I hope to get into this scale someday and have something in the backyard that would be Steam Era / D&RGW (not D&H EEK!!!!!!! ) that my wife and I could joint enjoy watching from our porch; possible year around. Would also like to have a operating creek / waterfall that the layout would use like a canyon river We live in Colorado so we can see Sub-0 to100+ temps and can see huge swings in temps within 24 hours and like today have 1+ feet of snow fall very quickly. So, I would love to hear your thoughts about what I need to also keep in mind with this type of environment. I know we have a few Clubs in the city that would also be a great resource too when the time comes. :tb-nerd: :tb-nerd: :tb-nerd:
Understanding different quality levels of manufacturers post has been moved please pm me for the link message 106
Now this is definetly all the information Newbies and Veterans alike can use. I've got it printed out and put in a folder as reference. Nice work.:thumbs_up:
Another manufacturer to add is Custom Model Products. Custom Model Products produces in brass and runs in the 1:32 and 1:20.3 scales. They rank right up there with Accucraft in terms of prices. 1:32 side does standard gauge trains and steam locomotives, such as the famous Southern Pacific Daylight Steam Engine. While the Narrow gauge side focuses on F-Scale units, like the Bachmann K37. Most of their pricing is available on their website. Just google "Custommodelproducts" and you'll get their site hit. The only locmotive of theirs I've seen and used is the SP Daylight 1:32 engine. While it's dwarfed by my friend daves SP train, he runs the steam loco on special occassions. It's well built and holds up pretty good. Quality wise, well It's very well built. But again these products are on the pricier side of G/F Scale.
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another newcomer Hi as someone that has come back to railways after around 20years 'away' I decided to go for larger mainly for my eyesight. I started with a bachmann Annie and random stock and was happy enough with it and only just sold it on, for more than I paid for it. I experimented with differnt track also till I got the look I wanted, then I went for a random mix of locos and rolling stock while still develpeing a theme, This has now come together in the pics in my album, I use ready made Peco code 200 to give a representation of Flat Bottom rail, and have started making my own crossing and turnouts, I transposed the standard bench work for indoors to outdoor use at a metre height , so I dont need to bend my back and use standard bench of 8foot by 2 foot, the underneath is used for storage and wood storage. I get as many hour a week as I can of enjoyment outside and run strains in rain snow and even sunshine. I use track power with onboard batteries and, I get real reliability, I am more about looking right and operating than true scale tho I will build any new stuff to 1/32 as thats the more recognised in the UK. Enjoying the info here and planning more pics soon
