@goldenretriever6440 7 жыл бұрын

Abraham's Unboxings and Trains I've heard

@embracerace 12 жыл бұрын

Pro tips. Could save tons of time and headaches. Thanks so much!

@cichfishy 12 жыл бұрын

Excellent video to help get entry level modelers going strong. It's a shame so many punks have to leave their crappy posts for others to see.

@user-gk8gg1zt7l Жыл бұрын

Nice video, Like !

@VillageIdiott 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks , that was a big help

@gitaarmau 11 жыл бұрын

Very nice good job

@ontariorail1251 2 жыл бұрын

Looking back to this video about a year after i got started into the hobby, this video sparked my imagination. Amazing

@ferrari24680 13 жыл бұрын

Dammit he makes it look so easy....

@gusneaker 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial, guys!

@waynestrickland1763 11 жыл бұрын

Got some great ideas from this and other parts thanks for showing it.

@ottoelperro 10 жыл бұрын

Truly magical. LOVE IT! Thanks for posting!!!

@bagolaste 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!! Thanks for inspiration.... Modeller from Slovakia, Europe.

@MikaelWittlock 11 жыл бұрын

One of the best made "series" on YT! Why don't improve it with a Faller Car-System?

@K4JW 13 жыл бұрын

I wish mine looked that good!

@djmpvae27091978 10 жыл бұрын

Cool vid.

@Maroonga 12 жыл бұрын

wow this is really handy for beginners in making model train sets ive began making my model train layout and this video made it a whole lot easier. THANKS GREATESTHOBBY!

@gr8tobemom 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing, amazing job on these videos! This is the way instructional videos should be done.

@s0nnyburnett 11 жыл бұрын

I miss doing stuff with my train sets as a kid.

@darkjumpy 14 жыл бұрын

This is all so beautiful!

@1_lens_view 10 жыл бұрын

Very straightforward techniques with the right amount of instruction to make it good for beginners without being boring for more advanced builders. My only suggestion is to offer alternatives, where reasonable, to ready-to-use products from a specific manufacturer. While these products have a place, using them for everything adds a lot of avoidable expense and does not encourage as much creativity.

@thunderturbine8860 8 жыл бұрын

+The World's Greatest Hobby. Good job man :) This really inspired me to make my own layout. Which I'm currently planning to make.

@Hornhausen 9 жыл бұрын

nice project

@havrodwillfish 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome videos. Thanks!

@class37thrash 13 жыл бұрын

wow this has really helped, i will see my bachamann class 150 going trough lovely scenery yet.

@Pilotguy251HC 12 жыл бұрын

These are great videos!! I'm going to use these useful techniques on my layout!

@cataclysmicnothing 12 жыл бұрын

9:36 Supah time lapse! WOOO!

@marionboyns6082 6 жыл бұрын

love your videos

@andrewbrown669 10 жыл бұрын

I'm only 14 and I mad this bye myself becoase no one would help me got it finneshed after two weeks looks great love my trains!

@renard801 8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Brown Well done, Andrew. I hope you continue to enjoy your trains.

@icedoutwolf8940 9 жыл бұрын

im glad every body is wathcing this series again

@Darebakk 8 жыл бұрын

so relaxing to watch.. :)

@TheMyahFilms 11 жыл бұрын

cool that really helped with the mountains

@CatspitProductions 11 жыл бұрын

This is a kick ass video and I learned a lot of what I wanted to know about how I might do this ;) Come get some Catspit~! ☠

@1merrelgamezgecko 12 жыл бұрын

Great video !!

@lambo5688 11 жыл бұрын

amazing video!

@allanwilson6970 10 жыл бұрын

Love it great tips

@stevenanderson3860 11 жыл бұрын

the layout turned out nice! im making a n-scale layout.

@ZakWolf 10 жыл бұрын

I actually used that ground cover method on my current train layout; painting the plywood in earth and green colors (depending on the area) and sprinkling the ground foam turf (it's even by the same brand: Woodland Scenics!) It looks much better than the grass mat I used on my old layout. Since I didn't use roadbed track, I also applied ballast to the track after it was laid, and it looks pretty good.

