Forums - General Discussion (Trains.com) - Trains.com

amateur

Posted by Anonymous

on Thu, Dec 22 2005 2:27 PM

so i want to start a new ho scale train set. I was convinced into buying a life-like starter kit, untill i called a store and the guy told me that life-like is crap and should not invest in it. He sais for me to go to the store and have him build me a bigginer set using atls tracks and a proto loco,. What should I do????

Replies to this thread are ordered from "oldest to newest". To reverse this order, click here.
To learn about more about sorting options, visit our FAQ page.

Posted by DrummingTrainfan

on Thu, Dec 22 2005 2:58 PM

First off, I'd suggest going to the Model Railroader forum, you'll get great information there. Personally I totally agree with the store owner...

GIFs from http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm -Erik, the displaced CNW, Bears, White Sox, Northern Illnois Huskies, Amtrak and Metra fan.

Posted by trainboyH16-44

on Thu, Dec 22 2005 5:33 PM

yes, the MR forum has more people on it. But do a search for similar topics, we get this a lot.
Train sets in general are not high quality, and you want to stay away from them. Life-like is not a good brand, but the Proto series are spectacular (Proto 1000 and proto 2000). Some other brands that I would suggest are Athearn, Kato, Atlas, and Bachmann Spectrum, though they don't have sets.

Go here for my rail shots! http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=9296

Building the CPR Kootenay division in N scale, blog here: http://kootenaymodelrailway.wordpress.com/

Posted by coborn35

on Thu, Dec 22 2005 8:48 PM

Well i see you have gotten great respinses ovr there and I agree 100%. Dont get a starter set.

Mechanical Department "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."

The Missabe Road: Safety First

Posted by Anonymous

on Tue, Dec 27 2005 9:59 PM

Get a Proto! ---NScaler5