A Look Back at my Last 15 Layout Projects

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

More like a diorama. Pure art .

[@NasusMiniatures]

Okay, now I'm thinking I have to get into model trains!

[@goat_horde]

Im getting back into it...this guys first layout was one of the first i saw when ibhad gotten started years ago. Now im back at it again lol

[@diydyl6207]

I. Love. Your. Vids

[@NasusMiniatures]

@@diydyl6207 Mine? You mean Steve's--he's so awesome!

[@TonisalpenmodellbahnN58]

Sehr gut gezeigt, wie man auf wenig Platz schön bauen kann.

[@tomt9543]

Great layout ideas! I’m also impressed with your talents as a magician @ 9:28 where you make a dog appear out of nowhere!

[@TheMidlandDorchesterRailroad]

Love seeing all those little layouts. You can do so much in a tiny space.

[@troysimpson9550]

Steve all these layouts are well done and look great. Thanks for Sharing!

[@rickdee67]

Wonderful! I too like the idea of compact layout design.

[@jb1639]

Very nice all 15 layouts and a cute dog :)

[@AkashRoy-mv2sl]

I really want to see the larger layout please build it as soon as possible. I can't wait ! 😳😳

[@StevesTrains]

The first video of the 3.5 x 5.5 layout was up a couple days ago. I’ll have the layout done this summer.

[@realchinabot]

Really impressed with how much you're able to do in such a small area.

[@ShivamGupta-hw9yc]

interesting points ,if anyone else trying to find out how to build a model railroad layout plans try Pycanta Model Railroaders Protocol (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some extraordinary things about it and my brother in law got excellent results with it.

[@charlesmcclure5994]

Love all your layout you have built, who says you have to have a big layout to enjoy the hobby 👍👍😃

[@tramminiature5292]

Nice layouts! Thank You for ideas

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

All very beautiful.

[@multicolorfilms]

Thank you so much for uploading this. I love your layouts, and the industrial switching layouts have been a big inspiration for my own layout!

[@Charze7758]

You are without a doubt "AN EXPERT" when it comes to model railroading.

[@jensmetts4809]

Very impressed, awesome talented work. Thanks for sharing

[@robertlossing3390]

Thank you! Lots of amazing ideas!

[@Mercatoyd]

You have a really good feel for landscape making these small foot print layouts very nice.

[@StevesTrains]

Thanks!

[@more5347]

very inspirational. I built my first (so far) N guage inside my piano bench, I had 11" by 23" to work with. now I'm hooked, and am building my next one in the missing drawer section of a vintage dresser.

[@mikeward1966]

Interesting layouts and some likely ideas that can be used.

[@virafmulla]

Wasn't able to concentrate on layout no 13. Was admiring your beautiful lab sitting there.

[@StevesTrains]

Yeah he is a beautiful dog. I’ll have a full video out in a couple of weeks on layout #15 which I am almost done with, so maybe I’ll have to get both dogs in there as well.

[@virafmulla]

@@StevesTrains looking forward.

[@mikec3260]

Layout 3 is what I want to have!! So cool!!

[@DunnyRail]

Love the Dog, oh the layouts are all interesting as well.

[@DIYDigitalRailroad]

You've done some beautiful work. One of my favorite mrr channels!

[@StevesTrains]

Thanks! Your channel is fantastic by the way. I need to start playing with tinkercad and get a 3D printer. I love your videos on your designing and 3D printing structures. I just checked out the elegoo mars printer on amazon you had a link to and I couldn't believe you can get the quality of prints you have out of a printer that cheap. Those things have really come a long way. I'm probably going to pick one up later this year and start playing with one.

[@IowaTrainGay]

Inspirational! I'm working on a Z-scale layout in an end table I bought which was inspired by your first video! These are so cool!

[@thefutureofyesterday8136]

Great work with lots of time and attention to detail which is key. 👍

[@StevesTrains]

If they aren't already being built to order, I sell them on eBay, or in the case of the 2x3' N scale layout, I sold that one at a train show.

