Your scale

[areibel]

TT for me! The only originally American scale, now it's way more popular in Europe than here. I was into HO for 25+ years, but with space at a premium most of it spent all the time packed away. I just got into TT two years ago with no regrets. Just wi***here was more available motive power wise. But confederatebob, the cars are here!
There are several resin kit manufacturers, and now an honest to goodness injection molded boxcar. Not a lot so far, but a start. With the power kits available for the Lionel 1:120 diesels, you can get started.
Hey Athern, instead of ANOTHER HO Challenger, why not try ONE TT loco?

[areibel]

TT for me! The only originally American scale, now it's way more popular in Europe than here. I was into HO for 25+ years, but with space at a premium most of it spent all the time packed away. I just got into TT two years ago with no regrets. Just wi***here was more available motive power wise. But confederatebob, the cars are here!
There are several resin kit manufacturers, and now an honest to goodness injection molded boxcar. Not a lot so far, but a start. With the power kits available for the Lionel 1:120 diesels, you can get started.
Hey Athern, instead of ANOTHER HO Challenger, why not try ONE TT loco?

[douginut]

Primarily N-Scale for size and room constraints. Though I model HO, and G-scale (the Bachmann Big Haulers) for the garden.

To Paraphrase Pickwick, "If I'm not near the Train I love, I love the Scale I'm near!"


Doug, in Utah

[douginut]

Primarily N-Scale for size and room constraints. Though I model HO, and G-scale (the Bachmann Big Haulers) for the garden.

To Paraphrase Pickwick, "If I'm not near the Train I love, I love the Scale I'm near!"


Doug, in Utah

[Anonymous]

I DO "O" GUAGE/SCALE, SURE WOULD BE NICE, IF THE DEALERS,COULD GET MORE PRODUCTS, FROM >LIONEL, k-LINE......

[Anonymous]

I DO "O" GUAGE/SCALE, SURE WOULD BE NICE, IF THE DEALERS,COULD GET MORE PRODUCTS, FROM >LIONEL, k-LINE......

[Anonymous]

I used to model in HO scale for a long time. I have been in N scale for the past 25 years.
Manufacturers need to wake up! N scale needs structures, factories, piers and car ferrys,

How about it manufacturers, are you up to the task???????

RDR

[Anonymous]

I used to model in HO scale for a long time. I have been in N scale for the past 25 years.
Manufacturers need to wake up! N scale needs structures, factories, piers and car ferrys,

How about it manufacturers, are you up to the task???????

RDR

[Anonymous]

HOn3,

It works great for shelf layouts

[Anonymous]

HOn3,

It works great for shelf layouts

[Anonymous]

My scale is 0 & .027, but I also am somewhat into N scale. I'm also heavily into H/O, S, and G scale. I enjoy them all. I started with Marx a .027 wind-up as a young boy age 5 in 1955. I got my first Marx Electric steamer set in 1957, and an Marx Santa-Fe A-A set in 1958. I got into H/0 at age 11, and stayed there for a long time. Since 1990 I've gotten very much into the "big trains". I found an old Marx Electric at a flea market, and the old bug bit! I have a lot of Lionel pre-war and post-war, Marx Tin & Plastic, both new & old. I also enjoy Am Fliers "S" , Aristocraft & LGB engines & rolling stock, & the Bachmann "Spectrum" line in "G" scale very much. I'm concerned that product availability / manufacturing capacity in 0 , .027, S & G scales don't seem to match demand as well as other smaller scales do. I hope that probelm is remedied soon. Waiting for a new 0 or G scale product to be available for purchase 6 to 18 months or more after it's been announced seems a bit long to me, especially in 0 scale. Does anyone else agree? I love this hobby, and I'd hate to see the popularity of these scales slip because marketing and, to a greater degree, manufacturing capacity and HIGH PRICE were out of sinc with demand.

