Favorite Scale?

[Anonymous]

I like HO. Easy to work with and big enough to see.

Happy MRRing

[Anonymous]

I like G, HO and N scales. G is superb, also pretty good value if you consider what you're getting - just beware the LGB bug (it's very expensive - we're talking the equivelent of $120 or so for a 4-wheel passenger car with plastic wheels and no lights, replacement metal wheels are $20 for 2 wheelsets - hence why I only have two passenger cars and scan eBay to add to the collection!). HO is more manageable indoors, and great for switching layouts as the Kadees enable true "hands off" operation. N scale is good for European passenger trains - Fleischmann have some superb models available, add the close couplings and you have a good-looking, smooth-running formation that will run for hours with no derailments, overheating, etc.

[Anonymous]

My preference is 0 scale, but I model in HO scale because of space restrictions. I was thinking about N scale, but having viewed an N scale layout, I find I need younger eyes to do reasonable work in a scale that small.

O scale locomotives and rolling stock make all the right sounds running through switch points, across rail joints and the like. Also, the size allows detailing to achieve absolutely prototype fidelity. I just wish I had enough space to do O scale justice.

Tom

[howmus]

I like all the scales, except the one at my Dr.'s office. It always says I'm 10 lbs heavier than the one at home....... But seriously folks! I voted for HO because it is for me the best compromise between sizes for being able to fit a lot in my available space, and be able to work on the models (this is more important as my arms have gotten shorter with age... Why do they keep making the print smaller in the phone books?). I started as an adult with Nearly Invisible so I could have some serious amounts of stuff on the layout but soon found that it was very tediuous to detail. It is also difficult or rare, should I say, to find USRA time period locos and rolling stock in most of the other scales. In fact, though, I love what CAN be done in all the scales when a serious modeller sets his/her mind to it! [8D]

[Eriediamond]

Favorite scale is full scale, but!!! Since I can't run a fullscale Pacific in my train room, I'm modeling in HO scale, but!!!! I like all scales, but!!! If I could run a fullscale Pacific in my train room, it would soon fill the room up with so much smoke that I would probably die from second hand smoke, which is the true reason why railroads dieselised. I have not dieselised yet. Ken

[joecool1212]

Ho Because I grew up with it . It has the right amount of detail. N and z scale seems to small to me. Anything bigger than S has to much detail involved. If I had to do it all over again in a perfect hobby world I might concider S scale. But since nothing is perfect Ill stick with HO. Joe A.

[Anonymous]

Actually, all the scales lie to you when you stand on 'em. But seeerusssleee, they're slowly making every brand of n scale smaller and smaller each year, I'm sure. Along with that, my fingers are getting a lot thicker with age. Strange, 'cause the wedding band still fits the same after 31 years. The HO makers are keeping it reasonably sized, as long as you don't ever try to replace a Kadee coupler spring.

[areibel]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SpaceMouse

I have a triple beam balance I like a lot.

LOL!

[SpaceMouse]

I have a triple beam balance I like a lot.

[retsignalmtr]

i now prefer n scale. i'm building an around the wall shelf layout based on one track n scale modules. it will have a 70 ft mainline run length. if i did it in ho i would still have the 70ft run but there would be less room for scenery and structures. i now run my ho stuff at my clubs layout.

[IRONROOSTER]

For me S scale represents a good compromise between big enough to see and build with; and small enough to have a layout in the space I have. All scales are a compromise - you just pick the one that works best for you.
Enjoy
Paul

[Razorclaw]

Still don't have any trains unless ya count the toy one i have in the garage sale. Just like asking questions as it helps answer some questions i have.[:)]