How old are you, and what scale do you model ?...

[Anonymous]

52 and N all the way!
CP Rail with some BNSF for my son. He likes the colors of the new stuff.

[accord1959]

46, A railroad engineer as my dad was, and the detail of HO is where I have to be, just couldn't get used to the oversized handrails of N scale. My preferance because you asked.

[Anonymous]

42. starting an "N" scale board for myself and son. the board lifts to the ceiling to make room for it. 40" X 12'. Eye sight ain't what it used to be. bifocals next year, and magnifiying lamps/head wear help a lot.

[Robert Langford]

I'm 71 been in HO since 1943. Love every minute of it!!!!!

[hd8091]

56 HO also some N with the wife

[edkowal]

I'm 54 and model in O scale. I've been interested in Maine 2 foot gauge prototypes for a long time now and really enjoy both the history aspects and the size difference with this minority interest.

The two footers were (are) so small that standing next to them, you get the sense that they're about as tall as you are. So, what this means as a modeler is all the equipment is much, much smaller than standard gauge stuff. My O scale models are about as large physically as some of the larger HO scale models, but detail is twice as large !!

So I get to model in O scale, and design a layout with some of the same advantages as HO scale. For instance, runaround and station sidings can be about the same size as you might design for HO. The only disadvantage is curve radius. I need a minimum of 36 to 38 inches, and am keeping things to about 42 inches. Although real tight in a prototypical sense, it takes up precious space.

I'm having fun.

-Ed

[roadrat]

35 and into HO


bill

[bjdukert]

Will turn 58 in Oct and HO

[dieselfan04]

45 HO

[skiloff]

33, started in HO with my dad, switched to N at 16, back to HO at 24, now back to N this year to build with my son and maybe my daughter if she's interested. Still keeping some HO, but sold the high price stuff to pay for the N.

[Anonymous]

10 years old and modeling O-27 since 4 years old.I have 2 layout.The first layout folded out of the wall.The one I have now is permanit layout is a california style layout.

[JohnWPowell]

37 HO got my first layout when i was 5

[Anonymous]

39 now 40 in March 2006. Modelling HO.

Trevor[:)]

[Anonymous]

14 this Thursday and HO.

[Todd McWilliam]

I'm 41, I model HO, since I was a kid, then I switched to N scale while I was in the Air Force, then went back to HO.

[prfedd]

68 H.O. and can still see it

[railroadyoshi]

age-undisclosed, even though many of you still do know how old I am-all im sayin is i'm a teen
scale: HO and lovin it.

[wctransfer]

13 in HO. I started when i was 5. My first real model, ( besides the train set ) was a WC F45 6650.

Alec

[Anonymous]

I am 14 years old and model in HO scale. I do modern UP and have just started modeling the Montana Rail LInk and Burlington Northern.

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[on30francisco]

I'm 49 and I model in On30 and HO. My railroads are mostly freelanced based on plausible prototypes for the era and area I'm modeling. I model a turn of the century narrow gauge logging,shortline, backwoods type eastern railroad in On30 and early 1900s backwoods/shortline in HO. I love steam, wooden structures and rolling stock, timber trestles and bridges but also have a few deisels and gas critters. I started with Lionel in the early 60s. It may have been out of scale tinplate but it ran very well! I then went into HO and got discouraged with the low quality equipment available at the time (brass track on fiber ties, Tyco, etc.) and gave up model railroading for a while. I then dabbled in N scale. The N scale equipment at that time (circa 1973) did not look good or run well. Those large flanges were hideous. I went back into HO and discovered Atlas NS track, Athern and MDC kits, and other good quality products that looked good and ran well. I then got the narrow gauge bug and tried HOn3, Sn3, and On3. HOn3 didn't run well and Sn3 and On3 were (and still are) incredibly expensive. When Bachmann came out with their On30 line of equipment, I immediately switched to On30. Since it runs on HO track, I can have the best of both worlds; the heft and detailing of O scale with the cost and convenience of HO and additionally, I can still model in HO and take advantage of the abundance of great and low cost products available in that scale.

[siberianmo]

67 and counting! HO is the primary pike - started and completed in 2004. Have an O-gauge shelf system for the Lionel Polar Express and a new S-gauge layout still under construction.

Photo's available on the site listed in my profile ........

Oh [yeah], LGB's 'round the Christmas tree - Euro freight and passenger consists.....

[TrainFreak409]

I'm 16, and enjoying the time I spend in N scale.[:D]

[nsfantodd]

I'm 42 yrs old, and have been in HO since my Dad helped me build my first layout when I was six. Every couple of days he would bring home a few sections of track and we would add them, until we had a loop. It was great.

Todd Templeton

[grayfox1119]

I'm 66, getting back into hobby since leaving it when I was 14. I am modeling HO gauge, mostly steam, as this is what I saw from the time I was 2 until I was 16. Building 4 4x8 tables now.

[AggroJones]

6 years old. [:0] [spongebob]Hahahahahahhahahah[/spongebob]

[AggroJones]

No, not actually 6, although sometimes I wish I was....

[samgolden]

71 this month, model in HO. Started with Lionel "027" when in high school. After High school, joined the Navy, 2yrs on land and 2 yrs on a Mine Sweeper. 2nd Class ET. while I was in the service my parents moved 2 times. Don't know what happened to the Lionel trains. Early 60's started in HO, 5 x 9 foot layout. A friend got me started racing stock cars, for about 5 years, then got busy with work, family, and cars (not racing) just fixing. The Model RR got put aside until spring of 1998, when my son took me to a Model Train Show, (he belongs to a Modular Club). The club was using Digitrax DCC, and I had my first chance to run with DCC and it rekindled my interest in the Model RR, came home and had to find the layout under all the stuff piled on it, and have been working on it since then, a little at a time. Also Built a 4 x 8 layout for two of my Grand Sons, (8 and 10 at the time). They were both interested then but the older one has discovered lawn Tractors and Cars, (things with engines that you can ride & drive) and doesn't have any time for the railroad any more. The younger one has discovered the PlayStation, and that is what interests him now.
I have just replaced my Brass track with Nickel Silver, and Have hooked up my Empire Builder and now working on the Yard section.

[willy6]

51 and HO

[Anonymous]

56, HO, at it since mid 60's....Been a great ride!!
Gus.

[grandeman]

39 & 10, HO scale.