i chose other because i currently model in HO and I thought that stepping up the scale could change the perspective from an above view to a closer feeling. I also like the big diesels. Im still sticking with HO though but I am going to start my outdoor layout over the summer.
Hi
Have been interested in trains scince I was 4Yo had seen large scale trains at exhebisions. thought no to expencive
Then I sav a TV gardening show where they visited a garden railway that was it
the trains where only short but looked so right in the garden that was it that years tax return spent on LGB starter set and a few second hand extras.
It was another five years before construction was to start in the garden.
regards john
I have always been a big fan of railroads anf trains as well as gardening. My true passion has been N scale, but I must admit I have always wanted an outdoor set.
My main problem is a lack of Model Train Stores and Dealers in my area and my wary trust of Internet commerce. The nearest dealer I visited was in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was an outlet called B&H Trains which has long since closed or moved.
If there were such a place, I think I would be a regular “bar fly.” Does anyone have any suggestions as to an outlet or dealer that I can patronize?
Capt C
St Aubins Station, San Val and Trainworld are the best mail-order sources Ive found they advertise in GR all the time and are very good to do business with.
Go to the “usefull links” thread or just click on www.g-scale-links.com go to “dealers” and they have the websites posted there, Good Luck, Vic
When I was a kid I always thought it would be nice to combine my ho set to the out doors thought it would be nice to to see it run out doors and now 20 yrs have passed and its starting to come of age as i am now starting to build all my rolling stock.
I was into O gauge. Then I went into the service. When I came home O gauge was had to find. HO was taking over. I hated that so I when to N scale. Now that I have a large lot with some great Garden opportunities, I have started to build a line where I can enjoy the outdoors and my railroading. I am learning a lot, and it is taking me longer that I thought it would to get to a real line (I live in the Pocono Mountains so I can only work on the line from late April to early October, then the stock moves indoors or a rest and I work on the N scale line. I read about Garden Railroading somewhere when I was younger, then went looking for some running lines to learn from. I have also seen some line on DIYTV and Tracks Ahead. I just wish I hade the funds to grow as large as my lot would allow.
My Dad had a “train room” in the basement and I use to watch his AF going around the top of the room. he also was modeling a HOn3 yard at the time. Bought me a Lionel for X-mas and then I decided to switch to Ho" got to be like him" Parents divorced train room died[V] Ran my stuff in my room till 13 then boxed it up. 3yrs ago Dad gave me his childhood AF for X-mas, the train Bug bit hard! Then I ran across this forum on the web and started reading, bought the magazine and I WAS HOOKED! My 8yr old daughter and I hope to start soon.
Hey all,
Funny how many of us modelled in another scale prior to Large Scale. Easy to see how we make the switch when you get a good look at all the awesome stuff our scale has to offer. Much easier to work with for me too. Later eh…Brian.
Sounds like a good poll!
I just read an old book on Benjamin Franklin where it discussed one of core his beliefs. He believed that Man was made superior to all beings save one, God. He also looked and observed that there were stages of inferiority among the animals God created that man was to have dominion over. He, thus, reasoned (being a man of the Age of Reason) that there were stages of superiority and inferiority among humans.
I would like to extend that argument to Railroading. I submit that the ultimate zenith of Railroading is the actual 1:1 life size standard gauge trains that ride the rails between our cities and towns. Beneath this is narrow gauge in all its forms.
Then we have those rather large “live steam” layouts that require acres to operate.
G Scale and related scales are next and are the highest level the common man can afford.
O and S are larger gauges for people with room in which to build.
HO and N scales are the most common and are for people with limited space. I have to admit that I prefer N scale because one can make multiple cities and countryside layouts with a degree of realism. Realism, however, seems to be scarified the smaller one goes.
Z scale is for European homes and American tenement buildings where space is at its absolute zero.
It seems that, in the end, it’s not the size that matters; its how much fun you have with it. (?!? oops, that didn’t come out right, but I’ll keep it because it is a little witty)
Hi,
I was on holiday in 1987 on the east coast of England and I found a model shop to wander round. I was then into British N, which was not the best quality, and whilst I was looking at N rolling stock an LGB 0-4-0 Stainz rattled over my head. That was it. I bought the passenger starter set and because I was driving a small car at the time I nearly had to leave the wife behind to get that set home. If I had left her behind I would have given her the train fare…honest!
Cheers,
Kim