The model of the railway is not a toy at all. Making such models is a serious hobby to which quite serious adults devote their leisure hours. And not a single modeller will dare to allow children to approach the made model.
Instructions
Step 1
Use a sheet of hardboard, plywood or other similar material as the basis for the layout. Mark in advance the areas corresponding to the soil or grass, and paint them in the appropriate color. If you want to make certain parts of the layout highlighted, drill holes for the wires in the base in advance.
Step 2
It is convenient to use paper clips as a material for rails, and matches for sleepers, from which the heads are separated. Color them dark. Make the posts for the wires from the same material, and use a thin winding wire as the wires themselves. But do not power anything through it - to supply voltage to the backlight elements of the layout, use conductors of a sick cross-section (but not too large so that they remain flexible and not conspicuous).
Step 3
Make the carriages from wood, thick cardboard, plastic from bottles or other material with which you are good at working. Color them in, highlight them from the inside. For locomotives, also make headlights and lanterns glowing.
Step 4
Make platforms and buildings cardboard. If a wristwatch without a strap fits the building well, use it. It is better if they are quartz, because often pulling the watch out of the model and winding it up is much more troublesome than changing the battery once a year. Also, light the buildings from the inside, and place models of lanterns above the platforms.
Step 5
Since the breadboard contains a lot of combustible materials, only use LEDs to illuminate it. Imitate sodium lamps with yellow diodes, mercury lamps with white ones. For traffic lights, use LEDs of the appropriate color. Do not confuse them with semaphores - the latter do not glow at all, but change the position of moving parts. Simulate incandescent lamps by placing yellow and white diodes next to each other. Also keep in mind that there are sometimes blue lanterns near the paths. Remember that in modern cars, even with LED lamps in the cabin, the vestibules are still illuminated by incandescent lamps. In general, try to correctly convey the colors of everything that glows on the railway. Switch on any LEDs only through properly sized resistors. Eliminate the possibility of short circuits in the breadboard, and still use a protected power supply.
Step 6
Protect your breadboard from touching with a removable plexiglass cover. Demonstrate it, including at exhibitions, not in bright light or in complete darkness, but in twilight.
