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James Tuverson
Добавлен 2 июл 2019
Hi, I'm James, an N scale model train enthusiast in Southern California. I'm new in the hobby, but I love creating N Scale Train Layouts and documenting the processes here. I am a beginning, amateur modeler, not an instructor, and you take your own risks by copying anything I've done on this channel. I'm glad to share my approach to building train layouts and the results. Check out jamesNscale.com for additional pics and my blog, which provides a lot more detail on how I approach building layouts and enjoying N Scale Trains!
4x8 N Scale Train Layout — July 2024 Update!
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July 2024 Update:
The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!):
James N Scale 4x8 Scenic Layout SCARM file (download S.C.A.R.M. software at SCARM.info)
drive.google.com/file/d/1tI69opXIQhalRDNMLpBWaK6Lb6p_t5Kg/view?usp=sharing
Here's the SCARM plan in JPG format
drive.google.com/file/d/1t7KdKPAVLAbSZZK7yC4dMcTO9Ap7z-MC/view?usp=sharing
Here's a cool JPG for the layout for inspiration!
drive.google.com/fil...
July 2024 Update:
The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!):
James N Scale 4x8 Scenic Layout SCARM file (download S.C.A.R.M. software at SCARM.info)
drive.google.com/file/d/1tI69opXIQhalRDNMLpBWaK6Lb6p_t5Kg/view?usp=sharing
Here's the SCARM plan in JPG format
drive.google.com/file/d/1t7KdKPAVLAbSZZK7yC4dMcTO9Ap7z-MC/view?usp=sharing
Here's a cool JPG for the layout for inspiration!
drive.google.com/fil...
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My 4x8 N Scale Train Layout - May 20, 2024
Просмотров 5083 месяца назад
Hey Everybody! It’s been a minute since I posted, just thought I’d capture a quick video of the trains in action so you’d see the layout is still running!! There’s little I need to do on this track nowadays, just keep it clean with 91% alcohol and a little camera dust blower (the kind that has a squeeze bulb for little puffs of air to keep dust from accumulating in the water features.) it’s a v...
I Turned My Train Layout into a Guitar Workshop!
Просмотров 1694 месяца назад
I know this might be upsetting to some of you, but hear me out!! I've had TWO N scale train layouts for a few years now my 4x8 Scenic layout and my 3x8 "Performance" train layout. I've built them both and I've loved using them both. BUT... my interests have changed and it was time to convert my 3x8 Performance layout into something I have a need for nowadays a workshop to set up and build guita...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #14: Performance Track Winter 2023 Update!
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Hey Everybody! It’s been a while since I’ve given an update featuring my 3x8, N Scale “Performance Track” Train Layout. Come check out how the layout looks nowadays and see it in action! I can easily run up to 4 long trains simultaneously on the 4 concentric loops, and it’s fun (and challenging!) to run trains using the 6 crossovers to move from one loop to another. I’m especially proud of how ...
James’ N Scale 4x8 Scenic Train Layout
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Fall 2023 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/uIApswpUgoE/видео.html February 2024 Update: The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!): James N Scale ...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Summer 2023 Update!
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Hey Everybody! It’s been a while since I posted an update on my 4x8 Scenic N Scale Train Layout, and here it is! February 2024 Update: The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!): James N Scale 4x8 Scenic Layout SCARM file (download S.C.A.R.M. software at SCARM.info) drive.google...
Kato N Scale Silver Streak Zephyr 6-Unit Set (in a rainstorm!)
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Fall 2023 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/uIApswpUgoE/видео.html February 2024 Update: The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!): James N Scale ...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #31: “Best of” Compilation of the Scenic 4x8 Build!
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Hey Everybody! Here’s a streamlined compilation of the entire series of videos I’ve made featuring the building of my N Scale 4x8 Train Layout. It’s great to see it progress from concept to reality and I hope you enjoy it. Check out my website, jamesNscale.com for track plans and lots more video of my layouts. Thanks for checking it out!! February 2024 Update: The finished 4x8 layout plan is av...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode 13: Complete 3x8 Performance Track!