[Anonymous]

My scale is 0 & .027, but I also am somewhat into N scale. I'm also heavily into H/O, S, and G scale. I enjoy them all. I started with Marx a .027 wind-up as a young boy age 5 in 1955. I got my first Marx Electric steamer set in 1957, and an Marx Santa-Fe A-A set in 1958. I got into H/0 at age 11, and stayed there for a long time. Since 1990 I've gotten very much into the "big trains". I found an old Marx Electric at a flea market, and the old bug bit! I have a lot of Lionel pre-war and post-war, Marx Tin & Plastic, both new & old. I also enjoy Am Fliers "S" , Aristocraft & LGB engines & rolling stock, & the Bachmann "Spectrum" line in "G" scale very much. I'm concerned that product availability / manufacturing capacity in 0 , .027, S & G scales don't seem to match demand as well as other smaller scales do. I hope that probelm is remedied soon. Waiting for a new 0 or G scale product to be available for purchase 6 to 18 months or more after it's been announced seems a bit long to me, especially in 0 scale. Does anyone else agree? I love this hobby, and I'd hate to see the popularity of these scales slip because marketing and, to a greater degree, manufacturing capacity and HIGH PRICE were out of sinc with demand.

[Anonymous]

[^]Currently modeling in N, HO, and Large Scale (1:22.5)
One modular board in N, one 4'x8' in HO, sharing a large indoor Large Scale layout that is my father's.

[Anonymous]

[^]Currently modeling in N, HO, and Large Scale (1:22.5)
One modular board in N, one 4'x8' in HO, sharing a large indoor Large Scale layout that is my father's.

[Anonymous]

space is a premium. Z is the only way to go.

Visit www.pobox.com/~klwebb to view my z layout

[Anonymous]

space is a premium. Z is the only way to go.

Visit www.pobox.com/~klwebb to view my z layout

[Anonymous]

I model in Z scale. Fun to run and fun to OPERATE !
I compete at model train shows with my modular layout.. Great experiences.[:)]

[Anonymous]

I model in Z scale. Fun to run and fun to OPERATE !
I compete at model train shows with my modular layout.. Great experiences.[:)]

[Anonymous]

Many people are heavily invested in either O gauge or HO because the product is readily available and has been for years. I became reaquainted with S gauge a couple of years ago when I lucked out with a house sale across the street from me. I combined the recent items with the set I was given in 1951 and the spark took off from there. I'm convinced S is a more functional form of HO since there is two rail track, but it is easier for youngsters to handle and re-rail cars while it is a bonus for older folks like me who have a little harder time with details and bifocals.
Also, manufacturers like Lionel, K-Line, American Models, S-Helper, MTH and others make it easier each year to add to the old stock. There is S-Gaugian magazine and the National Association of S Gaugers, too!

[Anonymous]

Many people are heavily invested in either O gauge or HO because the product is readily available and has been for years. I became reaquainted with S gauge a couple of years ago when I lucked out with a house sale across the street from me. I combined the recent items with the set I was given in 1951 and the spark took off from there. I'm convinced S is a more functional form of HO since there is two rail track, but it is easier for youngsters to handle and re-rail cars while it is a bonus for older folks like me who have a little harder time with details and bifocals.
Also, manufacturers like Lionel, K-Line, American Models, S-Helper, MTH and others make it easier each year to add to the old stock. There is S-Gaugian magazine and the National Association of S Gaugers, too!

[ddechamp71]

Hi. Definitively I'm a Z-scaler. N scale looks perfect, but for my 25 X 13 ft empire Z scale is the best: it allows 39% best space than N: it means more prototypical 75-car trains instead of 60-car trains. For the 5 last years we have seen more new items (AZL, Fr Models, Blair lines, Micronart) than for the 30 previous years. For you guys who think N scale is too small (not speaking of Z!), I would answer: on my layout, the best difficulties were from the small size of several items, for example turnouts command switches wiring, not from the size of Z scale items themselves. And what a pleasure to see a 20' Z scale train, with about 70/80 cars, towed by a 5-American Z Lines-locomotive-lashup, swinging on quite prototypical 20' curves. Some say Z scale is expensive. It should be, but if you want to do the same with greater scales, you should at once earn money to purchase an aviation hangar......

