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Favorite Scales

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UPJohn
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Favorite Scales
Posted by UPJohn on Friday, February 13, 2004 4:25 PM
Personnally my favorite scale is HO because of the wide range of products available.[:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 4:29 PM
HO is what I model. I would prefer N scale with the space I have but if I had unlimited amount of space I would stick with HO
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 4:33 PM
I model HO because the models can be very detailed and a layout need not occupy an aircraft hanger. Over the years my choice has been reinforced as a plethora of highly detailed hobby items have become, and are still becoming, available. IF I did have that hanger, my choice would be O scale without question.

Tom
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 5:45 PM
Why did you leave out narrow gauge? Anyway, it's HO for me.
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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Friday, February 13, 2004 7:25 PM
S/Sn2 for now, but I have been in HO and O. Might go back one day. kept all my HO and O just in case.
Enjoy
Paul
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:26 PM
I've been in HO since 1953 but I do have some N Scale equipment too, I was hoping for an N Scale club or N-trak to start up around here, but NO-GO.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 8:34 PM
O toy trains is my favorite. Left HO for O September 2003 have had more fun in months than I did in years of HO.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 16, 2004 7:18 AM
HO
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AggroJones
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Posted by AggroJones on Monday, February 16, 2004 11:33 PM
HO

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION

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Posted by CBQ_Guy on Thursday, March 4, 2004 11:57 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by UPJohn

Personnally my favorite scale is HO because of the wide range of products available.[:D]


Same with me and also because that's what I had the longest as a kid.

If I had the room and the money, though, I'd like to have a large building constructed and try doing a large layout in O-scale. I am currently toying with the idea of trying to squeeze in some sort of O-scale switching layout on a shelf.
"Paul [Kossart] - The CB&Q Guy" [In Illinois] ~ Modeling the CB&Q and its fictional 'Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line' in the 1960's. ~
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Posted by MAbruce on Thursday, March 4, 2004 12:03 PM
Normal scale, of course. [tup][:P][;)]
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Posted by pbjwilson on Friday, March 5, 2004 11:49 AM
It's between Bathroom and Musical.
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Posted by nfmisso on Friday, March 5, 2004 11:56 AM
What about: F , TT , No1, No2, No3, OO ........???????

You asked about scale...guage has nothing to do with it.....
Nigel N&W in HO scale, 1950 - 1955 (..and some a bit newer too) Now in San Jose, California
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 6, 2004 10:45 AM
If you're talkin' fish scales, my favoite scales are big ones -- it normally means you've caught a bigger fish. [:D]

However, if you're talkin' MRR, I prefer HO. It is large enough to do some detailing and still fit more than one loco on my 5x13 layout.

Can you picture a "G" runing on a 4x8 layout.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 6, 2004 8:06 PM
N scale is my favorite mainly because of space. I also have some O gauge.
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ddechamp71
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Posted by ddechamp71 on Friday, March 12, 2004 2:39 AM
Z is my favorite: a single bedroom gives place to an empire with 80-car freights, and a 20" radius curve that is very sharp in HO is broad in Z.....About the lack of available products in this scale, things are getting better and better: 5 new types of locomotives are expected this year, with an increasing selection of structures, track, etc...
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 12, 2004 9:22 PM
HO is my favorite , But on my newly expanding layout I am going to try to add an N scale steam train for a theme park or zoo ride.
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Posted by Roadtrp on Friday, March 12, 2004 9:38 PM
It's 'N' for me because I love being able to run looooooooong trains in a relatively small space. I also like the 'miniature' aspect of N scale. I think it's incredible to find so much detail in something so small.
-Jerry
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 12, 2004 10:07 PM
My favorite scales are HO, HO, and HO.
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Posted by CP5415 on Sunday, March 14, 2004 7:21 AM
HO scale for me.
I did have N scale at one time, I liked it but I went back to HO scale.

Gordon

Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!

K1a - all the way

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Posted by on30francisco on Monday, September 20, 2004 6:37 PM
I model in On30 and HO. The best of both worlds!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 20, 2004 7:11 PM
I voted Normal scale, but Hugely Oversized would be my second choice...
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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Monday, September 20, 2004 7:52 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jwaldo

I voted Normal scale, but Hugely Oversized would be my second choice...


Wait wait you've got it all wrong[:D][:D][:D]

Z is zilch
N is nothing, nada
HO is how ordinary
S is superb, super
O is oversized
G is gross

is Fun [8D][8D]
Paul
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