Просмотров 11 тыс.Год назад
Hey Everybody! I’ve just finished building my 3x8 N Scale “Performance Track” Train Layout, and I’m glad to share what I did! This project took me about 5 months to complete. It’s my second train layout; my goal in building this one was to do all the stuff I couldn’t do with my 4x8 Scenic N Scale Layout! I also wanted to build a layout that was perfectly flat and allowed me to run multiple long...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #30: Kato Zephyr Passenger Train & BLI Mixed Freight!
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Fall 2023 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/uIApswpUgoE/видео.html February 2024 Update: The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!): James N Scale ...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #12: Layout Update!
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February 2024 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/GrZS7cq03mU/видео.html Download Links (The link sends me a permission request and I grant access ASAP!): Completed 3x8 N Scale “Performance Track” Train Layout (JPG): drive.google.com/file/d/1sW4JiGyTk5kPuwAmcBqPs3N2H...
James' N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #29: EMD Diesel Pulling Coal at Twilight!
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Fall 2023 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/uIApswpUgoE/видео.html February 2024 Update: The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!): James N Scale ...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #28: BLI Heavy Pacific Steam pulling Bachmann Coaches!
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Fall 2023 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/uIApswpUgoE/видео.html February 2024 Update: The finished 4x8 layout plan is available for free download by clicking the links below (the link sends me a permission request and I try to grant access ASAP!): James N Scale ...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #11: Silhouette Mountain Background
Просмотров 757Год назад
February 2024 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/GrZS7cq03mU/видео.html Download Links (The link sends me a permission request and I grant access ASAP!): Completed 3x8 N Scale “Performance Track” Train Layout (JPG): drive.google.com/file/d/1sW4JiGyTk5kPuwAmcBqPs3N2H...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #10: Adding Two Reverse Switches
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February 2024 UPDATE: Please Subscribe and Check out the Compilation Video which shows the BEST highlights of the building of this layout all in ONE FUN EPISODE! ruclips.net/video/GrZS7cq03mU/видео.html Download Links (The link sends me a permission request and I grant access ASAP!): Completed 3x8 N Scale “Performance Track” Train Layout (JPG): drive.google.com/file/d/1sW4JiGyTk5kPuwAmcBqPs3N2H...
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #9: Feeder Frenzy with Kato Unitrack
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #9: Feeder Frenzy with Kato Unitrack
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #8: UPDATED 3x8 Track DCC Layout
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #8: UPDATED 3x8 Track DCC Layout
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #27: Kato EMD SDP40F pair with Maersk MAXI-I Cars!
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #27: Kato EMD SDP40F pair with Maersk MAXI-I Cars!
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #7: Baseboard Painted!
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #7: Baseboard Painted!
James’ N Scale Train Layout- Performance Track! Episode #6: Priming 3x8 Baseboard with Chalky Gesso
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James’ N Scale Train Layout- Performance Track! Episode #6: Priming 3x8 Baseboard with Chalky Gesso
James' N Scale Train Layout Project-- Channel Spotlight
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James' N Scale Train Layout Project Channel Spotlight
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #5: Plaster Blaster (part 2!)
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #5: Plaster Blaster (part 2!)
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #4: Plaster Blaster!
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #4: Plaster Blaster!
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #26: Kato Chicago & North Western EMD E8A w 5 Bi-Levels
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #26: Kato Chicago & North Western EMD E8A w 5 Bi-Levels
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #3: How I Made My Foamular Baseboard
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #3: How I Made My Foamular Baseboard
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #25: My Favorite N Scale Steam Locomotives
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #25: My Favorite N Scale Steam Locomotives
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project-Performance Track! Episode #2: UPDATED 3x8 DCC Track Plan!
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project-Performance Track! Episode #2: UPDATED 3x8 DCC Track Plan!
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #1: New 3x8 N Scale Layout
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Performance Track! Episode #1: New 3x8 N Scale Layout
James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #24: Favorite Trains in Wide 4K Views!
