Hi,
The last year/year and a half my children (12/10/7) have been busy building a Scalextric set up with a winter theme, like this:
The last few Month my youngest have been asking more and more frequently when we can make a permanent train layout and scenery with the Hornby train he got last Christmas
, and finally a Month back I gave in and started the project
(after all, who can say no to your kids when they ask nicely
and dad quite enjoy doing this together with them) The "only" demand the children had was the following: Rugby pitch, golf course, farm, pub, village, station and rolling hills, and that is after I negotiated away the cricket pitch and the caravan parc
We have tried to do most of the scenery to the right scale, but I am afraid we had to scale down the golf course and the rugby pitch on this occasion
First thing was to build a base board, and as you can see from the pic, we have gone for a bulk std Hornby layout:
The plan is to have the rolling hills in the left and right hand back corner, which will also incorporate a dummy tunnel. Front left will be the farm area, while the front right will be a few holes of golf. In the middle we will have the rugby pitch, the pub, the station and a few houses
first attempt on train scenery:
I must say that working with 1/76 is incredible small compared to 1/32, so I am afraid my first hill might look a bit like a mountain
Rugby pitch and players in place:
3 hole golf course in progress:
Tunnel dummy in place:
Finally, an overview:
I hope you enjoyed this, and if you want more I will only be glad to keep updating this as we go along
Tips, hints and corrective ideas are more than welcome!
Thanks, Per
The last year/year and a half my children (12/10/7) have been busy building a Scalextric set up with a winter theme, like this:



The last few Month my youngest have been asking more and more frequently when we can make a permanent train layout and scenery with the Hornby train he got last Christmas





First thing was to build a base board, and as you can see from the pic, we have gone for a bulk std Hornby layout:

The plan is to have the rolling hills in the left and right hand back corner, which will also incorporate a dummy tunnel. Front left will be the farm area, while the front right will be a few holes of golf. In the middle we will have the rugby pitch, the pub, the station and a few houses

first attempt on train scenery:

I must say that working with 1/76 is incredible small compared to 1/32, so I am afraid my first hill might look a bit like a mountain


Rugby pitch and players in place:

3 hole golf course in progress:



Tunnel dummy in place:

Finally, an overview:

I hope you enjoyed this, and if you want more I will only be glad to keep updating this as we go along

Tips, hints and corrective ideas are more than welcome!
Thanks, Per