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Offline purple1

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Re: Car show (in N scale)
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2008 - 12:32:19 PM »
Dave,

Very cool setup. :2thumbs: I wondered if there were any model train folks here.
I was hooked on HO scale a long time ago, still am, but don't have the room to put my platform up anymore.

Slotts

Never messed with trains before. I only started about 3-4 months ago. So I guess I'm still a newbie at it. The room an "HO" scale would have taken up is why we picked "N" scale.

Here are some more pics of the layout.

Dave :wave:

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Re: Car show (in N scale)
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2008 - 09:33:15 AM »
That's cool!  I thought those looked like Micro Machines - I used to have a ton of those, but I kept only a few - mostly my aircraft carrier and full compliment of jets and bombers.  I only kept a few of the more exotic cars - never had any mopars.

I have an HO set but have nothing set up (I don't have the time or money to put into that) but my mom has an AMAZING O scale setup - she has a Lionel set they purchased around 1990 for just under a thousand dollars - $1,000!!!! - this past winter dad had it appraised - over $3,500!!!!!!   Her setup is pretty impressive because not only is it only about 8x10, but has a TON of buildings, skating rinks, even bridge-over-water landscaping that my dad built by hand, but it also wraps around the Christmas tree every year, and gets taken down and set-up every Chrstmas season.  She puts DAYS into setting that up every year, and every year it gets better.  She has spot-lit buildings, lighted Christmas trees, wild animals and domestic pets scattered everywhere, and buildings that are oriented to the interests of her children - a "State College" building from my days at PennState, and a Radio Station from my music days - also a Navy office building for my brother and sister, and of course the hand-made Church with real stain-glass windows that my great grandmother made decades ago.

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Re: Car show (in N scale)
« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2008 - 10:14:24 AM »
   That's great. I build sets for my model cars that are in 1/24 scale. I don't think I could see well enough to try N scale   :o   Pretty cool that you and your son are working on it.  This could be one of those never ending ---work in progress---thing as you keep adding and finding neat little additions. I definately think you need to build a replica trailer just like the 1:1 version   :smilielol:    Keep us updated  on the expansion.