I am in the process of building an HO layout. I plan to have a river (a double track truss bridge above) It will have mountains near the back and the rest will have residential buildings on the left side and comercial and indusrial sarounding a yard on the right.
I have both HO and G, with HO being the primary one. Cost is a big consideration when the cheapest G-scale locomotives cost as much or more than a Broadway Limited HO-scale engine with sound and DCC, and one piece of G-scale rolling stock is equal to 10 HO models.
Look quick Ben, my vote made O twice as popular as HO and N. Like that trend will last.[swg]
It seems we need to repeat this poll every month or two for the newcomers to the forum.Oh well.[:)] I doubt too many people have changed scales since the last poll. [swg]
Well taken, I didn’t mean to give you a hard time. I thought my deja vu was acting up again.[;)][:p] It is almost the first of August, no sense waiting til the last minute.[(-D][(-D]
I truly do think ‘N’ is the scale of the future. Just as ‘0’ lost market to ‘HO’, I think ‘HO’ will eventually lose market to ‘N’.
People just don’t want to devote that much of their houses to hobbies any more. Even though houses keep getting bigger, unclaimed space in the basement keeps getting smaller. The ability to put more train in less space with ‘N’ scale will ultimately result in it becoming the predominant scale.
HO scale for me I really considered N for a while but after watching many layouts at train shows I just couldnt appreciate it. So I stuck with HO
I see the argument for N since you can run longer realistic trains.
I just am not ready for thicker glasses to see the tiny trains
HO here. N is great, but it’s really to small and doesn’t bring out as much detail as HO. Plus HO is cheaper. Can you imagine what a sound equipted/DCC ready loco would cost in N?