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Rob - I went down that route end of last year and found modeling in O scale to be a lot more satisfying than in NScale. Suddenly, all those tiny detail are in a size I can handle with my bad eyes and shaky hands. The downside of modelling in that big scale is that you need to add all those tiny details, which are usually omitted even in HO scale - bang, and you are back into handling minute parts. There seems to be not much choice in O scale locos and rolling stock. Atlas offers a few bits, and MTH has recently extended their line quite a bit. Both are quite pricey, though. If you want to model standard gauge, the space requirement is enormous, about 4 times of HO scale. Forget any radius below 5 ft.! If you go for narrow gauge modelling, the space you need is not much larger than in HO scale.Those Bachmann On30 locos are also a lot less expensive, and there are lot of kits available to enhance them (although this seems not to be necessary. Backwoods Miniature in the UK has a number of dress-up kits - take a look <a target="_blank" href="http://www.backwoodsminiatures.com/0n3kits.htm">here</a>. Scratch building structures is easy and inexpensive in O scale. 2mm plywood makes an excellent base material, windows and doors can also be scratchbuilt. Not to forget the wooden coffee stirrers you get at the restaurant with the big yellow M in their logo ... Just found a little video on scratchbuilding structures: [View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2cb975G4ROs] You will just love the British accent of georgeT! Take a look at this page - it´s a nice tutorial on building O scale structures: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/65362-abbots-mead/">Abbot´s Mead</a> Hope this helps!
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