Got the Christmas tree trains up and running. Usually I set everything up piece by piece, but this year I thought I’d try my hand at creating my own homemade “All Aboard” panels. For those of you not familiar with the concept it was an unsuccesfull American Flyer product from the 1960s, a variety of pre wired and sceniced panels that joined together to create an RTR layout complete with structures. In my application the locomotive and cars are Bachmann On30 models, the track is Bachmann HO EZTrack. The following sequence of pictures roughly describes the assembly process.
My base is 2ft X 2ft OSB on a raised plastic foundation. It can be purchased at most Big Box stores, and is used for installing basement flooring over concrete.
I also found some textured white wallpaper to simulate snow.
Laying out the EZ-Ttrack prior to attaching to the board segments. The track segments are soldered together at the rails for electrical continuity.