@ZakWolf 4 жыл бұрын

For the currently layout I built after that one after our move into our current house, I again used that same ground cover method, painting the insulation foam base in the earth colors and sprinkling the ground foam turf in areas requiring grass (mostly using Woodland Scenics and Life-Like's grass material) and Woodland Scenics gray "gravel" for the railroad yard.

@TheDarthVidar 11 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@lionellance 13 жыл бұрын

great video... keep up the good job and the video's coming... thanks

@AndrewNeilFalconer 14 жыл бұрын

I am considering putting Hydrocal on all exposed foam to protect it, because most likely that would be the place where the foam would end up being smashed or cracked somehow.

@luke_the_boss1232 7 жыл бұрын

well done !!!!

@brunoandreoli7339 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely a good way to start the hobby. However, I would choose hand-made structures instead (made of balsa wood, styrene or, even, thin cardboard. In that case, it would be necessary to purchase the doors and windows). Also, making the grass with wood sand does´t make a layout look worse (even though its a kind of a cliché) while it's a much cheaper alternative. Concerning to the trees, little pieces of real trees sticks (specially fork-shaped ones) with some green painted pillow synthetic foam on them are an alternative.

@AlikVolkov 10 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful

@fansclubchusp 11 жыл бұрын

Punto positivo 1 abrazo !

@JtagSheep 13 жыл бұрын

this looks beautifull

@samuelbiskin3416 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for the inspiration

@Nico93 10 жыл бұрын

i swear i saw this model railroad for sale on tv once on discoverey.

@SuperGameForAll 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks You Thanks You Thanks You Thanks You Thanks You

@connorharris-swem3737 7 жыл бұрын

0:48 hes so engrossed in his happy little world

@thomaslauer4616 11 жыл бұрын

really cool

@BenandChloeLindridge 13 жыл бұрын

nice job make more vids

@columnedfox5508 8 жыл бұрын

here in the u.k it's hornby that does trainsets. this video is really cool although my layout is 7 feet long by 4 feet wide i got plans to build a realistic model railway :D i got some trees already though.

@Tryinglittleleg 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@sravindhar5000 7 жыл бұрын

I have spent months researching diy railroad layouts and discovered an awesome website at Jareks Hobby Club (google it if you're interested)

@mxferro 12 жыл бұрын

to the one posting this (if your the one that made the video) the scenery techniques and all are fine.. so it the track and such, but so many people are now losing their homes or have family move in that there isn't going to be space for 4X8 layouts anymore.. they weren't really that great anyway. You have to start going more like europe and japan plus like "long time modelers" and do the layout along the wall. Shelf layouts or free standing as they don't take up much space and more designs.

@kevinjunek1387 11 жыл бұрын

I'm about to make my layout this summer

@supersurfliner 13 жыл бұрын

i'm doing this tomorrow

@Evematrix102 7 жыл бұрын

you could add a switch track that leads off to an area were you want to eventually extend it,or have your coal factory on an end section on outside of overall main line for a future extension.. Going forth into bigger layouts at start, will really hurt you in the long run easier to start with a basic like this one but customize it to your fashion.

@joshuaguimond 12 жыл бұрын

I plan to build this later in n scale and attach it to my other n layout.

@thetaconyandbristolsubdivi9652 10 жыл бұрын

most of the video is great but the roads could have been done better

@SeaToby11 9 жыл бұрын

Mario man I have good luck with grey poster board. Rip them where they end and create a ragged cut instead of a unreal straight cut. I am sure there ate other alternatives than a putty knife.

@32Jonathan32 9 жыл бұрын

Yes

@SeaToby11 9 жыл бұрын

32Jonathan32 I also hate plastering. I use roof shingles for grass and ballast and dirt. I use insulation boards to create my different elevations, never polystyrene. I make use of different grades of aquarium gravel as well, especially for my rock quarry. And I use cotton balls for trees and shrubs along with pencil shaver waste to use as texture for the cotton balls. There is more than one way to scratch a cat. There is no need to spend a fortune to create a great layout.

