Hello all, I’m happy to finally share my video from the Railroad Hobby Show 2023. Included are exclusive interviews with Atlas, Athearn, Rapido, Bowser, and many more.
A#1 Harrison, thanks a heap. Regards, Peter
In the background of the Rapido part of your video (18:58 - 22:50), see the bearded guy wearing a hat talking to Craig Walker and John Frantz? Yep, that’s me.
Well THAT’S a relief! I thought I was seeing the ghost of my late brother-in-law, a fanatic N-Gauger who’d NEVER miss an Amherst show. The resemblence is amazing! [:O]
Nice work, wixh I could have gone again this year.
See you in St Albans.
Have fun,
Richard
Thank you all for the comments. Will definitely see you at St. Albans Richard.
I just released my Friday “pre-show” video with a couple of bonuses, which can be viewed below.
We’re back to look at the layouts we missed in the previous videos. Enjoy “just the trains” and some commentary.
There was a layout with NYC diesels that looked larger scale. Was it O scale or G scale?
G scale.
I’ll tell you, some of those models are so well done it’s hard to tell what scale they are without some sort of a reference, like the brass rail of the G Gauge models or the three-rail tracks of the O Gauge.
I noticed that rail looked like brass. Don’t G scale locos have a problem with tarnished brass rails, or are they battery powered?
I messed around with G Scale for a bit. The only downside I noticed with the brass track was you need a powerful transformer to “juice” the track with. Something like a Bachmann starter set transformer worked fine with the flyweight track in the starter set but wouldn’t work with the brass track, there’s a lot of resistance in that heavy brass to overcome.
I’d imagine heavily tarnished brass track may cause problems but I doubt those who use it let things go that far.
A VERY good place to ask your question would be on the “Garden Railways” Forum.