I honestly feel sorry for anyone who does not have a hobby like model trains, because their cheating themselves out of one of the most rewarding experiences that anyone can have.
One of the most unique aspects of this amazing hobby is that it provides you with the opportunity to express yourself artistically through the process of creating model train scenery for your layout.
When first considering the problem of what type of scenery to present for your layout, you'll discover that this isn't as challenging as it may seem.
You should, however, initially give some thought to the theme of your layout.
Are you going to depict an era? Is it going to be a present day time period? After you've made your final decision as to the time period you would like to represent, you can then move on to the actual task of constructing your scenery.
There are a few basic criteria that just make common sense, that you may want to keep in mind when you set out to complete this task.
For example, your scenery should reflect the general locale that you've decided on, and should fit realistically with your theme.
In a word, everything that the observer sees should make sense.
Perspective is an important issue as well.
The effect that your trying to create is the illusion of your layout appearing larger than it actually is.
This can be accomplished by using different levels of scenery.
Using larger trees in the foreground and gradually smaller in the background can help with this, and so can placing smaller buildings in the background rather than closer to the front.
Keep in mind that the average person views and takes in one scene at a time.
With that in mind, you may want to set up several different scenes along the route your train or trains will travel on.
This approach will assist greatly in keeping the interest of your viewer.
Types Of Scenery: Every model train scenery design begins with the process of making terrain and should include the following: 1.
Mountains 2.
Tunnels 3.
Rock Formations 4.
Sunset Lighting 5.
Bridges 6.
Winter scenery 7.
Ground Cover 8.
Trees 9.
Water 10.
Waterfalls 11.
Lift out scenery If you like doing things yourself, there are plenty of supplies right around the house.
A few more suggestions for scenery material would include, scrap wood, rigid foam insulation, cement board, and even heavy packing paper can be used in the construction of your model train scenery.
If you keep thinking and keep looking around your home I'm sure you can easily add to the ideas that I've previously described.
The only limitation here is just your imagination.
On the other hand, if building your own model train scenery isn't something that you would like to pursue, you can purchase ready made scenery at your local hobby store, or you can exercise the option of doing all of your scenery shopping online.
Because creating model train scenery is such an involved process it really isn't possible to cover all of the information about this topic in one article.
One of the most unique aspects of this amazing hobby is that it provides you with the opportunity to express yourself artistically through the process of creating model train scenery for your layout.
When first considering the problem of what type of scenery to present for your layout, you'll discover that this isn't as challenging as it may seem.
You should, however, initially give some thought to the theme of your layout.
Are you going to depict an era? Is it going to be a present day time period? After you've made your final decision as to the time period you would like to represent, you can then move on to the actual task of constructing your scenery.
There are a few basic criteria that just make common sense, that you may want to keep in mind when you set out to complete this task.
For example, your scenery should reflect the general locale that you've decided on, and should fit realistically with your theme.
In a word, everything that the observer sees should make sense.
Perspective is an important issue as well.
The effect that your trying to create is the illusion of your layout appearing larger than it actually is.
This can be accomplished by using different levels of scenery.
Using larger trees in the foreground and gradually smaller in the background can help with this, and so can placing smaller buildings in the background rather than closer to the front.
Keep in mind that the average person views and takes in one scene at a time.
With that in mind, you may want to set up several different scenes along the route your train or trains will travel on.
This approach will assist greatly in keeping the interest of your viewer.
Types Of Scenery: Every model train scenery design begins with the process of making terrain and should include the following: 1.
Mountains 2.
Tunnels 3.
Rock Formations 4.
Sunset Lighting 5.
Bridges 6.
Winter scenery 7.
Ground Cover 8.
Trees 9.
Water 10.
Waterfalls 11.
Lift out scenery If you like doing things yourself, there are plenty of supplies right around the house.
A few more suggestions for scenery material would include, scrap wood, rigid foam insulation, cement board, and even heavy packing paper can be used in the construction of your model train scenery.
If you keep thinking and keep looking around your home I'm sure you can easily add to the ideas that I've previously described.
The only limitation here is just your imagination.
On the other hand, if building your own model train scenery isn't something that you would like to pursue, you can purchase ready made scenery at your local hobby store, or you can exercise the option of doing all of your scenery shopping online.
Because creating model train scenery is such an involved process it really isn't possible to cover all of the information about this topic in one article.
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