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Anonymous Fri 03 May 2024 01:47:31 No.10975340 View View Reply Original Report

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LGB Stainz Edition

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Anonymous Fri 03 May 2024 18:13:24 No.10976328 Report

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>>10975340
I finally finished my freelanced Dash 9. I need to weather it still, but i love it. Circus scheme on wide bodies looks great

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Anonymous Fri 03 May 2024 19:26:35 No.10976413 Report

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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

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 01:33:28 No.10976848 Report

Quoted By: >>10977255

>>10976413
OO Scale because I love British locomotives and I’m a huge Thomas fan

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 01:38:01 No.10976850 Report

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>>10976413
>HO
>N is too small, O is too expensive

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 04:05:33 No.10977028 Report

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>>10976413
>N

My 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.

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 12:10:15 No.10977255 Report

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>>10976848
I'm a 00 fan as well, what's some of your favourite locos from both Britain and Thomas?
>>10976850
I have previously debated getting seriously into O but damn you're not kidding about the cost.
>>10977028
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.

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 13:14:33 No.10977303 Report

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>>10976850
This

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 14:49:44 No.10977404 Report

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>>10977255
My 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

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 16:22:50 No.10977481 Report

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>>10976413
HO, 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.

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 20:24:45 No.10977731 Report

Quoted By: >>10978477 >>10978670

>>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.

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Anonymous Sat 04 May 2024 21:16:06 No.10977793 Report

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>>10975340
Based frog poster

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Anonymous Sun 05 May 2024 00:15:08 No.10978032 Report

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>>10976413
>Z
>I literally have no room

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Anonymous Sun 05 May 2024 08:17:40 No.10978416 Report

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>>10975340
>LGB Stainz
No 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.

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Anonymous Sun 05 May 2024 09:25:04 No.10978477 Report

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>>10977404
Some great choices there anon.
>>10977481
That'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 Hudson
This would be absolutely incredible.
>>10978032
How little room do you have anon? I'd certainly be interested to see how you've made a layout work in a small space.
>>10978416
That's a real shame. I suppose you'll just have to begin anew and experience getting a train for the first time again!

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Anonymous Sun 05 May 2024 14:52:46 No.10978670 Report

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>>10976413
N, 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.

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Anonymous Mon 06 May 2024 22:10:01 No.10980214 Report

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>>10976413
Scale: H0m
Reason: japanese trains with two conditions:
>narrow gauge is actually narrow
>the scale is consistent
This 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.

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Anonymous Tue 07 May 2024 08:20:20 No.10980820 Report

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>>10978670
I feel like we'd all appreciate seeing our favourite kaijus above your model railway
>>10980214
Sounds 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?

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Anonymous Tue 07 May 2024 22:05:41 No.10981634 Report

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>>10980820
KuMoYa145 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.

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Anonymous Tue 07 May 2024 23:42:23 No.10981756 Report

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>>10976413
Three rail O, though "modeling" is probably pushing the term.
The reason, I like big trains and you can run them in tight spaces.

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Anonymous Tue 07 May 2024 23:52:22 No.10981772 Report

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>>10981756
I 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.

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Anonymous Wed 08 May 2024 09:20:56 No.10982502 Report

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>>10981634
Sounds interesting anon.
>>10981756
>>10981772
Even 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.

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Anonymous Thu 09 May 2024 00:09:07 No.10983549 Report

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>>10976413
N-scale because it's a healthy balance between detail and space conservation

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Anonymous Fri 10 May 2024 09:04:49 No.10985873 Report

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>>10982502
It'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.

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Anonymous Sat 11 May 2024 10:15:50 No.10987415 Report

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>>10983549
Absolutely. What kind of layout do you have anon?
>>10985873
Definitely, although it helps that I've personally preferred operations to maximising detail (not that the two are mutually exclusive).

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Anonymous Sat 11 May 2024 21:28:41 No.10988080 Report

Quoted By: >>10988159 >>10993557

>>10976413
HO 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.

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Anonymous Sat 11 May 2024 22:19:29 No.10988158 Report

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>>10987415
So 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

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Anonymous Sat 11 May 2024 22:20:42 No.10988159 Report

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>>10988080
I'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

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2024 02:21:46 No.10993028 Report

Quoted By: >>10993074 >>10993557

>>10988159
Steam is more common for British N. I do Z, imagine how hard it is to do steam in that gauge.

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2024 02:43:27 No.10993074 Report

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>>10993028
I'm actually super surprised about that

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2024 12:02:25 No.10993557 Report

Quoted By: >>10994176 >>10998177

>>10988080
Makes sense anon. Any steam locos you'd want to see added to the catalogues?
>>10988158
>Southern Pacific
It's still too soon ;_;
>>10993028
>>10993074
Yeah 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.

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Anonymous Wed 15 May 2024 20:56:22 No.10994176 Report

Quoted By: >>11001905

>>10993557
To add to what he said, for Z, there is Märklin for steam, but that is almost entirely for German subjects. AZL has some too.

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Anonymous Fri 17 May 2024 02:53:58 No.10996041 Report

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>>10985873
O 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.

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Anonymous Fri 17 May 2024 23:59:19 No.10997405 Report

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>>10981756
that N&W is fuckin clean

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Anonymous Sat 18 May 2024 14:19:14 No.10998177 Report

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>>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.

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Anonymous Sun 19 May 2024 12:41:06 No.10999517 Report

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So anyone know what happened with those bootleg Dapol O gauge locos? Or what the story was? Has anyone done a comparison between a real one and a fake one?

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Anonymous Tue 21 May 2024 11:08:29 No.11001905 Report

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>>10994176
How is Märklin for Z? I've only experienced their Gauge 1 models which I was always impressed by.
>>10998177
I too am a fan of Decapods. I do wonder if any of the big model railway companies did a completely open poll for people to suggest a brand new loco for release (i.e. one they have never manufactured) what would win
>>10999517
Not so far as I'm aware but I would be very cautious testing them out as I can't imagine they're particularly safe

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Anonymous Wed 22 May 2024 03:48:04 No.11002753 Report

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>>10976413
O
looks nice under christmas tree

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Anonymous Thu 23 May 2024 03:46:19 No.11003783 Report

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>>11001905
It is as one would expect for Z, the models are older, generally speaking, but they are better than MTL models of similar vintage. I have not tried anything from Rokuhan, but in my experience AZL > Marklin >>> MTL (though none of these are actually bad). There is no such thing as a bad locomotive in Z gauge, at least from what I have experienced and/or read. I have a feeling that AZL is better than Rokuhan tooo just looking at the level of finesse on each of their models.

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Anonymous Thu 23 May 2024 04:54:06 No.11003866 Report

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I feel retarded trying to install a simple digitrax decoder into my newer Athearn F59PHI

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