James’ N Scale Train Layout Project- Episode #31: “Best of” Compilation of the Scenic 4x8 Build!

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 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/1tI69...
Here's the SCARM plan in JPG format
drive.google.com/file/d/1t7Kd...
Here's a cool JPG for the layout for inspiration!
drive.google.com/file/d/1tHrL...

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  • @romanalemania5559
    @romanalemania5559 Жыл бұрын

    Looks awesome!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Roman!!

  • @funfunfun732
    @funfunfun7323 ай бұрын

    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

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    3 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Good luck with your build too

  • @sailingschooners8668
    @sailingschooners8668 Жыл бұрын

    Wow...what an intricate layout...great modelling....

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @vickimedeiros1643
    @vickimedeiros1643 Жыл бұрын

    First of al , rally col layout!!! I am about to build my First 4x8 layout in N sácale. I purchased The maersk container cars from Kato and ive never seen the Maersk locomotives before. Im going to get that engine for my layout. Looks really cool. Keep up the great videos!!!! Thanks again.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @effenbeezeetravel4474
    @effenbeezeetravel4474 Жыл бұрын

    Great job incorporating the use of lights . 💡💡

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!!

  • @adventureseeker9800
    @adventureseeker9800 Жыл бұрын

    As far as building a layout, there's nothing better than getting plastered. 🍺🍺🍺

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    So true!!

  • @davidbarr9343
    @davidbarr9343 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent job. Well done.👍😀🇬🇧 Love the music!!! Fantastic result for your first layout.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, David!!

  • @Miertreg1
    @Miertreg1 Жыл бұрын

    Good work 🛤🚂👍. Greetings Gert

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Danke, Gert!

  • @onielod1799
    @onielod17999 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @robote7679
    @robote7679 Жыл бұрын

    When I view a scenic layout one of the first questions I ask myself is this. 'Would I want to visit this place?' To your layout I give a resounding yes. Just seems like a very charming, lovely little world you've created and I particularly like your use of lights. Very creative and colorful. Great job.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @lamle1313
    @lamle1313 Жыл бұрын

    It def seems more labor intensive than I first imagined. Thanks for this amazing compilation video!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah it was a lot of work! That kind of project can consume you if you let it. I did kinda but knew when to say I’m done, now let’s just run trains! Thanks for watching.

  • @Nickkemp1664
    @Nickkemp16647 ай бұрын

    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

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @elleryparsons2433
    @elleryparsons2433 Жыл бұрын

    That’s What I call Being Passionate.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! That really made my day.

  • @c-historia
    @c-historia Жыл бұрын

    very good video!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @c-historia

    @c-historia

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JamesTuverson have a great day 🔥

  • @pigjubby1
    @pigjubby1 Жыл бұрын

    The spiral walkway is awesome. I've always thought a spiral train track going high up in the mountains top would be amazing.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree!! Thanks for checking it out

  • @cdjames4246
    @cdjames4246 Жыл бұрын

    Realistic looking Great job

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Jmerlo21
    @Jmerlo21 Жыл бұрын

    What an awesome layout! Phenomenal job. Giving my ideas for my own layout!.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jordan!

  • @edward886
    @edward8868 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!!

  • @richardgallagher913
    @richardgallagher913 Жыл бұрын

    That's one of the nicest layouts I've seen in any scale! I've been buying both HO and N scale stuff to build a layout not deciding which one I really want. I thought about incorporating both using N in the rear as a forced perspective. Not sure but think I'm gonna start with my N scale stuff first and see where that goes after seeing your layout.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the compliment, Richard! Yeah I like n scale because I felt I could do more in a 4x8 space. Remember it’s your layout so you can mix scales all you want!

  • @CLLynn-oi2ki
    @CLLynn-oi2ki Жыл бұрын

    Really nice, James! For a first layout this is amazing!! Thank you for this compilation!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @daveygivens735
    @daveygivens735 Жыл бұрын

    Looks great, Jim. I think it's time for you to attack some Magnorail!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Davey!!

  • @Pantherjonvideos
    @Pantherjonvideos Жыл бұрын

    Nicely done!..Just been 'tinkering' on my layout, time to get serious with it!!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Jon!

