So now you’ve discovered a way for you and the whole household can be together out in the back yard while you get into your model training pastime? These g gauge toy locomotives are definitely the trains for your family! Your toy train hobby doesn’t have to imprison you down in the basement with the Morlocks anymore. But how to begin? Your train area will have a major say in the kind of design you go with. That said, there are some fundamental considerations when you are creating your g gauge train setup.
Use the topography of your yard to frame the decisions you make in terms of track layout choice: One of the best decisions you can make is to use the climate of your yard as one of the major factors in deciding the type of train and the design of your g gauge model railroad plans. If you live in a wet, frigid climate and have snow and rain as a fairly constant cover for your yard, consider having a covered track. But if you live in the hills of Berkeley or San Francisco and your back yard is somewhat inclined you will want to work with this as well. Climate and terrain are just as important as spatial problems for g gauge trains. These topographical features, however, can also greatly increase the realism and the complexity of our railroad designs.
Play peek-a-boo with your track plan: One of the best ways of increasing interest to our g scale model railroad designs is to use the hedges and plants of our back yards to enhance the visual excitement of our track plan.
Play peek-a-boo with the spectator by winding the train through the natural features of the yard. Where it might be a lot of toil to build a tunnel and mountain structure in our backyards for a g scale design, a shady bush can serve the same purpose with only minor effort on our part. Nothing compares to making your g gauge train appear and disappear, appear and disappear—peek-a-boo…peek-a-boo….
Work with the major landmarks of your yard: If you have a completely empty yard then this is not a consideration, but since most of us have things other than trains and grass in your back yards, your best bet is to take these backyard landmarks and work with them. Waterworks can really add a capltivating element to your garden railroad. A train track looped around a trickling stone fountain or past a spitting stone angel can make for a particularly eye catching feature.
Don’t forget landscape add ons; they’re not just for the little trains anymore: Finally, to really bring out the full reality of our g scale model railroad layouts we are well served by creating features like road crossings and tunnels to make our model train worlds as realistic and intricate as possible. Enlist the expertise of one of the more creative members of the family and the whole experience can really become a cherished family memory. It is much more rewarding to spend in rainy Sunday afternoon detailing and coloring a model train whistle stop than watching reruns of I Love Lucy.
G gauge toy locomotives are so hot right now, you shouldn’t be surprised if you friends are willing to empty their wallets to come over and see your design. But the actual reason to take part in this wonderful pastime is that it is just good old fashioned fun!
Here is more information on G Scale Model Trains. Here is a website with a free mini-course dedicated to Model Trains.
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