A Small N-Scale Micro Layout: Building the N Scale Donation Layout (Full Timelapse)
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2019
- This is just a condensed compilation of the three-part series of building this layout I built and donated to a school fundraiser.
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The layout took about 12 total hours to build, spread out over a few weeks, for a total materials cost of around $250 (including the train).
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Part1: • Building the N Scale D...
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Amazing layout and what a great donation to your son’s school, I’m sure whoever bid on it must have been so happy!
My favorite feature... DINO BONES! LOL
The dog ate my school fundraiser project.
That would actually be pretty darn funny if it happened.
Spectacular.
TWELVE hours?????
Amazing.
BeAutiful work
Awesome can’t wait to use what I learned to make a layout with my sons
I have to say, at first I didn't think watching this would be of any value. BUT... I was wrong. thank you! plus...it's kinda relaxing just to watch the process.... Real nice!
Thanks!
Really amazing little layout! The dinosaur fossil was a cool touch :)
Wonderful! A very generous donation of time and materials. Im sure you made many people very happy!
Loved the view looking up the stream, the trees on the far side of the bridge make the scene look so real.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos and the end product, Outstanding job.
Thanks!
A little late to the party but this is an amazing layout. looking to get into n gauge trains. I will say that layouts like this make it a little intimidating. quality that i hope to aspire to in the future. Your son was right the fossil was a necessity to bring the whole thing together.
WOW what a beautiful piece of work,it looks so close to the real thing,ur pretty amaizing at what u do,thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work!
Outstanding !
Such a small layout seems to pack such a nice punch with those low angles.
Wow superb. Thank you for sharing.
Great idea for a fundraiser. layout looks great. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Raised a few hundred dollars for the school so it worked out well!
I was amazed. Excellent video.
Thanks!
One big problem with this layout. It's not in my house! 🤣
Brian Collins you can make one yourself
I got the same train, Durango and silverton #481. Imma try to make this mini layout as the scene of the actual train running along that ledge above the river. I like your minis, glad I found your channel. I’ll subscribe
12 hours? You're a better man than I am Gunga Din.
¡En un espacio tan reducido, una joyita!
Gracias!
@Gappie Al Kebabi gracias paisano
Cool! Stéph.
AWESOME
Gomez Adams would love this layout
Amazing layout, that Matchbox Food Trailer, I swear I saw the restoration of that on another channel!
Really really cool layout. Looks great! Please make more videos on the 1x6 switching layout :)
I’ll hopefully have some new videos on that project before too long.
Great job. Wish it was mine. Got a bunch, but not the time to work with it.
That looks great. I think it's a great idea (and not to mention brave!) to do macro video as it shows up a multitude of unfinished jobs and glitches! not so on yours though reckon?! Well done, enjoyed it.
people: you cannot ballast a prefab track
this guy: hold my beer
Just make sure you give me my beer back afterwards!
I like the dinosaur
Awesome build, I really want to give this a try, I am new to trains, but not new to modeling, what buildings did you use .? 😄😄😄
This one used a couple of the woodland scenics built n ready structures. They have prebuilt versions of many of their structures. I used those on this layout to save time since building structures is fun but takes longer than other portions of construction.
I have the same kato unitrack
AHHH! Did anyone else see that giant dog? - This was so satisfying to watch! And like others said, great touch with the Dino. Like father like son. Did you say anywhere how much it went for at the auction?
Thanks! I don’t remember offhand what it went for but I think it was close to $300. The dog you see had just turned 1 year old in this video. So he is a little bigger now. You can see both of our dogs in the video I put up a week or two ago on the hogwarts express train set.
How about a " dino dig" version with lots of fossils
I live in Durango and have been on that exact train
Sweet! I hope to ride it someday.
The view is insane
Right now there’s a special polar express ride for Christmas they do it every year
Use your brain unless u don’t have one
Oh no at 6:39 a giant monster dog comes out of nowhere to attack the town!
how did your first ever layout look?
You can see here what my first layout looked like that I built as an adult: ua-cam.com/video/VwC-4WG98pU/v-deo.html I built several layouts as a kid up into junior high or early high school then didn’t build another one until I was in my late 20s.
Do you recommend bachmann or kato for starting n scale?
Kato is much higher quality than the intro level Bachmann stuff, so if you can afford it, that is the way to go. The track is more reliable as are the locomotives. It does cost more though. While I used a steam engine here, the Bachman diesels are generally going to be more reliable than the steam engines. The Bachmann track is usually fine if you don’t take it apart much, but the rail joiners quickly get loose after being taken apart a couple times. Of course you can always pick up some Kato track later on to use with a bachmann starter set or use Atlas or Peco track later on.
If I may ask how many pieces of kato unitrack N scale did you use to build this layout?
I don’t remember offhand. It was either 8 or 10. I think I may have had two short pieces of straight track plus 6 8.5” radius curve tracks, 1 regular 9.75” radius curve track and the 1 9.75” radius viaduct piece for the bridge.
what are the materials you are using for the base of the layout ?
btw nice layout
On this layout I used 24” diameter pine tabletop board from Home Depot with layers of insulation foam board on top.