[@TouchoftheBrushModelWeathering]

Super Impressive Steve! I work for the A&M. That layout reminds me of Rogers, AR. The layouts are beautiful and unique! Great work!

[@StevesTrains]

Thanks!

[@hadynmcloughlin4661]

As someone new to the hobby and have a very small area to create a layout thanks for sharing - new sub today

[@StevesTrains]

Thanks for the sub!

[@HO_scale_by_Ale]

Nice little layouts. It could be an excellent source of ideas!

[@hubertmantz1516]

Beautiful layouts. Well done!

[@wilsonbroughman850]

Good job Steve I like the smaller layouts 24" x 36" ideally.

[@Butch71]

So awesome. The detail and art in these tiny layouts

[@coxsj]

Steve, love your stuff. Thanks for sharing, I know it takes a lot of time and energy. Compared to many model railroaders, you seem very disciplined in keeping the layout footprint small. For most of us, that would require super human willpower! How do you do it?!!

[@StevesTrains]

Mostly because I don't currently have a lot of space for a larger layout, and I just like trying out different ideas in quick succession which is a lot easier to do with small layouts. One problem I've had with larger ones (I had a 4.5x8 foot layout prior to my 5x10 HO one I took down a couple of years ago) is that I'm often wanting to do something completely different before I even finish the layout.

[@coxsj]

@@StevesTrains Amen to that brother!

[@steve87thpsap]

Great little layout builds so fun to watch them.

[@ajknaup3530]

Nice stuff: thanks for sharing.

[@jesikebiking]

Very Very realistic looking

[@ewoodrailway]

I love small layouts, it's surprising what you can fit in

[@elleryparsons5766]

All these layouts Are good. A small Reminder don’t set a Budget for a Layout It’s All About Pride in your layout.

[@Mason-DixonRR]

Excited to try out a similar 1x3 HO scale layout

[@cybaggs]

Beautiful work and very inspirational to improve aspects of my layout. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@dreadapocalypse3773]

The layouts look super realistic

[@grantbassett2048]

"You Really do a Great job in a shall area. I was a fan of the HO 6' Switching layout. Very good and fun.

[@iggybeauchance7406]

excellent photography specially on layout #1, track level and close, no hand held pan and zoom from 2000 scale feet...

[@SteveH-TN]

Inspirational ! I may make a micro-layout to develop my skill and operate !

[@Hornhausen]

Very nice video.

[@MrMontrose1967]

Great job plenty of ideas

[@scottyq66]

Super cool mate!..

[@POVLA]

Really fun video. Thanks!

[@supercuda1950]

Thanks for all the tips and tricks. I'm new to n scale but experienced with HO. Having lost layouts to tornados (try to get an insurance company to pay for your blood seat and tears in building a layout) and kicked out of spare bedroom when it no longer became a spare, I feel N scale may be the way to go starting with a coffee table layout.

[@christianklammer4081]

Very nice layouts. Thank you very much fpor sharing these with us. BTW: nice 1:1-scale ambulatory dog model you have there ... how'd you get it to move ;-)

[@rhikdavis]

Puppy is quite the photo bomber.

[@EarthtoSpaceScience]

always is!!

[@StevesTrains]

Whoops used my other account. Yep, the dog always likes to get in the mix.

[@kgee2111]

Nice! I got dizzy on the spiral track though! 😀

[@canyonpast]

Very cool, thanks for the inspiration.

[@ADPeguero]

Nice layouts. Best of luck with the auction at your son's school this Fall.

[@StevesTrains]

Delta_KBOS they are having the online auction tomorrow so we will see what happens.

[@mr.nobody1998]

All awesome layouts

[@plixplop]

Man after seeing all these micro layouts, I have no excuse not to finally do something with all this N scale stuff I've been sitting on for years and years!😅 The ones with the train hovering in place as the layout rotates underneath it look SOO cool and mesmerizing!

[@arifakyuz7673]

Now these are some inspirational layouts :)

[@StevesTrains]

Glad you think so!

