We need another model train set.
>>839846
Then buy one.
that gritty industrialism
IT'S HAPPENING!
>>842768
No way, get those special nips that do a clean cut and don't smoosh the railhead
>>842836
Get the nippers, they're under $10
>>844936
hey thanks for the advice though I would apreciate it if you are more specific about where to get one.
anyway sorry for taking a long time to respond but my computer died
doing the electrical at the moment - it is taking longer than expected and is very tedious so I'm slow with progress
>>844995
Your local hobby shop for starters. Also check out online hobby stores/model railroad sites.
Ask others for sites, I haven't been in the loop in forever.
There is a name brand cutter that is popular but I can't remember it. I used to see it advertised in the Model Railroader magazine.
>>844995
are you going to get some cork roadbed for the track?
>>844999
>local hobby shop
Good joke m80
>>845114
yes - but I only planned to use cork tiles from a hardware shop
>>844995
so the wiring is finished, short of doing the scenic accesories.
>>845562
>electrician approved
>>845562
so I have three electric switches but I figured I can get away with running this setup off one switch.
Am I right in thinking this?
>>845567
absolute madman
>toy trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo9TI2P1L38
model bikes out of nowhere
![worlds-greatest-hobby-featured-390x219[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NRRzc7x.jpg "worlds-greatest-hobby-featured-390x219[1].jpg")
>World's Greatest Hobby
>only middle-class, middle-aged, white males are able to afford and participate in it
SJW invasion of model trains when?
>>846411
Ever saw the movie Clockers? Wait for sales and go on ebay. Check stores for discounts.
>>846324
Wtf am I watching?
>>846590
Autism.
This thread is making my dick hard and is triggering my SimCity 4 autism.
>>846486
What's with black people and O scale?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1kwq0BqX0
>>844223
>>844234
to follow up on this was reading a recent issue of Railway Modeller and the bloke in one of the layout features reckoned MDF was a meme and plywood is much better
>>846682
Look for Tony Lash's layout. It was in his office. He' retired so I don't know if the layout is still there.
>>846683
yeah I know already would change if had time over
>>846742
there's always next time
>>846762
that was the plan,
to use this simple layout to decide on best practice so when I build a big layout I'm not doing it from the dark.
>>847025
Building up
>>847841
and up
>>847983
how much more elevated are you gonna go?
>>844938
>>848876
>Ready to run OO gauge
>FEMA
>Not HO
>>839846
>>848875
only higher on the right now
>>846682
Noel T. Holley, author of "The Milwaukee Electrics," with his HO MILW substation model and electric locomotives.
Everyone loves the Milwaukee Road.
>>849261
damn that is nice
>>849406
I agree. Love the catenary wires. I love layouts that go all out on the overhead wires.
Holding onto this because I'm told it will be worth a fuckton of money in the future (manufacture stopped making these after the movie came out).
>>846682
where are the sounds coming from? if it was the engines themselves, what a waste.... would be better to use a bluetooth or whatever xmitter to send it to a 1000 watt amp w/12" subs in the same room....
Hey, this is probably a question for the board in general but I figure it's slow enough for the trainfags to stick their heads in here.
I really like the West Yorkshire looking steam layouts, all grubby stone mills in built up valleys and canals and stuff which seems to be mostly LMS territory but my uncle has a lot of LNER gear so I want to fit my layout in with his collection. I wonder if there's anything similar in LNER territory?
Also, embossed bricks and stone, what is the cheapest way to do it?
![Tetleys_Mills_2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/8siEy0W.jpg "Tetleys_Mills_2[1].jpg")
>>851202
forgot pics
>>851202
Why not look up photo databases/archives online of LNER operations and see what kind of industries are in the picture? Or look up maps of their lines and see what cities the railroad passes through and what kind of industries those cities had.
Not a Britfag so I don't even know what the fuck those acronyms are, but this seems like pretty basic research.
