MODEL RAILWAYS

eis_os · Post by **eis_os** » 10 Dec 2004 13:36

And where I can select II (IIm/IIe/IIf/G) ?

But I could use my model rail outdoor

anyway, for the price of one engine you can buy full rolling stock for N

If you want some pics about 1:22,5:
http://www.buntbahn.de/fotos/ some really nice pics there...

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 10 Dec 2004 16:54

[quote=eis_os] for the price of one engine you can buy full rolling stock for N [/quote]

thats one thing I find attactive ... the other is the very minimal space requirements
an interesting layony can be built small enough to fit into a box, complete with scenery

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mifune · Post by **mifune** » 10 Dec 2004 18:19

for the people that are interested in small shunting layouts: http://www.wymann.info/ShuntingPuzzles/index.html

i own N scale trains but ive become uninterested in that. im more into digital trains now.

PurdueGuy · Post by **PurdueGuy** » 10 Dec 2004 19:59

mifune wrote: im more into digital trains now.

Much cheaper that way. Also easier to have complex layouts and multiple layouts. Still, there's something about having a model you can truely pick up and put your hands around...

Villem · Post by **Villem** » 11 Dec 2004 13:28

Digital is also 100$ more expensive in most cases..

Prof. Frink · Post by **Prof. Frink** » 11 Dec 2004 13:38

Hehe, I have two boxes truly ancient (belonged to my dad and his brother when they were kids) Hornby and Tri-Ang* OO gauge at home.

That's assuming they haven't completely rusted through.

*Pretty much the same, except the couplings are different, the little shoes on the tracks are on opposite corners and the polarities of the motors are reversed. 2 of those can be allowed by converter tracks/wagons, the third allows you to have head-on crashes

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 11 Dec 2004 13:53

Akalamanaia wrote:Digital is also 100$ more expensive in most cases..

http://www.gamespaper.com/reviews/PCHor ... way2.shtml

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 11 Dec 2004 14:13

Born Acorn wrote:
Akalamanaia wrote:Digital is also 100$ more expensive in most cases..
http://www.gamespaper.com/reviews/PCHor ... way2.shtml

I think he was talking abut digital cab control DCC

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 11 Dec 2004 14:22

I think Born Acorn was just posting a cheaper alternative...

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 11 Dec 2004 14:34

much cheaper, and still digital

mp3Pro · Post by **mp3Pro** » 11 Dec 2004 15:45

well give us some links then BornAcorn

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 11 Dec 2004 17:40

I was talking about Hornby Virtual Railway 2. Digital as in computers! Get it?

Raichase · Post by **Raichase** » 12 Dec 2004 05:59

That program looks okay, but I still think that Trainz is the definitive model-railway sim...

Born Acorn · Post by **Born Acorn** » 12 Dec 2004 12:36

but trainz and MSTS are actual Train Simulations. HVR2 is a Model railway Simulation!

MacNetron · Post by **MacNetron** » 12 Dec 2004 20:30

I prefer my Fleischmann H0 track above the virtual one. I don't think I can "just look for hours" to some virtual trains...

Marco · Post by **Marco** » 14 Dec 2004 21:20

I had some H0 (H-zero, not H-O) models. I'm still hoping to play with 1:1 "models".

Colonel32 · Post by **Colonel32** » 14 Dec 2004 21:34

Marco wrote:I had some H0 (H-zero, not H-O) models. I'm still hoping to play with 1:1 "models".

as far as I know, H0 and HO is actually the same thing. H0 was the oroginal name, which got misspelled to HO. Both are in 1:87 scale

PurdueGuy · Post by **PurdueGuy** » 14 Dec 2004 21:43

Colonel32 wrote:
Marco wrote:I had some H0 (H-zero, not H-O) models. I'm still hoping to play with 1:1 "models".
as far as I know, H0 and HO is actually the same thing. H0 was the oroginal name, which got misspelled to HO. Both are in 1:87 scale

A quick reference I found...

http://www.spikesys.com/Modelrr/scales.html

HO means "half of O", but O scale was originally 0 (zero) scale. Of course, HO isn't exactly half of O, but fairly close.

Marco · Post by **Marco** » 14 Dec 2004 22:54

After the 0, there are the 1, 2, ...

To see some 4 and 5 modlels photos: http://www.swissvapeur.ch/

MacNetron · Post by **MacNetron** » 16 Dec 2004 15:27

<looks at pictures, drools...>
ahh, now THAT is playing with trains

I'd better not post pictures of my model rr. It's a bit dusty...

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