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #24: Favorite Trains in Wide 4K Views!
James N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode 23: Kato Southern Pacific “Morning Daylight” N Scale Set
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James N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode 23: Kato Southern Pacific “Morning Daylight” N Scale Set
Very creative and unique. I really like it.
Thank you!!
Hey James layout looking amazing as always... I wanted to let you know if case you haven't already heard of this company called Model Train Technology that makes light kits for Kato passenger cars that don't flicker like the Kato light kits. They are not cheap but the result looks really good. I just had them installed in my Kato Hiawatha cars and it's really nice to have the lights work properly. Their product is a light board that goes the length of the car and has 8 LED lights evenly spaced on the board so the car gets lit up evenly.
Thanks for the tip!! I will check them out. I hate flickering lights! 😀👍🏻
@@JamesTuverson if you go to the Model Train Technology youtube channel, he just posted a vid of my Hiawatha cars.
@tony791999 I’ll check it out!
Fantastic!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Still looks great James.
Thank you!!
Excellent!
Thanks!! 😊
Nice train video 🎥🚂👍👍👍🛤️👌. Best regards Gert
Thank you very much!
Love it! You dd a great job - Thanks, John
Thanks, John!!
Beautiful layout, love it, inspiring. Amazing how much you can do with N scale with a relatively small amount of space ... definitely thinking 4x8 and N scale for my future retirement hobby :-)
Thank you!!
I think your layout is great because it's exactly the way you want it and will enjoy running it. And what's more important than you having fun building and operating it. I'm building my first layout, a 4x8 N scale too. Like you I don't expect my layout to be a museum quality, high tech, rivet counting masterpiece, but as long as I continue to enjoy the construction process, and enjoy operating my trains, I'm happy with it, which is what matters the most. Happy model railroading.😀
Thank you! I really enjoyed reading your comment, it made my day. I’d love to see your layout!
@@JamesTuverson I just made a video of my layout in progress. The quality of the video isn't that great since I'm new to making YT videos and used my cellphone camera, but I'm hoping when I'm close to being done with the layout I have a better HD camera, and better-quality video to show people. Just go to my channel, and you'll see two videos. One video of the cat I used to have before I moved from California to Utah, and the other one of my layout. Even in the stage my layout is in now I already enjoy running my trains on it, especially my UP 4014 Big Boy excursion train. I got to see the real Big Boy in person twice when I lived in California, and it's an awe-inspiring moment I'll never forget.
The illuminated passenger cars are impressive. Wonderful layout.
Thanks!!
This is utterly charming. I really enjoyed the video. It is like the cycle of life.
Thank you! That’s so true. I loved my train layout when I built it and used it a lot. But I always knew I wanted the flexibility to change the layout or convert it to something else. Because I installed closed-cell foam on the entire floor of the baseboard, it naturally works as a bench for guitar repair work. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
🤠🚂🖐👍🫵
🙂
I have seen a lot of your layouts James and this one, I really like, but I cant copy it for my trains. I have 3 steam engines that require a minimum of a 15 inch radius or they jump off the track. I know...bummer on my part, but still I like this layout. I am working on a layout sorta like this one but using 18 inch and 15 inch curves and it is hard to do and make ends meet, but I am not going to give up on it. Keep making all your double cool layouts.
Thank you! And good luck on your layouts, too !!
Im almost finished building N scale senic ridge while realisim is my goal , i find your layout to very interesting and excieting , the lighting is wonderful
Thank you! Good luck with your build too
Wow
Thanks! 😊
🤠🚂🖐
Thanks! 😊
This Kato set is one of my favorites! If you want more NYC passenger cars in N scale, Intermountain makes beautiful cars with lights and grab irons(!) that match the Katos and cost about $50.00 each - when you can find them.