  • @molarmedic
    @molarmedic Жыл бұрын

    Yes go to your dentist regularly!! Nice layout great video!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @hannespirk1680
    @hannespirk1680 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful layout - nicely done !!!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @stevebryan5779
    @stevebryan5779 Жыл бұрын

    Nice work--great video presentation too.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Steve!!

  • @raider-px6wd
    @raider-px6wd Жыл бұрын

    Love the cave. I'm so putting it on my layout I'm working on. Hey I might even put a figure of you in it lol. Thank you for your work

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Aw thanks raider!! The stalactites and stalagmites were 3d printed, I found a free plan for them online and had them printed with Craftcloud. Good luck!

  • @JackBWatkins
    @JackBWatkins Жыл бұрын

    Great to see the progression of the build. It showed details that I either missed or forgot. I think it is time to embellish the layout’s story some more. The Ancient Tuverstone Dentil Wall was build by the Tuver’s, a pre-Bronze Age Neolithic people. Not much is known about the Tuver’s except that they had good teeth and flossed. Tuver Lake is a constant level body of water fed from mountain springs. What makes it unique is the fact that hydrological studies can’t find surface features of how it drains and maintains a constant level. Most likely is that it sits on top of a cave system, the entrance of which can be seen on the James outcrop of Tuver Mountain, and drains into a larger Aquifer.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Omg Jack you’re just amazing. Thank you!! Haha I love this history

  • @mrcpu9999
    @mrcpu9999 Жыл бұрын

    Love this.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @etjulian
    @etjulian Жыл бұрын

    Nice work !

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @VIRGOPTIX
    @VIRGOPTIX Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding ! !

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @davidking3918
    @davidking3918 Жыл бұрын

    Looks very nice.im thinking of going with n scale,not sure if my eyes can see to build.my bench work is 4x8 as well.your looks amazing ,having the trains and building and running these are very relaxing to me,thank you yours looks amazing congratulations.thank you.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, David! Yeah n scale is tough on my old eyes too but I manage with magnifying glasses!

  • @davidking3918

    @davidking3918

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JamesTuverson that's good way,you can sure put a lot of n scale in a 4x8

  • @stuwalton1384
    @stuwalton1384 Жыл бұрын

    Such an awesome video!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @Lithonion1
    @Lithonion1 Жыл бұрын

    That's a great looking little layout. If I had more room I would build another about this size. :) Mine started as a door layout in my designs and ended up bing 4 x 7. lol I have 3 trains, 2 trams, and 1 bus running all N scale.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Super! Thanks for checking it out

  • @JackBWatkins
    @JackBWatkins Жыл бұрын

    James, over the holiday I binged a YT channel from the UK that is also in N scale. It is called Chandwell and Michael the owner uses “forced perspective” to make the streets and buildings look as if they curve and continue on in the city out of sight. It is an optical allusion. He also has a back story for everything on the layout. I thought of your artistic ability as I watched. Give it a look and hopefully you won’t start going down the rabbit hole of allusion like Michael, or maybe you will and we won’t be able to tell the difference. Happy New Year.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Jack!! I will check it out and Happy New Year to you, too.

  • @SD45-ET44AC
    @SD45-ET44AC Жыл бұрын

    The top of your mountain looks like the”Sorting Hat”from the “Harry Potter” movies. I’m starting my 1st 4x8 N scale layout 12/27/2022. My first train layout period. Your layout is gorgeous, I will work towards that direction. Thanks for sharing! May you have a prosperous and Happy New Year !!!

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey Stephen you’re right! That mountain sure looks like the Sorting Hat alright! It was so fun to build and thanks for the compliments. I’m excited to see how you do on your first layout!! I really recommend getting the Woodland Scenics guide to model scenery if you like the look of my layout.

  • @acrranscaleandlifejourney4330
    @acrranscaleandlifejourney4330 Жыл бұрын

    Wow great job James. It really came together well. Are you sure you’re a first time modeler😂? Thank for sharing.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @elleryparsons2433
    @elleryparsons2433 Жыл бұрын

    If I were You I wouldn’t Touch a Thing When that was done.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @elleryparsons2433
    @elleryparsons2433 Жыл бұрын

    That My Friend Is Trophy Don’t Touch that Layout.

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @mr.j6567
    @mr.j6567 Жыл бұрын

    why the captions?

  • @JamesTuverson

    @JamesTuverson

    Жыл бұрын

    It helps people understand my funny American accent