Frank53 - You do good work!
Why Not?
With Scale models like these available in 3 Rail, why not build the scenery to look as Great as these Beauties?
I am a multi-scaler, I was(and still am) an HO modeler for years, then after one Christmas too many of picking pet hair out of the running gear of HO challengers, I decided to get some Lionel O-Gauge for under the tree. REALLY, that was all that I intended to do with it, HONESTLY. It did not take long for the size of the O-Gauge trains to get addictive, I just love the mass of them. I also have some large scale, Gauge #1( often, INCORRECTLY collectively refered to as “G” scale which is specifically 1:22.5 SCALE) but those are (to Me) large enough to be hard to build an indoor layout for(YES, it CAN be done, Yes, that sounds like HO or N scalers talking about O-Gauge) I soon bought a second set, then more and more and more and well you get the idea (sound familiar to anyone else?) After awhile, I had too much to consider 2 Rail O Scale, and frankly (Sorry Frank) there is much more available, and affordable in 3 Rail. Also, the wiring in 3 Rail is so much less complicated.
So for ME, it is run what I already have and like, and easier wiring, plus more cost effective, so when I do build my Layout, it will be Hi-Rail.
[IMG]http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/challenger3980/Pictur
Challenger 3980 - TellyawhatImgonnado…[:-^] Since you don’t have a layout “suitable” for that most impressive fleet you’ve amassed, and I happen to have a fully sceniced pike, you can forward some of those steamers to me on the east coast as part of a “long-term” lease, say $1 an engine. I could run them and keep them in excellent working condition, so you wouldn’t have to display them outside anymore. Thennnnn, when you’ve finally completed your layout, I could forward them back to you.
It’s all about helping others, I always say. [8D]
Now Fife, I think you made an offer that he can’t refuse! That is a beautiful collection. My personal method of modelling, I am building a “Hi-Rail” layout on the upper portion of my pike. I did the benchwork in such a way as to allow a lower layout to be built which I will build a tubular pike with all the post war accessories that just won’t work on a HI-Rail set. My intention is that this will be built to my 6 year old son’s specs as it will give him a place to enjoy the hobby while I run the more expensive items up top.
Dennis
Fifedog, I really do APPRECIATE your GENEROUS(with my equippment[swg]) OFFER, but I am planning on getting married this spring/summer, and just tonight she mentioned again, that she REALLY wants Me to build a layout. (Iknow her Son(15 years old) likes that idea very much as well). So now it’s her garage(need to keep the kids in their schools) that we need to clean out now, not mine. I will be needing those locomotives to check track work, wiring and clearances as we build.
They don’t get displayed out side, but for photgraphing it is hard to beat natural lighting. My only complainant about her son’s interest in trains is that he likes those stinky Diseasels, and in GREEN & BLACK, not the Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Grey with Red lettering that any self-respecting Diseasel would insist on having itself painted.
Besides Fifedog, I’m on to your little scheme, I would NEVER get my Locomotives back, I know as well as You do, a layout is NEVER TRULY FINISHED. I know how to read your small print.
Thank You Again though for your Generous Offer,
Doug
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Wellllll, allrighty then. [^]
You always have to read that Fine Print.
When your layout is Finally completed, I will forward them back to you.
A layout finally completed?[(-D][(-D][(-D][swg][:-^]
Nice try though Fifey, I can’t say that I wouldn’t have tried it myself,
Doug
I’m gonna be a little more esoteric. I grew up and became inspired by the works of Frank Ellison, the articles in Model Builder and (in S Gauge) the work of Frank Titman. In the 1970’s and 1980’s, there was little available in S scale, and even the “scalers” were converting buildings from HO and using oversised HO signals and signage.
I enjoy the simplicity of the trackwork and the electrical work (which are not my favorite area of the hobby) and like the fact that I can concentrate on building rolling stock, scenery and on operation which I do enjoy. In S, in any case, the only difference in the rolling stock, by in large, is in the size of the wheel flange and in the couplers. Even in “scale” the couplers and flanges aren’t really scale size, and the bigger couplers and flanges make it easier for me to “operate” (i.e. run trains, uncople cars at sidings, make up trains).
I guess I made a trade off in favor of simplicity and reliablity versus appearance. If Model Railroading is an “art”, I guess I am an impressionist rather than a realist. However, I contend that all model railroaders are in some sense impressionists. Our trains don’t really carry goods, don’t really burn fuel, arn’t expected to turn a profit, aren’t crewed by minature living beings, etc. It all depends on where you want to draw the line.
Little Tommy