Layout Concepts Hooded Baseboards with Day & Night Lighting – 1200mm × 600mm

Create a professional, atmospheric model railway display with the Layout Concepts Hooded Baseboard System, designed for realistic day and night lighting.

Our range of 1200mm × 600mm hooded baseboards combines a strong, lightweight layout foundation with an integrated overhead lighting hood and upright backscene panel, providing everything you need to create an impressive scenic display.

Available in left-hand, right-hand and middle sections, these baseboards offer a flexible modular solution, allowing you to create individual scenic displays or combine multiple boards to build a larger model railway.

Whether you're creating a countryside branch line, a busy station, an industrial scene or an exhibition layout, the Layout Concepts Hooded Baseboard System provides the perfect foundation.

Three Configurations to Suit Your Layout

Our hooded baseboards are available in three different configurations, allowing you to plan your display around your available space and layout requirements.

• LCBB-EBLS – Left-Side Hooded Baseboard: 1200mm × 600mm, designed for the left-hand end of your display.

• LCBB-EBRS – Right-Side Hooded Baseboard: 1200mm × 600mm, designed for the right-hand end of your display.

• LCBB-EBMID – Middle Hooded Baseboard: 1200mm × 600mm, designed to extend your layout between the end sections.

Combine the different configurations to create a continuous, professionally presented model railway display, with consistent overhead lighting and backscene positioning throughout.

Integrated Hood for Realistic Day & Night Lighting

The overhead hood provides a discreet location for installing LED lighting strips, keeping the lighting equipment neatly concealed from view while illuminating the railway below.

With a suitable lighting system, you can transform the appearance of your layout throughout a simulated day, from the first light of sunrise through to a dramatic night-time scene.

Create bright summer sunshine, warm evening tones, gradually fading daylight or the atmosphere of an approaching thunderstorm.

The hood also helps create a more immersive viewing experience, focusing attention on your model railway and scenery rather than the surrounding room.

Ideal for LoDi Day & Night Lighting

Our hooded baseboards work particularly well with the LoDi-Light-Operator 4-C-LED, an advanced lighting controller designed for RGBW LED strips.

Featuring four channels and 1,024 dimming levels, the controller offers precise adjustment of brightness and colour, allowing smooth lighting transitions and realistic atmospheric effects.

Depending on your lighting configuration, you can recreate:

• Bright Daylight: Natural illumination to showcase your scenery and models.

• Sunrise & Sunset: Gradually changing colours and brightness as day turns to night.

• Evening & Night-Time Running: Atmospheric lighting for realistic night scenes.

• Changing Weather: Simulate cloud cover and variations in daylight.

• Thunderstorms: Dramatic lighting changes and lightning effects to bring your layout to life.

We also stock the compatible LED strips, mounting brackets, lighting controllers and wiring needed to complete your setup. Our team can help you choose the correct components for your chosen lighting arrangement.

Add Depth with a Realistic Backscene

Each baseboard incorporates an upright rear panel, providing a convenient surface for attaching a printed backscene or creating your own painted background.

Whether you're modelling rolling countryside, a busy town, an industrial landscape or a dramatic mountain setting, a well-chosen backscene helps extend the visual depth of your railway beyond the physical boundaries of the board.

Combined with overhead lighting, your backscene becomes an integral part of the display, enhancing the overall atmosphere and presentation.

Precision Laser-Cut Construction

Manufactured from 12mm poplar plywood, Layout Concepts hooded baseboards combine strength and stability with manageable weight.

Precision laser-cut components ensure accurate fitting and straightforward assembly, providing a sturdy foundation for your track, buildings and scenery without the complexity of constructing a baseboard from scratch.

Each baseboard is supplied flat-packed with the components required for assembly, making transportation and storage more convenient.

For freestanding layouts, our optional Layout Concepts baseboard legs slide into dedicated mounting pockets underneath the baseboard, providing a practical support solution.

Key Features

• Dimensions: 1200mm long × 600mm wide.

• Three configurations: Left-side, right-side and middle sections.

• Modular design: Combine multiple boards to create larger continuous displays.

• Open-front construction for clear viewing of your model railway.

• Integrated overhead hood for concealed LED lighting.

• Day & night lighting compatible for realistic scenic effects.

• Ideal for the LoDi-Light-Operator 4-C-LED RGBW lighting system.

• Upright rear panel for attaching printed or painted backscenes.

• 12mm poplar plywood construction for strength and manageable weight.

• Precision laser-cut components for accurate fitting and straightforward assembly.

• Supplied flat-packed for convenient transport and storage.

• Optional pocket-fitting legs available separately.

• LED strips, mounting brackets, controllers and wiring also available separately.

Build Your Perfect Model Railway Display

Whether you're building a compact scenic layout, a permanent home railway or a large exhibition display, the Layout Concepts Hooded Baseboard System makes it easier to achieve professional results.

Choose from our left-hand, right-hand and middle baseboards to create a display that suits your space, then add realistic day and night lighting to bring your model railway to life.

Please note: LED lighting, controllers, wiring, mounting accessories and baseboard legs are not included and are available separately.

Need help planning your baseboards or choosing the right lighting equipment? Please get in touch with our team, who will be happy to help you put together the ideal setup for your layout.