[@michellesarkinen4050]

Wow I really enjoyed seeing these layouts they are great I'm doing n scale you have shown me that you can make a small layout I haven't started mine yet because I thought I would need a lot of space I have started getting stuff together

[@michaelbujaki2462]

Pro tip- the smaller your locomotives are, the tighter they can turn. I have an Atlas Mogul with a set of overton passenger coaches. They look the best when they are placed on a curve of more than 6" but they can turn as tight as 4". I have put an N scale layout on a piece of wood 12" by 18" by putting the 4" curve out of sight.

[@davidsheriff8989]

Creativity and lots of patience....

[@graphicsman]

I love your graffiti car! Thanks for posting, very inspiring :-)

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

This just makes me want to get into building and selling model layouts...

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Awesome layouts!

[@scottyq66]

Very inspirational!.. love your furry kid!..

[@Charze7758]

AMAZING WORK!

[@edmijares1011]

Great Work

[@gusneaker]

I love each and every one!

[@thunderturbine8860]

@Steves Trains your first layout is somewhat similar to my Marklin ho scale layout . Jolly good show Steve 🙂

[@dnovello]

Love these projects! Great inspirational and insightful tutorial!

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

6:54 was that engine supposed to be an 0-6-0, or did it not work with those curves as the 2-6-4 it looks like it was?

[@StevesTrains]

I honestly can’t remember.

[@TheSuperStarCarWash]

Thumbs up. Cool vid. Great ideas!

[@strafrag1]

Great work! Cheers.

[@giuseppearditi7963]

MOLTO INTERESSANTI I QUESTE Realizzazioni questi plastjco pure se piccoli hanno un effetto molto realistico

[@StevesTrains]

Grazie l'ho apprezzato!

[@bobbyjames4300]

Thank you...very informative..

[@trentthompson2928]

Just WOW!

[@charlescaldwell5411]

You do a great job with mountains and caves. Have you made a youtube on constructing those ?

[@StevesTrains]

Not specifically, but most of the smaller layouts that have one have a segment in a video on how I did it. Almost all are built from styrofoam covered in sculptamold.

[@rrad8106]

Very cool! Nicely done!

[@jacoblawrence6580]

Great video! I have all of my train things in storage at the moment but I hope to build a layout one day. I am wanting to have a small town but also have rural farmland as well. If you have any tips I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

[@StevesTrains]

I have a video on building a farm scene here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZC7Y2aPpc-FY9U

[@jacoblawrence6580]

@@StevesTrains Thanks. Great video!

[@nothingbuttrains9241]

Wow, you should make a video about your collection it must be huge!

[@Thefrwyattbehrndt]

My favorite is model 1.

[@limehuzki]

What about a track set inside a suit case you can pack up and go with, but also have a couple places to switch off too?

[@StevesTrains]

My current project is inside a carry case. I have a video from a month or two ago showing how I built the case. Sometime later this year I’ll have a video on adding the scenery to the layout.

[@limehuzki]

@@StevesTrains seems cool from what I've seen so far ^^ although definitely the same idea

[@evileyeball]

Thank you for this Steve, Im currently a guy with little space but in a couple years once I am able to purge some stuff from my garage I may end up with more space. I;ve always wanted to have some trains but sadly everythng I've ever wanted to do took either more time, more money, or more space than I had so for now I've vicariously through youtube modelers and toying around in the free trial of Scam. My problem is They don't make the Locos I would want to run in any scale lower than HO so I need HO level space minimum, and the locos I want to run are expensive so I need Expensive HO loco money, and then there's the fact I am the father of a 2 year old which eats up my time. Oh well one can dream

[@evileyeball]

Steve, in response to this do you know any places that make nice N scale Canadian Steam Locos that I may have missed when I said they didn't make the Locos I like. I have 8 locos in mind, specifically the 4 preserved royal Hudsons, Empress, the two preserved Selkirks, and CN6060 but I have only found Rapido Icons of Canadian Steam that currently makes Royal Hudsons in HO (for $600 with dcc sound) and has plans to produce the rest of what I desire in future.

