Baseball fields

spankybird · May 11, 2007, 8:19am

I know that several of you have baseball fields on your layouts. What size have you made them. At 90 feet between base, it would be about 2 feet scale. That takes alot of space, so have any of you reduced it and by how much.

laz_57 · May 11, 2007, 8:37am

TOM,

Made mine to look like a sandlot field that I grew up on I think the total is about 2 ft by 2 ft?

I’ll measure and post tonite along with pics. I used the artista winning and losing benches for my players along with some pallets for a backstop, and rocks for bases. I then used 150 grit sand paper and glued that down along with sprinkling the green grass over top of the sandpaper. Cost for the players was about $50.00

laz57

PostwarMan07 · May 11, 2007, 8:43am

Its funny that you guys brought this up. I was planning on attempting to make a scale model of Ohio Stadium (columbus, ohio) but soon found out that a 19 X 14 X 3 foot model was a little rediculous.

Jumijo · May 11, 2007, 9:03am

Tom, a Little League diamond is only 60 feet between the bases, and would be 2/3 the size. The entire field would also have a much smaller footprint as the fences wouldn’t be nearly as far from home plate.

Jim

traindaddy1 · May 11, 2007, 9:19am

Hi! Tried it once on one of my HO layouts. Settled for a playground, handball and tennis courts.

otftch · May 11, 2007, 3:31pm

I built one for our train club’s travelling layout.It fits into the diameter of a 31 inch dia.curve.I used the Arista figures also but had to scratchbuild the bleachers,batter’s cage and refreshment stand.Its about eight inches from base to base.You can see photos at “ocala3railers.org” Look under layouts and then Orlando train Show.There are other shots of it under Lion’s Train Show.

Ed

laz_57 · May 11, 2007, 10:02pm

TOM,

Here’s my pics of a 24 inch by 24 inch sandlot baseball field, hope this helps?

Hope this helps?

laz57

USNRol · May 11, 2007, 10:59pm

Laz, that ballfield looks GREAT! I don’t think scale size is all that important for something as big as a baseball field; Like Jaabat said a Little League field is only 60 feet between bases. I’d just make it small enough to fit in your space and try to keep the ball field proportions believable.

Roland

laz_57 · May 12, 2007, 8:25am

Thanks ROLAND, I always wanted to do a sandlot like when I was a kid and saw the kid figures and thought what the heck might as well do it. Had great summers playing ball in that lot. Still think of those days gone by.

laz57

spankybird · May 12, 2007, 8:58am

Thank Laz - this will be a big help.

It’s a great idea to make only a little league field!

Dave_Farquhar · May 12, 2007, 1:21pm

Laz, I like that field a lot. I played ball a lot when I was in grade school. In the small town I lived in, about the only two things to do were to play ball, or go out in the woods and cut down trees and try to impress others with your coarse vocabulary. We had a pitcher who gave up one run all season. You were doing well just to make contact against him. I can only remember having one ball hit to me that season. I always wondered what happened to him.

I’d love to put a field on my layout someday, but it might take some re-arranging to make it happen. I definitely want to find the Lionelville metal figure set that has a father and son playing catch. That’ll look great in the backyard of one of my Skyline houses. Unfortunately the only times I’ve seen that figure set, they’ve been in someone’s hand.

laz_57 · May 12, 2007, 10:49pm

TOM, hope it helped?

DAVE, oh how I think of the GIZ I grew up with what happened to them? Still was a great part of the whole experience. Made us what we are today?

Rockon,

laz57

Anonymous · May 14, 2007, 2:17am

thats really cool laz i think thats one heck of a job you did there… [tup][tup][tup]

Jumijo · May 14, 2007, 5:19am

I’ve seen a lot of baseball fields on layouts, but in all honesty, Laz has created the best one in my opinion. I wouldn’t change a thing about it!

Jim

Frank53 · May 14, 2007, 6:10am

You could salvage a wasted corner and greatly reduce the amount of room you use. Place everything from the pitchers mound to home plate on the layout in the corner and use a photo backdrop on the wall to signify the outfield, fans in bleachers, etc. You can end up with something really nice out of a previously wasted space:

You can all your dugouts, on deck circle, umpire, tail gating, chain link fence, bleachers, even parking on each side of the first and third basepaths.