8×5 N scale layout

Arnie’s 8×5 N scale layout packs a lot in: “The layout, despite its impression of greater size, dimension and depth, is only 8 feet by 5 feet. I’ve attached some layout overview photos and a track plan of the SV&GS2. The LEDs in the cars a very bright despite there miniscule size (1.8mm?). This causes …

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N scale door layout

Mike’s been in touch with his N scale door layout. Yup, it’s made on a hollow core door. The dimensions are 80 x 36 inches. You can see how much he has packed in to his layout here. Here’s the track layout plan: Here’s the same layout with the parts: And here’s a pic of …

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8×4 HO scale track plan

Jim’s been in touch with his 8×4 HO scale track plan. You can see pics of how he’s getting on with his layout here. Jim’s modeling the late transition era of his childhood in the 1950s and 1960s, for the Southern Railway in the southeast corner of my state, and a non-prototypical branch line called …

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8×4 HO track plan

Cal’s 8×4 HO track plan really does fit a lot in to small space – but I think it works really well. You can see his layout pics here. For this layout, I used Atlas code 83 track. Below are the part numbers (I forgot about the buffers in the track plan diagram). Now let’s …

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