[@maxwilson7001]

7:23 Me: “whoa those are some amazing trees!” Also me: “oh those are real trees”

[@roydrink]

Do you have a video on how you do the powered rotation of the layout? Many years ago MR had an April’s Fool layout that had the same idea with the rotation equally reversed to the train speed so that you viewed the train all the time while the scenery flew by.

[@StevesTrains]

It is actually just a motorized turntable I picked up a couple of years ago off of Amazon. It just has two speeds but if you get the train speed just right you can match the train speed to the turntable rotation speed.

[@thatairplaneguy]

Truly incredible

[@JonathanKing-nr7dz]

Same here I have always put one around the x-mas tree for 60years old

[@warrior3456_]

I wish I did n scale I went with ho or oo since I like the british locomotives

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

Same! I'm starting with a Hornby E2 and some coaches, and have no space for a layout. British locos look so much nicer than their American counterparts!

[@Vigilante2u]

What size layout will look good and work on a card table that folds for a small apartment? I’d like to be able to build a small town around in the center.

[@StevesTrains]

You can do something fun in 2'x4' that won't take up much space.

[@jamesmarsh9888]

Amazing!

[@shiftintohigh5564]

Excellent!👍👍😁

[@SussexHistory]

I liked layout 14 the best. You finished with a train set layout on a dining table, which gave me an idea - I don't know if you have thought of it, but you might consider making an N scale layout of a large O scale train set layout such as Lionel.

Great layouts and video !

[@lotsatrains]

I love seeing your videos you really do some amazingly great layouts have you ever thought about doing a small scale on30 logging layout? I bet you really could do a cool one of those. Cheers, Ken

[@StevesTrains]

At one time I planned on doing a small On30 mining layout, then decided not to. An On30 mining or logging layout would be a lot of fun.

[@TheGreatTimSheridan]

i am comsidering a 1901 layout.. liked the train in #9. Interested in doing a lot of horse drawn carriage is horseless carriage is and automobiles all in one scene plus a lot of different early American and Elizabethan buildings. Really enjoyed #11 Let me know if you're interested in doing a big layout in Philadelphia.

[@StevesTrains]

Don’t really have the time to do any larger layouts presently but I hope to eventually be able to take on big projects as my schedule allows.

[@johnwhitehead8253]

FINALLY.... a moving train that’s NOT being operated at 300 scale MPH...!!!!

[@davidw6936]

I’d love to see you build something in Z scale. Since you like small layouts, it’s a natural fit. You can do amazing scenery in Z.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

I'm in 1/960. That one offers a lot in a really small scale. The smallest layout I did was 55mm x 85mm. It was in 1/1920 scale (almost 1/2000) and is available to view on Tinkercad.

[@edgar180]

Great builds. Do you have any micro layout coming up for sale in the future?

[@StevesTrains]

Hopefully eventually. We have been remodeling the house this year so I haven’t worked on layout projects much at all but will be again here starting this fall.

[@callmebigpapa]

Very inspirational thanks, liked and sub'd

[@albertoortiz3574]

🙂 Thanks!!!!!

[@pattyofurniture8059]

These layouts are great. I would like to try to build a version of layout 14. What radius are the curves?

[@StevesTrains]

That layout has mostly 7" radius curves.

[@pattyofurniture8059]

@@StevesTrains Thanks for the prompt reply!

[@Rogueplayz-co1zg]

These are beautiful! Where do you get your inspiration?

[@Rogueplayz-co1zg]

Also, nice dog!

[@StevesTrains]

Thanks! We have two 90lb labs that are great!

[@StevesTrains]

No idea where the inspiration comes from...

[@Rogueplayz-co1zg]

Cool! It’s always good to have animal companions! Don’t know where huh? Dang! I was hoping to catch the strand of inspiration for my Bachmann stuff. Take care! Rogue