Well now i have 2 layouts[:)] Me and my dad were driving and stopped at a local yard sale to look at a boat moter. The layout has been there for a long time. We looked at it and my das askes if i wanted it i said yes, and he offered the guy $50 for it he took it. We took it home and brought it down to the basement/train room. Set it up on some tubs. It is a 5x5 with a control panel extension. It is about 25 years old with atlas remote swicthes and track. Who ever built it new what they were doing and did a great job. I am currently in the procces of fixing/rebuilding it.I have fixed the mainline rebuit a few sidings. today i crawled under and took out all the old wiring and did a little wiring. I plan to add scenery to. I think it was a good deal for $50? Tim
You lucky duck! [bow][(-D][tup]
Now you’re going to sell all your N scale and get into HO, right?[swg]
No way!!! Im going to have both with more money devoted to N scale but still a good amount to Ho
Someday you’ll go 100% HO. I just know it[;)][:P] BTW, you got a good deal on that layout.
dingoix. Im not sure i will ever get into Ho 100% I really like n scale a lot to. I was definet i got a good deal just figuring what it would have costed me to build a new layout… Thanks for the replies
Ok. Maybe when you’re 90 years old (hopefully we all live that long) you’ll get into HO.
It would literally take me the rest of my life to build that layout[8D]
Awww… I wish I could get that good a deal whenever I go out to yard sales to try to find an old boxcar or something. Well, I guess 50 cents for an older Athearn covered hopper isn’t such a bad deal. [:)]
-Brandon
$0.50 is not a bad deal ona freight car at all[:)]
Let me see if I have this straight.
You paid $50 bucks for a 25 year old H-O layout???
I sure hope it didn’t have brass track!
But you got taken to the cleaners anyway!!!
I see where you are already rebuilding/replacing things so it sounds
like it was not in very good condition…???
Just think what you could have bought new for $50 bucks!!!
gtr
Yes I do have brass track on parts but I am replacing some parts with nickel silver track i already had and had no use for[:(!] Ya i could have gotten 4 remote switches for 50
I’ll give you $51 for it!!!
Cool! A guy I’m working with says he has some HO stuff his dad gave him.He says they look stupid because their not painted. He said they are some kind of goldish, yellowish metal and he doesn’t like the way they look. Trying to see if I can take these off his hands for $10[}:)][}:)][}:)][D)][D)][D)]
Make it $52, and you’ve got a deal. How about some pics?
hmmmmm if you buy them for 10 dollars and i give you 20 for them you just doubled your money… what do ya think[:D]
Medina- a few weeks ago i took pictures of my N scale. but for some reason my digital camera does not work. But we will be getting a new one soon. happy modeling
I thinks its a good buy, or at least gives you something to do.
definitly told u i wanted that so u bought it. oh well