Model Railroader editor Neil Besougloff continues work on the Red Oak layout’s Iowa scenery. He’ll also show you some of the structures that have been completed and are awaiting installation on the layout. Speaking of structures, associate editor Eric White is busy building a signal tower for the N scale model railroad. Associate editor Steve Otte is handling some off-the-railroad traffic by building a paved roadway that will run through town.
Building the 3 x 7 Red Oak N scale model railroad part 5
By Angela Cotey | March 19, 2015
| Last updated on November 23, 2020
Scenery, structures, and road construction
going to be a great little layout
I could see the guys getting bored doing the same "this is how we ……" for every layout they build. There are several videos on all the various aspects that you use in building a layout already located on the site. Perhaps referring to where the video can be found or a link to it for those newer viewers. Check the how to tab at the top of the page.
I agree with the comments as, if I was new to Model Railroading, there is a lot of presumed knowledge in this series.
Good interactive work none the less.
Great update. Steve must be the neatest modeler alive, have an extremely understanding wife or be part owner of a dry cleaning business to do any model work in a WHITE sweater.
Mark
Kind of missed a lot of information in this episode; it was more like a commercial for the next issue of the mag. Using cork roadbed as the foundation for a road is a good idea, and if it were shimmed in the middle a wee bit, it would make a good crown for the road. Roads, like Iowa, are not completely flat.
Good update Neil. One question, where did the photos of the Iowa countryside come from? Are they from an online source or did someone from the staff like Drew perhaps take those on a past trip? I've found that the photos help in building scenery, esp. rock faces and stream banks.
this wasn't as full as the other project layout.
Especially in the winter time, I like putting together buildings, so I have several shelves ready to go, just like the MR Staff. It is a good procedure because then you can test fit the structures as you finalize the track locations.
Steve is not the only one who's "vroom vroomed" cars on a layout. I've done it many, many times. lol
like ti looks like you have a lot of bildings
The videos of previous Layout Proyects (Virginian, Winter Hill and Thin Branch, Rice Harbor and also the latest Olympia Logging Co. used to be fully instructional. But the videos in this Red Oak series are merely descriptional because the process for getting the things done is not shown.
I think the other approach was better, more advantageous.