@@StevesTrains thanks
Durango and Silverstone / bachmann .
Silverton
I rode that train :D
Can you shed some light on the electrical. I see at the end you just have a USB plug in there. Are you running it on a fixed voltage from a wall transformer?
No, I’m using a battery powered throttle: amzn.to/36CodDi that you can also buy an ac adapter for. I have the track power and accessory fixed voltage power leads running to a USB plug from the throttle unit then have a female USB adapter in the layout with the wires there split to track power and the lighting. Obviously you have to be careful you keep the wires that are coming from the fixed voltage output going to the lights and the variable voltage to the track. The wires are small and so you wouldn’t want to do that for a large layout or a larger scale layout since the resistance would be high if the wires were long, which would result in a noticeable voltage drop and also make the wires get warm under load, but for a small n scale layout like this it works fine.
What diameter track did you use?
There are two 9 3/4” radius sections. One is the bridge and the other exactly opposite the bridge. The remainder are I think 8.5”. Whatever the next smaller radius is in the Kato track.
Are u using the Woodland Scenic glue to do the Ballast i cant think what is called but y know the spray glue stuff .
I’m using the woodland scenics scenic cement. It is basically just a mix of Matt medium and water which you can make yourself. I just usually by the scenic cement since I do small layouts and it lasts a while. I do also have a gallon jug of white glue I use for the base layer of glue. However the white glue makes things a bit shiny if you use it on your top layer of scenery so I prefer to use Matt medium based glue mixes when going down ballast and final layers of scenery.
@@StevesTrains well thats what i got . But it just kinda puddles on top of the ballast
@@StevesTrains well thats what im using but it just puddles on top it doesn't rea just run down in to the ballast
Tony Kane I wet the ballast first with 70-90% rubbing alcohol. That allows the glue to soak right in. You can also use water with a couple drops of dish soap mixed in. Either way, dribble that on first or spray it with a spray bottle. That keeps the water/glue mix from beading up on the surface
@@StevesTrains omg yes the dam RUBBING ALCOHOL! . OMG. SmH . Going to get some now are u going to have some displays out the the OKC TRAIN SHOW this weekend
Do you know for how much it ended up selling?
I don’t remember offhand but I think it was around $275 or something like that.
Do You Have ANY videos....with easy to do..... HO SCALE..LAYOUTS??
I have some videos on a couple HO scale switching layouts as well as one on the 5x10 foot HO layout I had in our game room for a while. I don’t do much HO now because of space limitations.
How much did it grab at the silent auction?
I don’t remember offhand since it was back in April but I want to say it was like $275 or so.
@@StevesTrains Sounds pretty good. I did a silent auction for a band trip right around the who hostess bankruptcy thing. We got a bunch of twinkies, and got an unbelievable return on them. 😄
I bet! I also donated a telescope package for the auction and put a video of that on my other channel: ua-cam.com/video/7QwulezGgQY/v-deo.html
The mold stuff reminds me of peanut butter
That's amazing! I don't suppose anyone's tried to commission you to build something like this for them and sent thru the mail? Lol
I’ve actually sold every small layout I have built and have shipped a few of them. I’ve had a lot of requests for custom builds but my work schedule doesn’t allow much time so a lot of these projects take quite a long time to complete. But if it is a simple enough project it is something I can do. I’ve had a number of people asked me to build a version of my 2x3 foot n scale layout for them but that took me two years to build in my spare time so isn’t practical for me to do again.
@@StevesTrains Understandable. Honestly I'd just want something like what was in this video. Same train too, love D&S and wanna ride the real thing one day lol
I have another base like that. Maybe I’ll try to work up something and build it this year and if you like it you get first dibs on it to buy it. Probably do something with more dramatic vertical relief.
@@StevesTrains Works for me!
Ok, have a layout that is up for you if you are interested: www.steves-trains.com/post/colorado-loop-a-2x3-foot-n-scale-layout
Let me know if you are interested in this layout. There is a contact form at the bottom of the main website page here: www.steves-trains.com/ I'll need your zip code to come up with the full quote including shipping if you want to purchase it. The layout could ship out as early as next week once I can build a shipping box for it.
Good job could have added more life like animals and sutch
Yeah I would have added more detail had this been a normal layout build. But I only had a couple weeks to build it and wanted to keep the cost down where I could. I wouldn’t have used the prebuilt structures either, but done kits instead if I had more time.
Its under standable good job on it another thing you should have considerd t scale but i can see why you didint go with it as i dont think they make cars,buildings and sceanery for it asides perhaps little joes any ways good luck
Wow…wouldn’t happen to do commissions would you?
Yes, but I have probably a two-three year waiting list right now.
Did you hate the fossil that much? not even one shot of the finished effect
It actually came out well. For some reason I totally forgot to get a good shot of it. I didn’t finish the layout until a day before the silent auction so I was in a bit of a race to get everything done and boxed up and kind of blew it on that one.
Thanks for addressing it ;)
Komme schnell in Zeitraffer kann man das auch bisschen langsamer normal dieses Video machen damit man auch sieht wie etwas bastelt
So... do we know what the winning bid was?
It was around $275
@@StevesTrains Well done!
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