Dan Becker's Model Trains - N Scale Buildings and Cars
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Layout overview with buildings
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Welcome to part 6 of a series of articles on my N scale model train layout. There are links to other articles in this
series at the bottom of this page. For those who have read or glanced at the previous articles, you can see from the photo at right
that I have completed a number of town buildings in the track loop to the right and a large factory building in the track loop to
the left. I have set out a few cars and trucks to get an idea where the roads will go. At the front of the layout is a prebuilt
Walther's Cornerstone series passenger terminal building, next to a river gully with a few timber track supports.
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The factory side of town
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This photo shows the factory side of town.The "Kitt Transfer" building is a 1950's looking brick
building from
Woodland Scenics. The smaller shotgun shack and company house in the foreground are
laser cut wooden models from
American Model Builders. Both of these have been blasted with dust and rust powders from
Bragdon Enterprises. They make a nice kit with 12 different colors or instant weathering
powder.
The trucks are nifty pre-painted die-cast models from
Classic Metal Works. And the cars are resin models from
NuComp Miniatures. I will get more models from NuComp. I intend to add a low rent trailer
park to this side of town.
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The road to town
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This photo shows the road leading to town. The taxi and the trucks are die cast metal models. The other cars are resin
models I painted. The foreground has a closer look at the passenger depot.
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An overview of the town
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This photo shows an overview of my town. These town buildings are all supplied with Woodland Scenics Scenic Ridge Town and
Factory kit. The kit comes with some fun doodads that you can add to the buildings like sign decals, canvas awnings, billboards and
various vents and tanks.
The biggest building in the kit is the factory, followed by the hotel building shown in yellow at the right side. (The one with
the billboard on the roof.) Once again, I used the Bragdon Enterprises weather powders to make the roofs a bit dusty and aged
looking.
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Junction Street in town
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This is a part of town I call Junction Street. It does not go anywhere, but it forms a junction in the center of
town. Nearest the camera are the bank and the bar. A Falstaff beer truck makes its delivery.
It is a bit difficult to see, but all the buildings have clear plastic windows. The interiors have a sheet of black paper to
block the see-through effect. Unfortunately all the windows appear blacked-out in this photo. At least you cannot see from one side
of the building to the other.
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Town reverse angle
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Here is a reverse angle view of the town. It's the view you would see if you were N scale height and you climbed one of
the mountains on the back of the layout. From here you get a nice view of the steel plate bridge with the Santa Fe logo. You also
get a clear view of nearby grubby town. Hopefully more trailers are coming to provide low rent housing.
The town has somewhat of a moat surrounding it. At this point I do not know if I will let it stand and fill it with model
water. Or perhaps I will fill it in and make more room for models. Who knows.
The next step is to add a few roads and start growing some vegetation. Right now it looks like a dusty dry town. More to come!
Other articles in the scale train series include:
Thanks for reading my articles. More train layout photos and articles will be posted in the near future.