[ddechamp71]

Hi. Definitively I'm a Z-scaler. N scale looks perfect, but for my 25 X 13 ft empire Z scale is the best: it allows 39% best space than N: it means more prototypical 75-car trains instead of 60-car trains. For the 5 last years we have seen more new items (AZL, Fr Models, Blair lines, Micronart) than for the 30 previous years. For you guys who think N scale is too small (not speaking of Z!), I would answer: on my layout, the best difficulties were from the small size of several items, for example turnouts command switches wiring, not from the size of Z scale items themselves. And what a pleasure to see a 20' Z scale train, with about 70/80 cars, towed by a 5-American Z Lines-locomotive-lashup, swinging on quite prototypical 20' curves. Some say Z scale is expensive. It should be, but if you want to do the same with greater scales, you should at once earn money to purchase an aviation hangar......

[Anonymous]

We originally planned on Z scale until we started adding up the cost of what we wanted. We were immediately won over to N scale.

[Anonymous]

We originally planned on Z scale until we started adding up the cost of what we wanted. We were immediately won over to N scale.

[ddechamp71]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ddechamp71

Hi. Definitively I'm a Z-scaler. N scale looks perfect, but for my 25 X 13 ft empire Z scale is the best: it allows 39% best space than N: it means more prototypical 75-car trains instead of 60-car trains. For the 5 last years we have seen more new items (AZL, Fr Models, Blair lines, Micronart) than for the 30 previous years. For you guys who think N scale is too small (not speaking of Z!), I would answer: on my layout, the best difficulties were from the small size of several items, for example turnouts command switches wiring, not from the size of Z scale items themselves. And what a pleasure to see a 20' Z scale train, with about 70/80 cars, towed by a 5-American Z Lines-locomotive-lashup, swinging on quite prototypical 20' curves. Some say Z scale is expensive. It should be, but if you want to do the same with greater scales, you should at once earn money to purchase an aviation hangar......

Sorry, it's late for me, I meant 20"/50 cm curves (I'm french/european.....), which means 110m/17 degrees curves at full scale....
Cheers
Dominique

[ddechamp71]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ddechamp71

Hi. Definitively I'm a Z-scaler. N scale looks perfect, but for my 25 X 13 ft empire Z scale is the best: it allows 39% best space than N: it means more prototypical 75-car trains instead of 60-car trains. For the 5 last years we have seen more new items (AZL, Fr Models, Blair lines, Micronart) than for the 30 previous years. For you guys who think N scale is too small (not speaking of Z!), I would answer: on my layout, the best difficulties were from the small size of several items, for example turnouts command switches wiring, not from the size of Z scale items themselves. And what a pleasure to see a 20' Z scale train, with about 70/80 cars, towed by a 5-American Z Lines-locomotive-lashup, swinging on quite prototypical 20' curves. Some say Z scale is expensive. It should be, but if you want to do the same with greater scales, you should at once earn money to purchase an aviation hangar......

Sorry, it's late for me, I meant 20"/50 cm curves (I'm french/european.....), which means 110m/17 degrees curves at full scale....
Cheers
Dominique

[Anonymous]

I like N and G also, but Z is my favorite. Am almost like a kid--you can almost take them to bed and put under your pillow.

[Anonymous]

I like N and G also, but Z is my favorite. Am almost like a kid--you can almost take them to bed and put under your pillow.

[Anonymous]

Ho has always been my favorite scale. Favorite road, Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio. Now that more manufacturers are producing loco's and rolling stock in this road name, HO has become a real treat!

[Anonymous]

Ho has always been my favorite scale. Favorite road, Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio. Now that more manufacturers are producing loco's and rolling stock in this road name, HO has become a real treat!