Hello, I've been working on my 12x15 freelance HO scale layout for about 2 yrs now; I layed down tracks, built structures with integrated lighting etc. etc.

My question is what's the next sequence , make the roads, sidewalks,trees, pour resin for water etc. in other words what's  the first thing I should start with?

I still have a few more structures to build.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you.

Serge

Hey MRH readers!

I'm currently building a 13'x23' HO layout. The theme is coal hauling on the Norfolk and Western, somewhere on the West Virginia, Kentucky border in the late 1960s era. The track plan is a freelanced multi-level design with lower level staging. Operationally, trains will leave the lower level staging, drop cuts off at the small division point yard, where they will be sorted into way freights for delivery to the various mines and industries along the main and a one track hidden branchline. 

My grandson has the Bachmann/Spectrum 82153 Special Class J 4-8-4 Norfolk and Western #611 in N gage that has been very troublesome. On his earlier layout, a simple double oval of Bachmann track from a Bachmann train set, the loco ran fine until after perhaps a couple of hours of use when it suffered a mechanical problem that stopped it dead. The drivers somehow got out of sync in their connections to the other drivers. It went back to Bachmann for repair and was replaced with a new one, as best I can tell.

Hi Everyone,

I've got all my bench work done, but I'm really having trouble coming up with a layout design - initially i just wanted 4 tracks in a loop, but now i want something with more play value. I've been planning on making scenery out of foam at this stage (and have lots of it)

is there a such a company out there that design a track layout for me?