Thanks for the info!! 👍🏻
Very nice, James. It certainly deserves the "F" word -- FUN. There's a time and a place for exquisite scenery but there is also a time and place for just having fun watching numerous trains going around tracks. With the cross-overs, turnouts, and loops, you have added interest. You have truly embraced the essence of model railroading and that is to make it fun and make it your own. Keep it up.
Thank you, Edward! Yes it’s definitely a complement to my scenic track. Your comments really made my day!! 😊
Hiw to get the wire to the trun outs and I only have a n scale layout is what I'm putting together and trying to figure out on how to get the power
It’s really easy! If you’re using Kato Unitrack, you buy a separate Kato power supply. You can connect up to 8 turnouts to each power supply. Good luck!
Hi James. Wow, do I have a lot to learn. Watched all the videos in this series and so helpful. Your layout is incredible! So I'm a first timer. Downloaded Anyrail and put together a triple track layout using Kato Unitrack. My question is, to get pieces to fit together it was trial and error, maddening actually, over and over again, until I got a clean connection. Drove me crazy. Sometimes I try every possible piece and they're still too short or offest. Is there a formula for knowing what tracks will connect? Or, better yet, is there a tool in Anyrail where you need to connect say, a diagonal. Something akin to choosing two open ends and auto connecting them together by adding the right piece(s). I feel like once I get over this hump I'll be on my way. Thanks!
Hi! Thanks for checking out my videos. I’m sorry, I don’t have any experience in using Anyrail for track design, as I use SCARM. I know that in that program, there would also be some trial and error occasionally to get a “clean” perfect fit. And sometimes I’d know something should fit based on measurement but it wouldn’t show as a perfect fit on the design. It’s frustrating! Sometimes, an S64 64mm piece would NOT fit perfectly, but 2 x S32 32mm pieces would. Weird! So I can’t really help sorry, the best thing to do is just use the design software as a guide and know you’ll have to fudge a little with extra pieces sometimes to make it work. Good luck, buddy!
Thanks James. Appreciate the fast reply and good luck to you!@@JamesTuverson
Followed all your videos. Well done on this layout. Looks really good. Have a happy and prosperous new year! From Scotland, UK.😀🎉🎈🇬🇧
Thank you, David. Same good wishes to you!!
Jim, very impressive, and very busy. Any regrets so far with just watching trains go around and around? I’m putting together a 3x8 N scale layout myself, and trying to avoid the around and around look. The quality of your work here is top notch. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you, Bill! So this is the deal with the experience of this performance track- it fun to run a single train, and use the 6 crossovers to move the train from loop to loop. Since I enjoy running my trains fast this way, it’s super cool. Then when I run multiple trains on multiple loops, it can get really challenging, especially if I’m changing loops, keeping multiple lines running, managing the reverse loops for the innermost loop, etc. I am never bored! 😁
Still, in my opinion, one of the most interesting layouts I’ve seen. Thanks for sharing this update.
Thank you so much!!
Brilliant
Wow, thank you
Interesting looking project, YT recommended it. I really like the way you added the lighting.
Awesome, thank you for checking it out!
James, thanks for the update, it still looks awesome!!
Thank you!!!
So cool!
Thank you!!
I really like temprorary layouts. I'm think to make one permanent layout and include a small fish aquarium in it somehow.
Thanks, and good luck with incorporating an aquarium. I’d love to see it!
It looks really good. I like how it's reminiscent of a real railroad, but still quirky and unique, and somehow, it just all "works".
Thanks!!
Hi James. Firstly wishing you a Blessed Christmas. Jana here from Singapore. I’ve been following your performance track layout videos. So much so I went to Japan, Osaka to buy the tracks and accessories based on your 4by8 plan in December. I must say the investment was substantial. Question: Are your trains fitted with mobile DCC decoders as I see that you used Digitrak Evolution Command station? Or is your set-up DC only as I see you use Kato turnout switches instead of using tortoise machine or DS64 stationary decoders.
