- 1). Measure the area you have to work with. Draw a scale diagram of the area on paper using the pencil and ruler. This will help you plot your model village. Design the village on paper first using a pencil. Design the layout of your toy train track, then design the village around it. Plot where everything is to go, and feel free to erase the plots and redraw them until you are satisfied.
- 2). Decide whether you will buy model buildings and vegetation or design and build the models yourself. Store-bought scale models have the advantage of being entirely at the correct scale and also looking very good, but handmade models can be fully tailored to the look and feel of your toy train village, and can be made to a size and shape to better fit the space you have.
- 3). Cut your wooden board to the dimensions you have planned for your model village, using the hacksaw. Paint it soil brown to provide a natural background to your model. Coat the area under and around where the track will go with glue. Fix the track in place in the glue, and glue ballast around it. Prepare your papier mache, and build up and hills you want, based on your design. Let the papier mache dry. (See Resources.)
- 4). Paint the papier mache soil brown and allow to dry. Position your scale model buildings following the design on your diagram. Adjust the buildings until they are exactly where you want them to be. Glue them in place. Position your vegetation and other items, such as lamp posts and garden walls. Glue these in place when they are positioned to your liking.
- 5). Take your strips of surfacing paper that will provide pavement, concrete and other man-made surfaces. Cut the papers to fit the areas they will cover, such as streets in your village, or a concreted car parking area. Glue these into position using a light coat of glue. Too much glue will ruin the paper by making it wrinkle, so be careful.
- 6). Decide which areas will be left looking like dirt and which will be covered in grass. Lightly coat the grassy areas of the model with glue. Sprinkle modeler's grass over these glued surfaces to provide grassy areas. The more grass you sprinkle, the more overgrown that area will look, so you can have well-tended and unkempt areas of the model as you desire.
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