Tiny-Trains
The micro-layout has become a modeling staple as it satisfies one’s need to create a model railroad, while paying heed to space and financial limitations. Sites such as carndt.com (the virtual micro layout repository) hold hundreds of inspirational designs for the would be mirco-modeler. Typically, micro-layouts are built around standard scales, especially narrow gages, and pride themselves on fitting the biggest scenes into the smallest spaces. However, I did recently come across a set of micro layouts that gave me pause – modeled in 1:900 scale! These TY scale layouts are the creation of Tim Dillion, creator and proprietor of Tiny Trains – an online store for purchasing pre-fab TY-scale layouts. These operational layouts are driven by a acetate-belt system that runs the small 1:900 scale trains around a slotted track set into highly detailed scenery. No bigger then a deck of cards, these layouts have an incredible amount of detail for their size, and if nothing else, offer a clever solution for modelers who might want to add some animation effects for their standard gauge layouts. A small site with a big impact!
February 20th, 2007 at 6:43 pm Those layouts are amazing, I can’t imagine working in anything that small and getting any kind of good detail. Although, given my current space limitations, 1:900 scale sounds perfect!