Model Train Scenery Tips - Add the Illusion of Movement

Your model train layouts all set up the way you envisioned it. Your trains are running perfectly and they look great as does your scenery with the lake, mountains, villages and industries you built.

You have added those plastic replicas of people, vehicles and perhaps a boat and maybe some animals. There they stand scattered throughout your scenery, but something is wrong. They're just sitting or standing around staring at each other. They look like they're... dare I say it... plastic people, and so they are.

But that doesn't mean you can't add a sense of motion to the miniature figures in your scenery. I'm not talking about animatronics here, but you can display your figures and vehicles so they appear to be in motion and that will add a greater sense of realism to your layout.

Check out some tips here: Model Train Layouts