Introduced by the well known and long established toy and model trains maker marklin of germany in 1972 as the companys very own answer to n scale introduced in 1960 by arnold, another german company, it was straightforwardly born out of marklins aim and goal to have its own exclusive model railway. Model railroad design application model railroad track drawing cadrail model railroad track design drawing cad software application scale layout plan cadrail 3d view with photo backgrounds. Atlas track planning software atlas model railroad. Scarm means simple computer aided railway modeller software for easy and precise design of model train layouts and railroad track plans.
If you need more parts,just keep doing it in 50 piece chunks. Libraries for many brands, scales and gauges of track and turnoutspoints and model structures are included. Rr track v5 is the answer for all your toy or model train layout design headaches. Anyrail the easiest model railroad design software. It fits in 18 by 42 with space to spare,as you see below. In particular, the newer books written by iain rice are quite interesting. A fast, easy and free way to plan a layout with realistic. With scarm you can easily create the layout of your dreams. Most individuals are easily intimated by cad drawing software. The learning curve for such software is somewhat steep, but once you have mastered it, layout design becomes quite easy. As the layouts dont take up too much space you can fit your z scale track just about anywhere.
The track planning was done with my own piece of software, customised to the marklin z scale range of track. Adding new components is easy with the builtin editor. Scarm track planning software this is one compact layout in z scale, featuring small town with train station and industrial zone on canal with two cargo ports. Im going to help my teenage son get his layout going. Best free track planning software o gauge railroading on. Search it for railway layouts and railroad track plans by scale, size, tracks and other criteria.
Rokuhan r001 straight track 110mm 4 pieces each track section has a slot for a power feeder cab. Scarm software simple computer aided railway modeller. Rokuhan t07 set 500 type hello kitty shinkansen 5 car extension set. Cad based software will guarantee everything will fit and operate as designed. Here are a few reasons 3rd planit can help you design a layout that will bring you real satisfaction for years. No more templates to struggle with, no messy erasing and scribbling, no emergency table extensions propped on sawhorses, no last second hacking of the xmas tree, just pop up the menus off this fully graphical software in the gauge of your choice and plan away. Sep 28, 2018 this is the most complete online database for free model train track plans and layouts of scarm projects and designs. The layout has three levels, three sidings, and thirteen tunnel portals, one doublewidth. Just download the setup package, install it and start editing your first track plan. Bobs track planning questionnaire is the document i use to gather basic information for designing a plan. Download this track plan from the january 2020 issue of model railroader.
The quantities shown on the following plans reflect piece, not package, quantities. Mar 31, 2014 what track planning software do you find is the best. Evan designs software for creating realistic model train scenery in any scale. Several books have been published on the subject of zscale layout design. Download the files and see them in 2d editor and 3d viewer of scarm track planner. From tabletop z scale, through 4x8s, roomsized layouts, basement and outbuilding empires and a fullscale ethanol plant, 3rd. Model flextrack routes in an easy, intuitive and realistic way. As a result, it isnt as popular as some of the other scales out there. Heres a few things i have learned since starting to plan my new layout. Rokuhan t06 set 500 type hello kitty shinkansen 3 car basic set. As you can probably guess, the vehicles in this scale are incredibly lightweight. Enjoy designing your layout anyrail ensures everything fits.
It can calculate the length of tracks at various curve radii and. As to the atlas o right track freeware, it is no longer available. Z scale microtrackoval track starter setset includes 1 pc 110mm straight track, 1 pc 110mm feeder t prod. The 50 piece limitation can be worked around just save the first part, then start another part with a new name. The big name right now is cadrail from sandia software. It runs on windows, mac and linux, simulation of trains. This product may still be available in the european market, but it is ancient history here. Anyrail is probably the easiesttouse model railway design tool around. Something intuitive and easy to use, but fairly full featured. Software is available from various companies if you wish to design your unitrack layout on a computer.
Download this track plan from the february 2020 issue of model railroader magazine. Whether it is z, n, tt or h0, any scale is possible. However, it is an incredibly fun scale to play with. From 101 track plans by kalmbach this one needs 2 3 x 5 and can be run as a continuous loop, an outandback, or a pointtopoint. Model railroader is the worlds largest magazine on model trains and model railroad layouts. A quick, super easy and free method to plan a layout with realistic constraints using layout design software called anyrail. Sandia software model railroad layout design track drawing. Marklin currently offers one layout book, the 0296. Bobs curve and grade calculator is an excel spreadsheet with multiple tabs. This page provides a directory of model railroad manufacturers offering track, roadbed, and bridges, plus track planning and layout design software, for g, ho, n, o, s, and z scale model railroad layouts.