@brutformen 14 жыл бұрын

@Xenomorph237 one thing you can do is use cooking foil, wrap it into a ball then unwrap it, then apply plaster to the dull side of the foil then once it has dried, peel off the foil, and you have a rock face!

@MattThompsonST 8 жыл бұрын

thats really cool

@ygatesatellite4964 6 жыл бұрын

There are many factors in building a railroad layout. One place I discovered which succeeds in merging these is the Jareks hobby club (check it out on google) definately the best blueprint i've seen. Check out the awesome information .

@mattbrown3549 6 жыл бұрын

To Yaseen Gate Satellite, Stop these cheeky advertisements! There are plenty of resources available for free and there is no need to pay for information on this subject.

@xo.studio6759 7 жыл бұрын

v Nice good

@spencershaw98 12 жыл бұрын

heh heh 1:49 no pun intended

@terrorrname 12 жыл бұрын

wait, could you tell me how to make a tunnel? HELP its too late to go back, step by step, best method and i sub!

@alexandermccann9893 11 жыл бұрын

My layout will never look as good as this! :(

@viethung1871 11 жыл бұрын

good

@VegasJPH 12 жыл бұрын

Looks great, & I haven't done a layout yet.... but why leave the track down and tape it? Can't you make the track layout & remove the track to avoid getting plaster, paint, foam, and/or ground cover all over it?

@error-vl4ge 6 жыл бұрын

You know, that would have been simpler. Dick, use common sense...

@geomodelrailroader 7 жыл бұрын

now that the smooth it and hydrocal are dry now comes the fun part scenery.

@trainknut 11 жыл бұрын

I got a 3ft by 8ft(with a cutaway in the town section taking it down to 2&1/2ft ) and a 1x3 secondary area through two portals nothing but foam and a dream so far though

@RTD8481 6 жыл бұрын

I just found out sadly the guy in this video Dick Cecil passed away over the weekend. RIP

@stephenmcallister2169 5 жыл бұрын

why does it feel like my life savings is about to be thrown out the window?

@totallynotanaviationfan429 4 жыл бұрын

Probably is as a wise man once said "My heart says HO my wallet says N"

@totallynotanaviationfan429 3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanbarnett1747.....you in debt?

@jorgesalas1977 2 жыл бұрын

Cuz they are

@marwansyarif.j3308 7 жыл бұрын

good !!!🚂🚃🚆🚈🚈🚊🚋🚋

@TheSkidneyandSleezle 12 жыл бұрын

people can go what they want

@LizakDominik1988 13 жыл бұрын

im starting now

@terrorrname 13 жыл бұрын

and about how long does it need to dry? before it becomes solid

@terrorrname 13 жыл бұрын

hey, um what style ground cover did you use? coarse, fine? a mix? and what shade?

@mxferro 12 жыл бұрын

don't glue them. you'll have to reach around them and such for cleaning and they WILL get bumped.. just keep them loose.

@trogdor508 12 жыл бұрын

if you have lights in the buildings you shouldn't glue them. this makes it easier to replase bulbs

@thenorgalofthehills5688 9 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to make the maddison central layout. But what sucks is that I can't find Don's Shoe Store, Adam's Ribs, Bill's Glass Shop, Nor Merchants row lll.

@billywilliamfrederickwarma6689 3 жыл бұрын

So tell me! what color is the ground cover Mister GreatestHobby?

@terrorrname 13 жыл бұрын

@1991conrail thanks!

@trainsfemme 11 жыл бұрын

AWESOME! THIS WILL HELP MY LAYOUT! WHERE DOS HE BUY THIS STUFF?! I AM STUCK WITH CHOO CHOO BOB!

@Pendleton115 9 жыл бұрын

Any ideas how to convert a flat setup to a hilly setup?

@renard801 8 жыл бұрын

+Pendleton 115 Look at how he made the hills in the corner. Use the same technique.

@juggalo9431 12 жыл бұрын

the only close hobby shop around here is hobby lobby can u send me a link to a hobby shop online cause our hobby lobby dosnt have ho scale vehicles or ppl only everything else