+1 on that. I use code 80 track and Atlas custom turnouts, because I use under table switches also Atlas.
That's very nice starter layout. I have the same 0-6-0 Piko Rio-Grande loco. I have a ton of track that I acquired over the years also I model...
In the 80's when I was a teen I would go there with a friend who's parent would always give him a huge allowance and he would buy tons of HO stuff...
Wings Hobby shop.
I just found out that the LHS I've been shopping at for years is closing. I purchased my first RC car here in the late 80's and my first N scale...
I would try to solder the kinks instead of tearing up the track. I have a grade on my layout mysels and I always couple at least two locos to...
Very nice layout.
I did a lot of modifications and repaint from boxcars to locos. I use Scalecoat II its a plastic safe paint remover and works very well on...
It may be true that N scale is more popular. I went to a MRR convention and I saw far more N scale layouts then any other layouts. I guess the...
I just saw them on a popular online hobby shops website and they look very nice. I think Intermountain will do a great job with these locos, I'm...
Yeah I just don't get why Kato won't change they're motors to slower speed ones like everybody else. Katos still drag race past any other locos...
Well IM pulled the trigger and is going to make some SD40-2's in N scale.
I have four SD45-2's and the only issue I have with them is that they're shell separates to easily form the frame. If IM will address this issue...
Was that NiMh or NiCad cause I started with NiCad batteries where I made a special light tree just to drain the battery completely so it would not...
True the hobby has changed so much in the past few years. When I got back into it in 2008 I learned that trains have DCC and RC cars have...
Its not a DCC board its just a newer PC board that Atlas is using. DCC would have a few more micro chips and processors. And the reason your loco...
Welcome to the smaller scale and yes no question is ignored here, we try to help each other as much as possible that's why we enjoy this hobby.
I just can't believe my luck I just got a PIKO 2-6-0 Rio Grande Mogul for just two hundred dollars brand new sealed in box form ebay. These go for...
I have to figure out where I'm gonna set up the tracks. I have a small shed right in the back of our yard that has a lot of bushes next to it....
Well I spent a lot of money on G scale over the holidays that I should have put in the bank towards my new car savings. I guess my car will have...
