Login
or
Register
Subscriber & Member Login
Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!
Login
Register
Home
»
Model Railroader
»
Forums
»
General Discussion (Model Railroader)
»
Narrow Gauge Bug bites hard!!
Edit post
Edit your reply below.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
All my friends are narrow gaugers...Watch out, there is no known cure....... <br /> <br />I bought a Brass Westside K-27 (HOn3), but recently sold it to focus on other fat gauge projects. They all said that after I visited Colorado and Chama NM. that the bug would bite hard.....I visited those places last year, I guess I'm immune. The narrow gauge bunch are serious modelers, there are very few rtr items (particularly in HOn3) and they are always scratchbuilding something or other. <br /> <br />Personally, I go for that beat up, cliffside clinging look in standard gauge..... <br /> <br />For those considering HOn3 the problems have traditionally been the lack of rtr cars and the fact that motive power is limited to expensive brass. Bachmann released a shay in On30 and a few cars as well. This is why On30 has taken off: availability of reasonably priced rolling stock. <br /> <br />The situation for HOn3 will be changing soon. Blackstone Models is coming out with an HOn3 plastic K-27 next year and PSC is also due in with an inexpensive K as well. Both these models will be factory equipped with sound and DCC and list price is well below the unpainted, undecodered brass models currently available......There are also some companies working on a few rtr cars in HOn3.... <br /> <br />The "gazzette" is THE holy grail for the narrow gauge bunch and the annual narrow gauge convention is always outstanding in terms of modeling skills and clinics.... I worked in the contest room in the 2004 convention....I have never seen a concentration of so many excellent models in a single room like that...
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
Update Reply
Subscriber & Member Login
Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!
Login
Register
Users Online
There are no community member online
Search the Community
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Model Railroader Newsletter
See all
Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter
and get model railroad news in your inbox!
Sign up