N Gauge Layout Build: Beginner Layout 1 - Baseboard Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2020
- I figured to do a beginner layout to go with my introduction to N Gauge videos, starting from building the baseboard and going through it step by step on how to set up a basic DC layout for those just getting into the hobby.
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Now you’ve got a train running, let’s have some scenery through which the train will run!!
Heh, well I do work on some scenery through the Beginner layout series, though this layout is now complete and owned by a friend's son, who I'm hoping is still enjoying it.
After years of putting it off and thinking about it, I am planning to build my first model railway layout in N Guage. Thanks for the inspiration. Great video
Glad that I inspired you to build your first N Gauge layout, wouldn't mind seeing it when it's all done, if you're on facebook, I do have a page for my channel where you should (if I got the settings right) be able to post them on the page there!
Just what I needed....going to do a little shunting yard in a 1'x3' to relive a long forgotten plan from youth in the GMRS!
Do hope that your layout goes well, hope to make my own small shunting layout sometime but should finish off at least one of the two I'm doing now heh
We all had to start somewhere and hopefully videos like this show people that getting started really doesn't have to be that difficult.
Indeed, and it's not really anything difficult to learn put it all together, a screwdriver some screws and a small saw will be all you need really to get started!
@@GosportRailworks Not that difficult but it also doesn't have to be expensive.
Sometimes you could just use waste materials.
Lightweight doors for example could also be used for a layout, just put a cheap or free frame under it and roll trains 😁
Always do try to reuse what I can find! Though I don't recommend the wood found in many ikea like put together furniture with a coated finish, either the track pins have a hard time getting stuck in or the glue just sits on the shiny surface.
Though that is my own experience of using them heh
@@GosportRailworks Some furniture from that store could be used to build a layout in though.
I'm talking about real wood, for a baseboard it only takes scraps.
But MDF or chipboard is useless, I agree.
I've even seen cardboard being used to build a layout, seen on Budget Model Railways.
Every day I look in the waste generated at my place of work and whatever takes my fancy is coming home with me.
Tons of wire in all colors, wood, plywood and anything else I may or may not find a use for.
Sometimes you don't need much stuff but if you have to buy everything it can sure add up 😉
Did try to make one out of cardboard which I got from work, annoyingly though a coworker thinking they were being helpful folded it in half when I needed it as it was but oh well
And do watch BMR and always good tips on stuff, and my work also makes a lot of stuff which I could reuse, but bit tricky getting it on my bike heh
I watched the video to see your train layout... You've shown me how to make a small dining table!!
To be fair, most layouts start off looking like a small dining table, except the layout which I built on my bunk bed, that one looked bit more confusing.
But the layout starts getting built in the next video, this one was just to show the basics of the baseboard really.
Great video with lots of good practical advice. Like the look of the track plan. Nice bit of editing too.
Cheers very much, do hope to do some more videos with some usual bits in for beginners.
You are a very naughty boy. You really need to invest in a dust sheet to protect your carpet (but I see that the carpet cleaner was dutifully standing by) 😁.
However, that was a very good description of how easy it is to start in the hobby. Well done. 👏👏
I'm sure I had one at one point, but my mother knows I use my room like a workshop so she's use to it now (as long as I clean it up), also the reason why I've said I don't want a new carpet cause it'll soon end up like this one!
And glad you enjoyed the video, hoping to at some point cover all most of the basics people should know to get into the hobby, just need to make sure I learn it all beforehand though heh
Nice job the baseboard looks professionally made and it looks strong i like the track plan that you have drawn up.
It is quite strong, through the warping in the outside beams has ruined the professional look, still works just as well just has a little bit of a lip in places.
And glad you liked the track plan, wanted a bit of everything to show off what could be done etc.
Thats a nice track plan. Ive got a 4 x 2 foot board to do next so I might well copy that idea!
Feel free to copy, though with an extra foot you might be able to make the through station have a run around loop if you wanted one.
Might have a go at doing a classical 4x2 board at some point just to see how much you can get into it without being too much!
I purchased a layout at my model railway club, and my son is in the process of turning it into Walmington-on-Sea. It has a fiddle yard, a scenic board, a station and a through line.
Nice to see more people getting into the hobby, and have been tempted in making a Dad's Army layout as well, though will be a long way off till I get round to that! heh
Great stuff bud
Nice work.
