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How to Buy Model Train Accessories

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Historical accuracy will make your accessories fit together well.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Miniature Buildings
  • Miniature People
  • Miniature Train Stations
  • Miniature Vehicles
  • Miniature Animals
  • Miniature Shrubs
  • Miniature Trees
  • Train Sets
  1. Step 1

    Decide what time period your train scene is set in.

  2. Step 2

    Imagine a geography for the scene you've designed - rural, urban, mountains, plains.

  3. Step 3

    Go to the library for books on the area, or that particular train line if you've re-created a real train scene.

  4. Step 4

    Consider the purpose of your train. Is it a passenger train, a freight train, a coal carrier?

  5. Step 5

    Choose some figures for people meeting the train. A freight train will be met by people in work clothes and by trucks. A passenger train will be met by passengers: people in suits and with children.

  6. Step 6

    Find some model cars from the period if your scene has railroad crossings.

  7. Step 7

    Find some animals or trees at the hobby store if the scene is rural. Deer or nesting birds set the scene well.

  8. Step 8

    Find some buildings and arrange activity on and around them if the scene is urban. To avoid an empty feeling, concentrate on people and not just buildings.

  9. Step 9

    Place gaps of regular track between track accessories such as bridges, crossings and turnouts to keep the scene realistic.

Tips & Warnings
  • A train station is always a great accessory. It makes the scene look more active.
  • This stuff gets expensive.

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