Thank you for your interest Jana, and good luck with your trains! Yes, My system and locomotives are all DCC. I do use the manual Kato turnout switches, which work fine with the DCC system especially when you use the Kato dedicated accessory power supply to power them. I prefer the manual switches over more complicated tortoise machines or other automated switching--I love the satisfying "click" when I throw the manual switch! Please keep me posted on your progress and don't hesitate to ask me anything if I can help!!
Very satisfying to watch
Thank you!
Very cool layout. Thanks for sharing and merry Christmas 🎄 🤙
Thanks, you too!
Another fish keeper in both hobbies,cool
Yay for noticing, Dave! Thanks for checking out the video
Hi James 👋 nice update 👍 cool on fish tank !! Into reef tanks and trains as well . Merry Christmas to you and your family, Darrell 🎅
@@deraildarrell Thanks, Darrell!
Very creative how you made your mountain, I think it looks awesome, around the eight minute mark when I saw it reminded me of that talking sorting hat in Harry Potter, the one that told the students when they first got to Hogwarts what house they are going into. Griffendor!
Thank you!! I’m honored it looks like the sorting hat! Team Griffendor!!
Really like your southwest desert landscape, I just started my N scale layout, was laying on the couch watching TV last month and for some reason I got the idea to start a railway. Decided that the dining room was the only place to build it, Garage would have been ideal but in the summer it's around 150 degrees in there. I just received the Woodland Scenic Ridge layout today, I didnt have a clue how to start the layout that I want to make and I came across it on RUclips so I ordered it, it will give me a start I ordered the Atlas track kit for it, still being shipped, going to return it and go with KATO. I hope you don't get upset as I might try to duplicate your terrain somewhat.
Thank for for writing to me! Of course I don’t mind if you recreate parts of my layout, I’d love you to! One of the reasons I stick with Woodland Scenics stuff was to make it EASIER for folks to duplicate stuff they liked on my layout for their own projects. Keep me posted and let me know if I can help!! Your note really made my day, so thank you.
Like the layout a lot, but the water is too dark. It looks black.
Thanks! It’s a very deep lake haha
@@JamesTuverson lol
This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you for using our Just-Plug System.
Yeah Just Plug is awesome
This is what the hobby is all about! Very awesome!
Thank you so much!
Hi James. Your attitude is spot on for a new railroader: do what you want, what pleases you. The ultra-realistic, meticulously detailed, complex layouts, that we see online are usually done by hobbyists who have been in model railroading for years, if not decades. They likely started out like you and I have. Every layout is a work in progress whether by a newbie or a seasoned veteran. We all learn new things from one another. We tweak and adjust and remodel along the way. We're not trying to build a Miniatur Wunderland, just something we can enjoy and be proud of. Go for it, James!!!
Edward, thank you so much for your note. It really made my day!
Beautiful layout James - very impressed. I'm still at the planning stage of my first N gauge layaout and found your video really inspiring - thank you
Thank you!!
Hi, James. You should very well be proud of your layout. Quite impressive for a first project. I'm working on my first ever model train layout -- a 4x8 N scale. I'm at that stage you mentioned of having to take up my tracks so to start my plastering. It is scary. Your step-by-step descriptions are a great help to me. Thank you and enjoy your trains.
Thank you so much!!
I ❤ your layout. Can you let me copy it? 😊
Thank you!! Of course you can.
You won't have your layout in SCARM?
The SCARM file is available for free download at jamesNScale.com
Nice
Thank you
Nice work.
Thanks
Do I do this for HO scale train layouts too?
Sure!
@@JamesTuverson ok, how do I do that? I'm doing a floor layout.
Great layout, would you happen to have a track list? Cheers
Thanks! Free download of the SCARM file on my website, jamesNScale.com
looks way too 'clean' to me..
Wow sorry to hear that!!
Hey James thanks for the track layout video….BTW would you mind letting me know where to get the wall led light in the opening ….. it looks pretty cool…..thx Peter
Hi Peter, those are called nano leaves canvas lights
Seeing the whole process step by step is amazing thanks for sharing. It is definitely one of the best layouts I’ve seen. Keep up the great work.
Thank you!!