Cheers very much!
After 15 years I've decided to get back into the hobby but i don't have the space for my OO gauge stuff so im going with N gauge. Ive decided on a 4.5ft x 2.5ft baseboard so i can have a double loop with a loco siding/refueling area aa passing track through the station with some space in the middle of the board for more sidings. My only issue is ive never been good with woodwork lol. So i need to do it properly, luckily ive got the peco track plan book as well 👌
Always happy to see someone return to the hobby, and for the most part, N is pretty much the same as OO just bit more fiddly! but a 4.5ft x 2.5ft layout is a good decent side to get back into things with!
And yeah I've never been the best with woodwork either, my main aim is always come back with the same number of fingers as I started with heh, but do hope your layout comes along nicely!
Nice vid. I like that you use more basic tools, particularly since I don’t own many power tools myself.
Glad you like the video, and yeah the main power tool I've got is just my electric screwdriver and that's just to save my hands and time!
im toying with the idea of a double-bed bedframe to act as the main part of the structure with an 8x4 sheet on top. the bed frame adapted to mount the board
That would work quite well, though like with my bed layout, might need some space in the middle to help with access unless you're able to reach the middle from the outside!
Also because some of my locomotives have DCC Sound, I chose the ANEMODEL LD101 controller which controls both DC and DCC!!
Currently most of my engines I've converted to DCC, just makes it easier for me personally (only exceptions are the tiny engines like the Terrier), though only got the one engine with Sound, bit too pricey for me but at least wanted the one to see what it was like!
Thanks for the video !!
Glad you enjoyed it!
To power track i used 10 amp 12 mains power supply, about £10. Then i used motor controllers modules off ebay about £4 each. So can use quite a few controllers to match each line.
I think I used something similar, mostly what Budget Model Railways used as it seemed to work well, roughly about the same price if I recall, much cheaper than buying a DC controller from one of the typical manufacturers!
Enjoy video.Good update too.
Cheers very much, Glad you enjoyed it!
@@GosportRailworks I know nothing at all about model trains but I bought an N gauge sometime ago just put it on my coffee table it looks great so right now I am on a train from London to Edinburgh so just looking at you tube and found your vid enjoyed the simplicity of it as never built any thing but I will give it a try Jim from Edinburgh……thanks
@@GosportRailworks I know nothing at all about model trains but I bought an N gauge sometime ago just put it on my coffee table it looks great so right now I am on a train from London to Edinburgh so just looking at you tube and found your vid enjoyed the simplicity of it as never built any thing but I will give it a try Jim from Edinburgh……thanks
@@jamescrawford2926 First of all, glad you enjoyed my videos, do hope you find them useful, also hope you had a good trip on the train. And N Gauge is perfect for small spaces if you don't mind things being a bit fiddly. And I do find simple layouts quite pleasing, just a simple station to work with and a goods yard will pretty much work for the most part!
Hope to see the finished layout...
Will be finishing off this layout as it'll be only simply decorated to begin with, might add some extra bits here and there but don't want to add too much to this one.
Hoping to get another video of it recorded soon however.
Thank you for your message. Unfortunately, I don't have facebook or any other social media, but I would welcome any help you could give me.
No worries, and will try to help as best I can, another good place to visit is also the N Gauge Forum too as they do have guides on there as well.
Looks amazing ,what are the dimensions ?
Glad you like it, it's 3ft by 2ft
@@GosportRailworks thank you very much
No worries!
I couldn't grasp which software you used, could you please repeat it?
XTrackCAD (Though sometimes XTrkCAD), it is a free software and should work on everything though does need a bit of setting up to begin with, I have got a tutorial video on getting started with it.
Hope that helps!
@@GosportRailworks Thank you, enjoyed the video, looking forward to seeing everything else.
No worries, hope you enjoy them all!
Because I’m of an age where things start to fail, the bare minimum size I can use is 00 gauge.
Have been thinking of what I'd do when my sight begins to go, have been eying up the garden for doing something in Gauge 1 which might be something for that time!
Isn’t that board excessive for this tiny train set?
As it originally was, yes it was, but I did add more trackwork afterwards (the set in the video was mostly there for an example as bought separate track for it all than use the track from the set).
That and the 3x2ft board was a standard size board which I could buy that could get a loop round and didn't want to do more cutting than really required.