Thinking About Hogwarts Castle

I know that this is a very old post at this point, but I did want to add a comment to it, as I am currently starting the preliminary stages of a smaller scale project centering around the Hogwarts Express -including Hogwarts School, Hogsmeade Station, the castle grounds, as well as King's Cross Station and Diagon Alley- that we can use seasonally which will be modular and store-able.

Its at the earliest of planning stages, but I will be sharing my goals and progress along the way, so would love any input people might have as the project progresses.   I'll not spam the web address, but if you're interested, you will be able to find it in my signature, as well as my profile.

I'll make sure to update a new thread I'll post, once I actually have something worthwhile to share.  Until then...

The station at either hogwarts or London would be a start. 

Photo from Universal last year. 

I don't ever think I have seen anything as impressive as TW TrainWorx Harry Potter layout>

Here is the link to the Facebook photo album of the layout:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/T-...m_id=688667714502440

Scott Smith

This Lego version certainly isn't small, has over 400,000 bricks.

http://www.brothers-brick.com/...-from-400000-bricks/

I had gotten the Lionel Hogwarts Express set for Christmas as a gift some years ago and run it as an elevated line. As it is towards the back of the layout (which is in a 12 foot by 9 foot setup) I started looking at murals of Hogwarts as background and I found some possibilities on Amazon.

JohnF

scott.smith posted:

I don't ever think I have seen anything as impressive as TW TrainWorx Harry Potter layout>

Here is the link to the Facebook photo album of the layout:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/T-...m_id=688667714502440

Scott Smith

Scott, that one was on a whole different plane than we're probably considering!  It is one seriously impressive effort, I was marveling when they originally posted the images here.

When the first or second movie came out, there was a plastic HW which looked S to HO, and figures which looked O.  The school is located at a corner of the layout.  Figures are over the layout.  I also have a bare willow tree with a Blue Ford in it.

Anything is possible if you have enough money: TrainWorx , Dunham Studios et al!

John F posted:

I had gotten the Lionel Hogwarts Express set for Christmas as a gift some years ago and run it as an elevated line. As it is towards the back of the layout (which is in a 12 foot by 9 foot setup) I started looking at murals of Hogwarts as background and I found some possibilities on Amazon.

 

JohnF

John,

I considered a Harry Potter layout at one point when I was in the design phase. I came to the same conclusion, a painting or mural of Hogwart's Castle in the distance would be visible from the train station at Hogsmeade. Much easier than trying to model the castle in terms of scale.

Bruce

I have two HP Lionel sets....but never cared for the books  or films.

Now the 'Fantastic Beasts' HP pre-quile set in 30's era NYC would make a cool layout.

scott.smith posted:

I don't ever think I have seen anything as impressive as TW TrainWorx Harry Potter layout

Wow, thanks for the link.  That is truly impressive and has given me some additional ideas / modifications on my current plans.  I doubt mine will be quite that well constructed...

AMCDave posted:

Now the 'Fantastic Beasts' HP pre-quile set in 30's era NYC would make a cool layout.

You'd need a heck of a lot of neon but yes, that would be fantastic.  Maybe mixed trolley and subway..