N Scale Model Railroad Table
The surface where you layout your toy train set up can make a huge difference as well. I know, you like those tiny N scale trains so it doesn’t seem like such a significant deal. Everything is so tiny in N scale that it just doesn’t appear like you need all that sturdy a surface for it. Take a sec. Let me try to set out my point. The type of surface you have your N gauge locomotives on can really be very significant. Here are some reasons why:
A unbalanced surface won’t do:
Straight off, you don’t want to choose a table that is weak and that will lean or that can be easily pushed down. When you show your new setup to your tinier family members you don’t want the little tykes to be able to accidentally derail your trains with just an accidental touch. One bad moment and your locomotives could be in pieces scattered about the floor. What a nightmare! Don’t leave yourself open to that. If you’re practiced with your hardware you might fashion this yourself.
Cool Tip: Here’s a cool suggestion. If you happen to have an good ping-pong table you don’t use any more, then stop thinking of it as your ping pong table and start thinking of it as your new locomotive table. Ping pong tables are nice and big so they free lots of options for your layout. If you have HO or smaller, you will never need any added room than this. Even if you have a Lionel O or one of those new S gauge locomotives, you’ll find that you can really do a great deal with a table this large.
If you like to go places with your trains, you need a well designed hobby table:
If you plan on taking your N size model train layout around and showing it for strangers, you may want to invest in a travel ready train table made especially for arts and crafts. There are a few different internet sites that devote themselves to designing these kinds of train tables that are sturdy but light weight and easily portable.
Cool tip #2: Here’s a room saver: Lower your table from the ceiling. Want your garage back for your cars? You can use pulleys to lift and drop your locomotive whenever you would like.
Domino tables:
Domino tables are you best bet. These tables can be united in any shape or setup. What these great domino tables allow you to do most however is to develop your locomotive layout in any way that you would like. Unlike other types of tables that demand you modify your scheme to fit their designs, these tables allow you to control the limits of your track work. The light weight design is ideal for model train lovers. So light, its easy to take your whole setup from room to room. Its even no problem to fit in your car trunk. In fact, you might find yourself altering your track design on the daily.
A good toy train track is only as solid as the foundation it is constructed on.
Here is more information on N Scale Model Trains. Here is a website with a free mini-course dedicated to Model Trains.