This is kind of a poll, but feel free to leave comments of greater length than the ‘regular polls’ Please enter a reply if you model narrow gauge, even if only as a branch on your standard gauge railway.
I model in On3, a freelance railroad .‘[:)]’
What have you???
Nn3
HOn3
Sn3
On3
On30
G
Jennifer,
I have many train buddies who are narrow gaugers. They have been trying to convince me to switch for years. So far I am considering some dual gauge trackage on my new layout (just to throw em’ a bone). I am in HO maybe HOn3.
One thing I have enjoyed is seeing some cool Narrow gauge stuff and building it standard gauge. I have scratch built the Los PInos tank & Jefferson tank and built a Chama OIl dock kit - all standard guage. It makes one of my Narrow gauge friends mad but he is always narrow guaging standard guage stuff. I figure fair is fair.
No slight to the standard gauge bunch, but I have to say I have seen some amazing modeling going on in the narrow guage modeling community. My association with this bunch has raised the standards of my own modeling quite a bit. I found out about all kinds of cool craftsman kits (Yorke, Rio Grande Models come to mind), weathering techniques etc. from these guys.
For the record I have one Westside K-27 (I love these locos), a few gons, a couple of railine kits, one dual gauge idler car and a mess of HOn3 track. Maybe someday I will amount to something.
Guy
I just received a MDC HOn3 2-8-0 and will start building it next month.Haven’t laid any track yet.This will be a branchline for my HO layout. Joe G.
If somebody made some good, quality r-t-r HOn3 locos and rolling stock, I’d probably have at least some narrow gauge trains, in addition to my HO standard gauge trains. I’ve always liked narrow gauge, but I don’t want to switch to another scale (probably On30) or buy difficult to assemble kits to model narrow gauge. There’s a fairly decent selection of HOn3 and duel gauge track avaiable from Shinohara and Micro Engineering, among others, but there’s just not very many lcocs and trains available.
I agree with El If someone would kindly get us some HOn3 Locos I would model it like crazy. Broadway has a On30 2-8-0 that looks sharp but I dont have room for that.Maybe they will make one in my scale(hint hint hint)I have a limited area to do and I am not fond of N scale but I guess lol.
I used to model QR narrow gauge using 12mm track.
My layout is going to include some Sn2 trackage (using HOn3 Shinohara track). I have some kits for freight cars and one passenger car. A Forney locomotive is on order. My plan is to start laying the track this winter.
Enjoy
Paul
I am accumulating On30 stuff for a possible modular/shelf display layout.
Thanks Bachmann!
Bob Boudreau
I model On30 at:
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com
On30 will fit in the same space as HO.
Just a thought[:D]
Harold
My secondary scale is 0n30,but my primary scale (in stanard gauge) is N scale.My narrow gauge line is an offshoot of my very modern day N scale railroad and is actually a passenger/freight narrowgauge rr set in the current year.
As a small manufacturer (I own RCS) I don’t have a whole lot of time for modelling nowadays but when I do find time I build stuff in 7/8n2.
I have one loco.
A small bo-bo diesel critter made from an USA Trains® 44 Ton diesel.
It is battery powered with R/C and has Dallee sound.
The larger scale is suggested by a Carlo Spirito seated driver figure.
I have a rake of Bachmann 1:20.3 tippers that have been converted to link and pin and have 7/8n2 details added.
Why 7/8n2.
It is a bit like H0n2½ and 0n2½. These two kitbashers scales use regular “N” and “H0” scale equipment which is adapted to a different scale.
7/8n2 utilises regular #1 45mm gauge components to create individualised narrow gauge critters.
Big models of small prototypes.
I appreciate narrow guage very much, but I do not model it.
I have about 110 feet on HOn3 mainline on my layout. The big problem is getting locomotives that will operate well. I have a number of PFM and Westside locomotives but none of them come close to running on the par with today’s standard gauge locomotives.
My best luck in running the system is with two Model Die Cast Shay mechanisms fitted with Westside Model superstructures. The Westside literally fell apart after about an hours use. Let’s have some good HOn3 locomotives uder $150.00
I read somewhere about an article where a person stated he was using HO as narrow gauge and converted everything on the layout to match the narrow gauge scale, if you assume the track gauge is narrow gauge can you scale everything to match the train? Now this makes sense if you do not use HO scale buildings, bridges,etc etc. or will the human eye detect that this is narrow gauge and not just another HO train? seems it might work, I’m sure this paradox has been around for a long time. now I’m going to get my scale ruler and do the math.
If anyone is interested in european trains - H.O.e - which I think translates to HOn30,
is avaailable at www.euro-trains.com. Track made by Tillig is great. It comes anodized in a rusty color. Also trains by Lilliput, a Bachman industry, are really well made.
I currently model in On30. I’ve tried out HOn3, Sn3, and On3. HOn3 does not run very well and locomotives are pricey. Sn3 and On3 locomotives are extremely expensive as all that’s available is brass. The Bachmann line of On30 locomotives look great, run well and are very affordable. Even the BLI On30 locos are cheap compared to what’s available in Sn3 or On3. I believe that when Bachmann came out with their line of On30 locos and rolling stock, they gave narrow gauge and O scale modeling a big boost. The common person can now model in narrow gauge without having to be a master craftsman or second mortgaging the house!
Large scale 1/20.3 industrial tram line, the Borracho Railroad.
Engine #1 Curly[:D]
and I also dable in HOn30
If someone made quality RTR HOn3 equiptment I would seriously consider adding a narrow guage line to my layout, a logging line, preferably.
the model RR club I was in had an HOn3 layout started which I worked on, and ran. I owned an HOn3 MDC shay and it ran like a champ running forever in open house displaying.
Sadly the whole layout had to be torn down as the club was forced to move.
I have pieces of that HOn3 layout which will come back to life on a newly designed layout which will cover N&W, Virginian, South SHore/North Shore/Nickel Plate.
The Narrow guage will act as a coal feeder ala EBT, but not the EBT.
I have too many fav prototypes, so I will build them all in in a very specialized layout design with lots of interchange but a clever continuous l;ong run cheat.
funny note…
one club member didnt believe there was narrow guage diesels.
I tracked down and found the White Pass and Yukon DL535 brass diesels, 2 of them to be exact and ran them on the club narrow gauge. I didnt get any arguements from that member. hehe
Nice engines, brass, but I sold them…now I am mad I did sell them!!!
But I am focusing my modeling in the 50’s, so they don’t fit, prolley why I sold them.
Another Narrow Guage diesel was the Number 1 of the Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge, replacing steamers 8, 9, and 18 in the early 1950s, line later closed in the late 50s.