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How old are you, and what scale do you model ?...
How old are you, and what scale do you model ?...
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edo1039
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January 2002
From: Summerfield,Florida
269 posts
Posted by
edo1039
on Friday, September 23, 2005 8:39 AM
Soon to be 66 HO,I started in 1972 with a layout on 4x8 for my son's birthday,and got hooked two minutes after I started to lay track,needless to say son got a different present.
Ed OKeefe Summerfield,Fl "Go New Haven"
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oleirish
Member since
October 2003
From: oregon
885 posts
Posted by
oleirish
on Friday, September 23, 2005 8:35 AM
I'am 63 and Been model railroading for 50 years on and off,I had one N-scale years ago,Now I'am in HO again,my first train set was a tyco saddle tank HO when I was 13years old.[^][:)]
JIM
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, September 23, 2005 8:35 AM
51 and HO here.
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bbrant
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February 2001
415 posts
Posted by
bbrant
on Friday, September 23, 2005 8:29 AM
36 & HO here.
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pcarrell
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February 2005
From: In the State of insanity!
7,982 posts
Posted by
pcarrell
on Friday, September 23, 2005 8:17 AM
I'm 40, and I like a challenge, so, N scale.
Philip
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, September 23, 2005 8:09 AM
32. HO Scale. All BNSF Power.
Allan.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, September 23, 2005 7:26 AM
17 Ho scale
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, September 23, 2005 2:45 AM
27 Y/O HO
my parents got me a 4x8 when i was 8 . i have also lived next to train tracks from the time i was 8 . but as far as model railroading i didnt get in to it till i was like 18 or 19 .thats when it came to me that there had to bemore to it than track on plywood
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NZRMac
Member since
September 2004
From: Christchurch New Zealand
1,525 posts
Posted by
NZRMac
on Friday, September 23, 2005 1:49 AM
37 feel like 47 sometimes. I'm in HO, Dad had a layout which I loved, but when my teenage years came it was sold.
Tried N scale and had a layout running but no scenery, sold it at about 25 yrs old
Just last year bought a 41/2 X 8 HO layout which didn't last long major expansion in the garage but we moved house and I used it for firewood. Now a small switching round the computer desk layout, Lenz DCC and all mostly QSI loco's. Having a ball!!
Ken.
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dgwinup
Member since
May 2005
1,168 posts
Posted by
dgwinup
on Friday, September 23, 2005 1:29 AM
"As old as my tongue and slightly older than my teeth." Santa Claus, (Edmund Gwynn), Miracle on 34th Street, 1947 (?)
Feb 5 will mark my 58th birthday. (Remember that so you can send presents!).
My Dad set up a 4x8' Lionel trainset when I was around 2 or 3. Had those until about 12 or 13, then bought some HO. Stored all the Lionel away and had fun with the HO. Got bit by the railroad bug again while in college and found N scale would fit in my room-and-a-half apartment. N scale ever since and never looked back. Still have most of the HO stuff but the Lionel stuff was given away while I was at college. [:(][sigh]
Darrell, on tracks, but quiet...for now
Darrell, quiet...for now
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, September 23, 2005 1:16 AM
19, almost 20, started with HO when I got a set at 12, then switched to N 3years ago ;-DD
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Vampire
Member since
May 2004
From: California
176 posts
Posted by
Vampire
on Friday, September 23, 2005 1:12 AM
I'm 41 also and I prefer HO scale. I dabbled with some N scale once but it never grew on me. I could do more with my layout if I switched to N scale but I'm just too fond of HO.
I also have some G scale stuff but it's mainly for display and doesn't run often.
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Rotorranch
Member since
June 2005
From: Hot'lanta, Gawga
1,279 posts
Posted by
Rotorranch
on Friday, September 23, 2005 1:12 AM
I'm quickly approaching 50 years old, and have been doing HO since around 1964.
My first real "upgrade" of my layout was around 1970-71.
I'm still running that same layout, although updated. yet again, on my layout today.
Rotor
Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...
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EL PARRo
Member since
November 2003
From: California
263 posts
Posted by
EL PARRo
on Friday, September 23, 2005 1:03 AM
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HO
huh?
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Tracklayer
Member since
August 2005
From: Southeast Texas
2,392 posts
How old are you, and what scale do you model ?...
Posted by
Tracklayer
on Friday, September 23, 2005 1:02 AM
I'm 41 (soon to be 42) and I've always been an N scaler. But due to my eye sight growing increasingly worse, I'll eventually have to move on to HO - which I don't really have much of a problem with. As long as I can continue to run trains, that's all that matters... ([:D])
Tracklayer
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