Picnic Table


HO-Scale Picnic table	N-Scale Picnic Table

This is a great kit to get started building laser-cut kits. It consists of just nine parts and can be assembled very quickly. An experienced modeler might assemble this kit in just five minutes, whereas a novice can easily finish the kit in just half an hour. Special alignment slots are laser-etched where parts connect. Simply glue one part into the correct slot on the other part, resulting in perfect alignment every time.

This style of picnic table has been around for years, and can be found in many places: in back yards, on decks, next to warehouses (used by employees on their break), in playgrounds, in town parks, and in parks in the woods. Parks and playgrounds typically have a number of picnic tables, and also park benches.

In case you're interested in how we designed this kit, we wrote an article called The Making of a Laser-Cut Kit.

Ideas for placement

There are many places where you could put picnic tables on your layout, which is why we've created kits with more than one table per kit. Here are some of the potential locations:

In the backyard of any house
In a city or town park
In front of a fast-food restaurant, a produce stand, or a store
In a park somewhere in the country, such as among the trees in the mountain
Next to the back door of a business for a break/smoking area

Key benefits

Easy to build with just nine parts.
See-through boards for table and bench tops.
Alignment slots etched into the bottom of the table and bench tops for easy assembly each time.
Top of table and benches have cuts all the way through to represent individual boards, but are tied together as a single part each for easy assembly.

To learn more, we've provided building instructions on-line.

Pricing

Description	Part #	Price
N Scale Picnic Table (4 per kit)	32001	$8.95
HO Scale Picnic Table (4 per kit)	33001	$9.95
S Scale Picnic Table (2 per kit)	34001	$7.95
O Scale Picnic Table (2 per kit)	35001	$7.95

Related Products

We're very proud of our all-wood laser-cut picnic table kit and think it's a very good product. But in case it doesn't meet your needs exactly, we're aware of some examples from other manufactures.

Micro Structures has an etched-brass kit (#944 in N scale) that is basically the same design as our picnic table. There are two differences. First, since their kit is etched brass, the material is a scale 1.6" thick, whereas ours is a scale 3.2" thick. The prototype is usually around 2" thick. Our kit, however, has the boards cut all the way through, providing a more realistic appearance.

B.T.S. offers a laser-cut picnic table and benches in HO scale, where the benches are separate from the picnic table. They also offer some very nice laser-cut chairs in HO, S, and O scale that would go well with our picnic table behind a house. You'll also find some board fence that could be used to enclose a back yard with one of our picnic tables.