thanks.............i'm working on tim with tab and slot.............have just started so i have very little, but that will change ... From: Michael Nickerson...
I want to add a little on Mikes addition to this string. Besides the sets Mike noted below, there were a couple of other Marx sets that were battery powered...
Hello, never having owned more than one model train, there are some electrical issues I never encountered. Therefore please bear with me as my questions are...
After 20+ years, I'm finally building my first tabletop layout. HO scale. Already one interesting quirk: the track fit fine when I laid it out flat, but when I...
... You already have the cork down, next step is to lay the track and fasten it down with track nails. The holes in the ties are for the track nails. You can...
Larry, et al: Thanks for the post. It all sound real scary for a first-timer like me. Can I do this: First, glue to cork down. Second, glue the track down,...
... Absolutely you can do just this, which is what I actually recommend. While you're at it, go to the local hobby shop and get some joiners with the wires ...
Recently I was at the Gats Sacramento Ca show on sunday. Mainly went to look at the operating layouts.> i am currently running a 3'x4' layout with 2". There...
Allan-- I'd make it a 4 x 4 (assuming you have the transportation)-- I started with American Flyer "S" Gauge-- the 'standard' curves fit on a 4 x8 of plywood;...
greetings to all I just recently got into HO scale trains, mainly because my kids bought me a starter set for christmas. I've since then, picked up more cars, ...
One thing you may consider is a wedding cake style layout. By that I mean around the outside on the lowest level put a loop of 0 gauge track. In the center of...
I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. My name is Barbara and I'm the married mom of 7 kids. I have always loved trains and have always been in awe of...
Hi I'm a newbie here too so anything you might learn I could probably learn too I have alot of experience in building Dioramas though, so I'm not totally ...
Barbara, Can't be asking stupider questions than I do. I'm setting up my first one, too, after more than 20 years of dreaming about it. Found it's a ton of...
Here's a question: I am just about ready to lay down the ballast for my H.O. track. I have a jug of coarse grey ballast. The guys at the train shop tell me...
Barbara, I discovered something tonight you will really want to consider. Do NOT, repeat, do NOT lay your track out so that you cannot easily reach even a...
Of course you want fine ballast. Coarse is for O scale. You could get by with medium for HO. But for HO, coarse could be used for streams and mountain cuts....
Hi everyone I am also new to model railroading. I am starting on a N Scale layout that is 8'x4' and I am also going to use DCC on this layout because a friend...
n scale on an 8'X4'?? thats gonna be a nice layout, lots of space to put things lots of possibilities too oh yea take pics and post them as you go along Mike ...
HELLO. I'M NEW TO THE TRAIN WORLD. I'M HAVING PROBLEMS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY I HAVE IN AN OLD COLLECTION OF MY FATHERS ESTATE. I PUT AN HO TRAIN ON...
... If it is two-rail track (except Marklin) and an HO train car fits perfectly on it, it is indeed HO scale track. The trains could be HO or On30 since they...
Hello My father decided a couple months ago he wanted to build a G gauge railroad. Since then we have been scouring the internet for info. When I say we I mean...
Group, In another Group, a guy mentioned that he is a building a 30" x 12' layout that comes apart in two 6 foot sections. Instead of building the legs, I...
I'm trying to help a friend find out about a train set that she has. We looked online and can't seem to find anything on it. It's made by "Model Power" and is...
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