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Idea: Same Scene, Different Time
I just had an idea for a unique way to build a model railroad that I’ve never seen anyone do before and wanted to share, especially because it would be cool to see Jimmy do this on the channel on a project layout.
I call it, “Same Scene, Different Time”. The idea is, you model the same scene on your layout twice, but in two different times. This could be the same town in summer and in winter, or the same town in 1955 and 2025.
I figure this would work best on a symmetrical layout such as a 4×8 sheet of plywood, separated by a divider. I think this would be a cool challenge. Seeing the same town in summer and in winter would be cool, as would seeing the same town modeled more than half a century apart.
Have you ever modeled anything like this? Is this something you might want to try on your next layout?
Tom_Fredenberg, zak98 and 6 others6 Comments-
I have designed a layout for this exact idea in the past. Never built the layout but I always thought it was a cool idea:)
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I’m working on a 4 seasons layout in HO Scale right now. Similar concept. Mine is only 42″x42″. It only has a 36 inch diameter loop of track.
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I have mulled this idea very recently. Could be a possibility.
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i did do this once. but NOT on a functioning layout. in a diorama of 12″ x 36″ in HO. split in half. 12″x 18″ for each time period. 1940 scene and a 1965 scene for a 25th anniversary of a friends layout. SOO line was the RR. it was a lot of fun and well received. a nice combination of modeling and research.
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I imagine this would be something cool to achieve with Fremo or T-Track, have the two different times of year on opposite sides of a backboard.
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Im seeing a pattern here…like minds….!!! I too have thought about building this type of layout in N-Scale. My plan (on paper) is 2 – 30″ x 72″ frames bolted together with a skyboard between them. The layout name is Ballantine, Pennsylvania, 1959 in Autumn colors on one side and Summer 1999 on the other. But I haven’t gotten any farther than that.
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