N Gauge Mechanised Playground On Layout

Here is the playground I showed in the previous video, now installed on my layout behind a completely refurbished station. The new station has been renamed Richardsville in memory of my son Richard who passed away last year. I hope he's up there chuckling away, that I placed him as owner of one of his favourite restaurants, the Wimpy Bar, shown at the beginning of the video. He's in the middle inside the Wimpy, chatting to Trigger and Boycie outside from Only Fools and Horses. Also if you look very carefully at the Richardsville sign to the left of the Wimpy, it says 'Change For Walmington-On-Sea', a reference of course, to one of Richard's favourite TV comedy series, Dad's Army!

Before anyone mentions it, yes I know the level crossing barriers rise and fall too fast and the red stop lights don't flash quite in sequence but at this small scale it's not easy getting things exactly right. In any event the complete crossing I made from scratch for next to nothing. The lights are tiny 1mm flashing red LEDs, covered with printed paper of my own design, attached to 1mm copper pipe. The barriers are 1mm copper pipe set in pieces of plastic Q Tips on a spring loaded base made from throwaway cigarette lighter parts. A tiny thread runs down below the baseboard, where an old broken DVD player mechanism operates the rise and fall of the barriers. Everything looks much larger in the video than when viewed with the naked eye, as the camera is quite close. N scale is approximately 2mm equals 1 foot. To give you an idea, the adult figures seen here are only between 10 and 12mm tall and the children between 6 and 8mm tall!

N Gauge Mechanised Playground Set Piece

My latest set piece for my N gauge (N Scale) model railway layout. It's a playground that I have built and mechanised using a small motor and tiny magnets. The slide, climbing bars and roundabout are the playground set produced by 3D-Pluss.net. The swing and see-saw I created from scratch as explained in the video.

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Download now, all my N Gauge card model plans from Etsy

 

Print and build over 20 N Gauge card model buildings including:

Pig & Whistle English pub with car park and toilet block
Thatched and tiled cottages with gardens
1950/60's garage/petrol station
High street old fashioned village shops including:
Butcher
Baker
Boots Chemist/Pharmacy
Newsagent
Post Office
Arkwright's General Store
Stationers
Hodges Grocers
Coaling station and water tower combined
Methodist Church/Church Hall or Chapel
Coal Merchant
Timber Merchant
Log Cabin
Farmhouse
Stables
Pig Sties
Cow Shed/Milking Shed
Chicken Coop
Food and water trough plans are included
Fire Station
Ambulance Station
Police Station
Steptoe & Son Rag & Bone Cart
Brewery Double Diamond Cart
United Dairies Milk Float
Hodges Grocer's Cart
Esso Blue Cart
Timber Merchant Cart
Coal Merchant Cart
Plain Cart
Flatbed Cart
Manor Farm Cart

Plus extras including easy to make parcels, boxes, crates, platform luggage trolleys, platform kiosk, brick wall textures and even an iconic British red telephone box!

The plans are in PDF format and can easily be printed onto A4 thin card or A4 paper which can then be glued to card. The models can be quickly and easily made by just cutting out and gluing the tabs etc. Step by step instructions included.

There is no postage cost as a download link for all the models will be given immediately upon cleared payment.

Some of the pictures show the made up models on my own model railway layout. Please therefore note that the motor vehicles, figures, engine, hedges, trees etc., are not included.

PLEASE NOTE: I give a FULL REFUND if you are not entirely happy with the plans.

N Gauge Scales 1:148 - 1:160 

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