Game Room O Scale Display Layout Part 1 - Design and Beginning Construction
Lionel O scale trains have been around for decades. Dan's grandfather had a large Lionel collection, and Dan's dad had a train as well.
When it came time to design a display layout for Dan & Nichole's game room, they decided it would be fun to use 3 rail O scale.
The entire room has been a project, and Dan & Nichole did a lot of the work themselves. This room is eventually going to house a pool table, gaming consoles, TVs, and even a vintage pinball machine!
The train is going to be up on a shelf near the ceiling. The track plan is a simple squared-off oval around the walls. There are no turnouts or anything fancy.
Dan is using Lionel Fastrack to build this layout. This is a high-quality prefabricated track system that should make the track installation easy once the shelves are built.
But before the shelves go in, Dan shows how he figured out how and where to mount the shelves using two different types of brackets.
This program covers some of the work done on the game room, planning the layout, mounting the shelf brackets, and beginning construction of the shelves.
Though this is an O scale layout, the techniques used could be used for an around-the-ceiling display layout in just about any scale.
Join us for some O scale model railroading fun!