The Ultimate Guide to Building a Model Railway Layout - Part One

In this Hornby How To Series we show you how to build you very own model railway layout.

The hobby of railway modelling is a wonderful pastime that can offer so much to so many in numerous different ways.

There are some modellers who enjoy the creation of a beautifully sceniced layout with picture postcard detail while there are others who just want to lay the track and watch the trains go round and round. There are others who obtain their enjoyment from creating a complex layout, intricately wired so that it can run almost automatically, while others desire simplicity and desire a much more uncomplicated approach to building their layout.

Learn as you progress and as time moves on you will hone your skills and keep on learning. Never be dissatisfied with your first attempts as you can always go back at a later date and improve, just as long as the trains travel around the track without derailing or having unscheduled stops all is good

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[walrusgaming]

this is the exact set I gres up playing with at my grandads house on the mat with the scenery

[Madmonty]

After approximately 38 years of not having a layout. I’m now collecting and planning my new layout in my spare room. I can’t wait.

[chrisriddle]

Loving the video's as dusting of an old train set for the kids. Really informative and thorough.

[kimberlycooksley]

Thank you. Hornby, you’ve proven that you care about the community. Makes daunting tasks, not so daunting

[davidhemmett]

A great help for someone just starting out

[richardwarner]

Great series of How To videos. Advent 18/12/21 Done!

[mrhaggit]

Looks really good need to find space now to try and build a new one for me, not too sure where don’t really want it under a bed would prefer something more permanent

[Lemmy-prod]

I’m just now starting I’m making the blue bell railway I’m basing it off my own version of it also I’m going to make the rev w Audrey’s far quar it will be hard but it will be cool seeing it in someone else’s home

[richardswiderski]

Looks like it's going to be a good and very helpful video.

[bentullett]

Great tip regarding positioning the buildings

[deauvilledad]

Nice video for beginners. Good work Mike 🤓 💙

[medwaymodelrailway]

Great layout."thumbs up from me"

[sambobran]

need to drill through the board in the centre of buildings so you wire up some lights for them, the most amazing effect I ever did, makes playing in the dark extra fun. Even if just screwing in some chock block and pulling wires from each one to a centralised point so you can wire them up at a later date. Green and red lights in tunnels look amazing too.

[rikkvfr]

Great series for a newcomer like me thanks! The buildings used look really good quality, does anyone who makes these?

[carldyke]

Very relaxing building your own creation, but,expensive

[sonarfreq]

Could you tell me which Hornby Trackmat fits onto a baseboard of 52" x 40" please, as both of those currently available (R771 and R8217) seem to be much bigger at 1200mm x 1800mm or roughly 4ft by 6ft? And is this size (52" x 40") at least suitable for a 2nd Radius basic loop?

[modelrailwaysandme]

So is Sundeala no longer the recommended baseboard top?

[noone]

Are track extentions conventional for different locomotive of a particular scale, especially those from different companies ?

[JrtheGreenFox]

Excuse me Hornby but what radius does the starter Oval have to be ( 1st, 2nd or 3rd

[tamagotime]

Thank you Mr Hornby, but it's on fire, what do I do?