>>10651018>Sn3/On2 have practically zero ready-to-run options availableI guess that's sort of the appeal to me. I don't like things because they're easy, but rather because they're hard. It gives me the satisfaction of having a very personalized layout with rolling stock and locomotives. Picrel is one of Junior Yamachi's works that is a big inspiration for me. IIRC a lot of his Sn3 locomotives run on modified Kato Pocket Line steeplecab frames.
>N scaleSorta related to my above reason, I'm very much drawn more towards scratch-building and proto-freelancing as much as possible so even if I buy ready-to-run rolling stock I'd absolutely spent an excessive amount of time superdetailing, kitbashing, and panting every locomotive to fit a fictional railway. I love the idea of freelanced and proto-freelanced railways and would love to build a coal hauler from the 50s. I have some older MR magazines that have some interesting alternative layouts you can make out of 4x8 plywood sheet that involve cutting it in interesting ways that I thought would be worth taking inspiration from.