This software allows you to create and customize your very own layout, view it as a 3d model and then generate a shopping list to make your dream layout a reality. In fact, plenty of people have fit rather intricate layouts into a. The magic of scale model railroading gallery california state railroad museum, sacramento, ca. Rokuhan st0082 500 type hello kitty shinkansen z shorty passenger car set.
This is another type of model railroad software that you will almost certainly find useful for your train layout not so much for planning purposes, but more for creation of signs, decals, old classic advertisements for your buildings or billboards, simulation of brick or stone walls, stained glass, window treatments, wallpaper, etc. Thousands of layouts have been designed and built using 3rd planit. A real attraction of this for me is using the track systems to create new layouts. At one time, there was a product in the american market called pcrail which had libraries of different track types, including marklin z. Rotate switches in the direction you indicate and bend flexible track without cumbersome menu options and mouse clicks. Arrange your layout on multiple levels with different heights and grades. The link is still on the website, but it goes to a page that states atlas. Im just getting into zscale modeling, and was in the midst of planning my first permanent.
Aug 24, 2017 z scale is the smallest model scale on the market. Anyrail makes model railroad design so easy, its fun. Easily draw figures to create train stations, houses, industries, roads and infrastructure. It was only natural that computer aided design cad programs would be adapted. Trax supports over a hundred track programs from various manufacturers, including marklin, fleischmann, peco and tillig. Online videos of great z scale track plans if you like to run long consists of freight or passenger cars but have limited space, then z scale will fulfill your dreams. Guide to zscale updated and revised text originally in greenbergs guide to marklin z, including z scale history, structures, planning, track, electrical, scenery, maintenance, and more heine pedersens z scale table photos and videos of a z scale model railroad in a coffee table jos zseite photos of a german z scale model railroad layout.
From tabletop z scale, through 4x8s, room sized layouts, basement and outbuilding empires and a fullscale ethanol plant, 3rd. Select pieces from atlas 9 track lines and build your dream layout with ease. Find hundreds of model railway designs for a variety of board sizes in layout plans. Railmodeller model railroad track planning software compatible with mac os includes all scales from z to g railway engineering produces turnouts and track products for ho, hon3, s. Cadrail includes track libraries for marklin z track sections. From tabletop z scale, through 4x8s, roomsized layouts, basement and outbuilding empires and a fullscale ethanol plant, 3rd planit is the cad software chosen by the most discriminating hobbyists. Best track planning software model railroader magazine. Z scale model railroads guide, featuring photos and modeling techniques for z scale model railroad layouts and z scale model trains. Cad for small layouts if you are building your first model railroad or designing for a small area, you might wonder if a cad program is necessary.
There are 400 designs ranging from branch line stations to cement terminals and even city termini, perfect for your hornby, bachmann and heljan trains to run on. This means that even going up the slightest incline can be a cause for derailment. He has a lot of ez track, so im looking for planning software to help him with that. Recycled plastic railroad ties replace wood ties or build your new loop from recycled plastic and never touch it again. The thinner lines indicate that the track will be in a tunnel. From tabletop z scale, through 4x8s, room sized layouts, basement and outbuilding empires and a full scale ethanol plant, 3rd planit is the cad software chosen by the most discriminating hobbyists. Xtrackcad is a cad program for designing model railroad layouts. Rokuhan g0012 yokosuka starter set set includes 4 cars of 12000 yokosuka color, oval track o. Ztrack rea brick ramp and platform led platform light. The track planning was done with my own piece of software, customised to the.
Scarm the leading design software for model railroad layouts. There is an an older book published when zscale was in its infancy, the 0290. The standard track pieces follow standard geometries, and the little booklets that come with them illustrate fairly standard layouts. First and foremost, z scale remained a single manufacturer product for a very long time. Designing a track plan incorporating the seven design elements, it becomes almost mandatory to use some type of cad track planning software. One of the most important things that you are going to need to bear in mind when planning your z scale track is to keep your gradients to a minimum.
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