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Summary: Tips for creating realistic model train village. Learn how to create Trackside structures for a model train layout in this free train hobby video.
For the past seven years, Kevin Blakeney has been creating village displays of all sizes in retail and residential settings throughout Southern California. Through his experience, he...read more
"My name is Kevin Blakeney on behalf of Expert Village and it is now time to add maintenances waste structures to your track side on your new model railroad village. We are now ready to move on to track side and maintenance to waist structures. Now these buildings would have been used by railroad operators in real life. We want to get the details so we end up doing them in scale as well. A lot of these towers and a lot of these little stations have little sheds for there vehicles as well as workers sheds. You want to put these as close to the track as possible since they have been used by the railroad people. Now track side structures also include any lighting or signals that would have been placed along side of the track. In the display this size I would not normally go for that kind of detail. In a bigger display you can actually put signals in that you can use as you are operating the layout which is kind of cool. So now we are ready to move on to the next step. "
eHow Article: Trackside Structures for Model Train Village
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