LGB Stainz Edition
>>10975340I finally finished my freelanced Dash 9. I need to weather it still, but i love it. Circus scheme on wide bodies looks great
You have 10 seconds to reply to this post otherwise your next train will be delayed.>Scale you model in>Your reason for choosing it
>>10976413OO Scale because I love British locomotives and I’m a huge Thomas fan
>>10976413>HO>N is too small, O is too expensive
>>10976413>NMy experience with HO when I was getting in was that it was all boomer rivet counters, and the guys that did N were a lot more laid back.
>>10976848I'm a 00 fan as well, what's some of your favourite locos from both Britain and Thomas?>>10976850I have previously debated getting seriously into O but damn you're not kidding about the cost. >>10977028How's the scale these days anon? I used to main N a number of years ago and would agree it felt a lot more relaxed.
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>>10977255My favorite class is probably the Class 42 Warships, although I have a soft spot for the 35s, 14s, 09s, 07s, 04s, 66s, and 28s for pretty obvious reasons. My favorite steam classes are probably the 57xx, 14xx, USA, LBSCR K, Black 5, Ivatt 2mt, and Hunslet Austerity tank
>>10976413HO, because there was barely any French rolling stock and buildings available back when I started the hobby in the early 2000s, and it was a Christmas gift that started it all (a Jouef starter kit).There's more choice today in N (and it's a more sensible choice in my opinion, for a more realistic layout in a smaller space, it's also less costly in general), but it was not before the 2010s I think that manufacturers really started releasing models in N (and not repainted German models). Still way less choice than HO today, and a huge used market for HO too.
>>10977255>How's the scale these days anon? I used to main N a number of years ago and would agree it felt a lot more relaxed.I think it's in a good place right now. Quality N scale models are now cheaper than equivalent quality HO models, and selection is getting a lot better. I'd kill for more new steam engines (like a new N-scale Dreyfuss Hudson), but since I mostly model PRR in steam I at least have a better selection than most to work with.
>>10975340Based frog poster
>>10976413>Z>I literally have no room
>>10975340>LGB StainzNo clue, but I still wish my mom had not given away my tin train toys from when I was a kid, particularly since it wasn't like we lacked storage space at home while I was away at school.
>>10977404Some great choices there anon.>>10977481That's interesting, I agree that N has certainly had some positive development in recent years. It's interesting you mention the realism aspect, as that was one of the things that brought me to the scale originally. Just wish I still had the dexterity for it, 00 is far easier for me>>10977731>Dreyfuss HudsonThis would be absolutely incredible.>>10978032How little room do you have anon? I'd certainly be interested to see how you've made a layout work in a small space.>>10978416That's a real shame. I suppose you'll just have to begin anew and experience getting a train for the first time again!
>>10976413N, originally because that's what caught my eye in the train store one day, but as an adult because it's all I have the space for. Plus my assortment of Godzilla figures would look even more wildly out of scale terrorising an HO or O layout than they do in N.>>10977731>I'd kill for more new steam engines (like a new N-scale Dreyfuss Hudson)PLEASE give me a new Dryfuss Hudson. I don't want to spend the over 200$ asking price on a Con-Cor that's almost as old as I am and has all the detailing of a wooden Thomas engine. Or a Mohawk or Niagara.
>>10976413Scale: H0mReason: japanese trains with two conditions:>narrow gauge is actually narrow>the scale is consistentThis leaves me with OJ, H0m, TTm and Zm. I can;t get the Zm tracks right, OJ is super expensive, takes a lot of space, is incompatible with 0m and 0 scale isn't consistent on its own (1:43,5 vs 1:45 vs 1:48). There's barely any japanese TTm. H0m isn;t a good choice, it's the least bad one.
>>10978670I feel like we'd all appreciate seeing our favourite kaijus above your model railway>>10980214Sounds interesting anon, not a scale I'm familiar with beyond seeing it in passing. What's some locos you have in the scale and what are some you'd like to see added in future?
>>10980820KuMoYa145 motor car, and it's a homemade conversion from J scale. My layout isn't operational yet, so I'm not buying any motive power for now.
>>10976413Three rail O, though "modeling" is probably pushing the term.The reason, I like big trains and you can run them in tight spaces.
>>10981756I should be moving into a new place by the end of the year. I plan on running a mid 1940's Southern themed railroad with associated railroads. For example the Southern Crescent was actually handled by Pennsy GG1s out of NYC Penn Station and was handed of to Norfolk & Western J or K2a Class locomotives over their trackage before transitioning to Southern motive power south of Washington DC.
>>10981634Sounds interesting anon.>>10981756>>10981772Even though it's not what I use mainly, there's just something fun about using three rail O. You'll have to keep the pics coming especially as you setup your next railroad.
>>10976413N-scale because it's a healthy balance between detail and space conservation
>>10982502It's fun playing with three rail O, especially the postwar style stuff. Prototypical accuracy is already out the window, so you can play around with things a bit. Definitely not for a rivet counting layout, though.
>>10983549Absolutely. What kind of layout do you have anon?>>10985873Definitely, although it helps that I've personally preferred operations to maximising detail (not that the two are mutually exclusive).
>>10976413HO because it has the most available for it and reasonably affordable plus I like steam. The steam selection out there is great in HO vs. the other scales minus O which is neck and neck with. BLI and to a lesser degree Bachmann are releasing new steam all the time and ScaleTrains after 3 years is finally releasing ex-MTH HO engines with better DCC boards.
>>10987415So far I just have a Kato double tracked oval with some industry turnouts on a door. Still trying to design a layout that can look somewhat believable when I do operations, but also allow me to just let stuff run. It's eventually going to be themed to the Southern Pacific in the 80s vaguely in Southern California
>>10988080I'm super jealous of the steam options with HO. In N, it's basically limited to just famous locomotives like the Daylight or the Big Boy
>>10988159Steam is more common for British N. I do Z, imagine how hard it is to do steam in that gauge.
>>10993028I'm actually super surprised about that
>>10988080Makes sense anon. Any steam locos you'd want to see added to the catalogues?>>10988158>Southern PacificIt's still too soon ;_;>>10993028>>10993074Yeah there's far more steam options available for Britain in that scale. Graham Farish is a particular favourite brand of mine but there's lots of choice.
>>10993557To add to what he said, for Z, there is Märklin for steam, but that is almost entirely for German subjects. AZL has some too.
>>10985873O scale can easily be more of a toy than a model but it is also really easy to set up and take down and makes a good rug runner set.
>>10981756that N&W is fuckin clean
>>10993557>Makes sense anon. Any steam locos you'd want to see added to the catalogues?Too much to name. So many locos existed in reality it would take 100's of years to make them all outside of the brass already made plus many come from forgotten, unpopular Class 1 railroads that the mainline model manufacturers won't touch because they won't sell. But if you had to twist my arm I would say more steam options from the Baltimore and Ohio, Southern (USA) Railroad, and Western Maryland. Would really like to see a Western Maryland I-2 Decapod outside of brass.