![20130401-193208[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ifLfyb5.jpg "20130401-193208[1].jpg")
>>851207
This would be the sort of thing I'd be making with the HO/OO track I have from childhood, a little shunting layout but with the aim of expansing it with further modules later on.
Probably a dead double track mainline on a viaduct in the background, or room for it on the module for later on when I can expand, canal on the left, brewery or engineering firm as the focus of the operational section of the layout.
Probably 3' deep and 5'-6' wide, being generous for full buildings rather than ones cut off at the edge of the scenic section.
To provide height for the viaduct the branch should slope upwards behind I think I can get away with as steep as 1 in 20, the viaduct will have to be 1 in 60 to be able to run longer trains.
But anyway, that's just the plan.
>>851215
Because I have not yet been to the UK and have almost no understanding of their geography, for all the googling I could do and scouring photo archives simply asking somebody that knows what they are talking about and that can point me in the right direction would save so much time.
>>851202
>I wonder if there's anything similar in LNER territory?
LNER was huge, so yes. Leeds, Durham & Doncaster being obvious candidates.
>Also, embossed bricks and stone, what is the cheapest way to do it?
Embossed styrene; Slaters, South East Finecast...there's a bunch of them.
>>851549
*name wrong
I don't even know who that other fuck is, never seen him before.
>>851236
Cheers, might go for not-Leeds, central station was fed by both LMS and LNER. Bit flatter than what I want but I suppose much of what I like is broad strokes and compressed and so likely a bit unrealistic anyway
>>855224
Beautiful
How long can you last, /n/?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKnygW2RIA
>>856276
Not much past the title and thumbnail. Fuck me.
>>839931
HNGGGGG is that a Sulzer?
>>840121
Is Lionel for stupid people?
Because it's like the least realistic of them all.
>>856684
I guess you haven't seen Lionel lately. Go look on their online catalog and see the scale trains they have.
HO FL9s have just been released by Rapido.
Lionel has gotten better they're finally starting to realize that consumers want remote control and upgraded a lot of their mid range locos now to have remotes and the street price isn't awful
If you want ultra realism O gauge isn't the right scale for you (unless you can afford a $1499 loco) o gauge has always traditionally been compressed unless it tells you an exact scale it's compressed
>>856682
What, the diesel in the background? That's a Warship; diesel-hydraulic, B-B, and either Man/Voith (Class 43) or Maybach/Mekydro (Class 42). Allocated to the western region.
>>846682
Black people always had larger toys.
So im thinking on starting in this hobby.
From what i readed, there are analogic and digital trains, and various track types and control systems.
If i buy a starter set from a company, can i use trains from other companies on the track i have?
Also, any tips or recomendations?
>>860782
You sure can. Lionel's Scout is the cheapest about $200. It when you get the sound systems for digital that there might be a problem. The trains will work but certain sounds might not work in a train using the system from another firm. Stick with analog at first and get Williams by Bachmann for locomotives. They have gone up in price but are good runners. You can get the older ones on ebay.
>>862685
Waiting for the Martian invasion.
>>862976
Ayyy lmao
>>862976
Attack on Titan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InF16sp7J0M
File size too big to upload here but pretty cool.
http://i.imgur.com/y4fCFt7.gifv
>>864577
You can right-click-save the video as a handy webm instead of the 60 MB gif you would get from the download button.
>>864602
That is so mesmerizing
What about Lego trains?
>>868304
Mmm, I love me some legos, but their electric train sets are so fuckimg expensive
>>868307
They tried to cheapen them by introducing the power functions line, but even then they're still expensive. Lego as a whole has gotten really expensive over the years, you might be better off building your own trains and ordering parts on bricklink.
>>872562
My brain is full of fuck
>>872562
fuckin nice
>>839846
>be young me
>like trains a lot and have a few Lionel's in grandparent's basement
>tell grandpa I want to get a new passenger car for my train
>'okay little anon, grab your allowance and lets go to the hobby store'
>walk inside, excited like a kid in a hobby store
>see super cool N scale display
>about 3'x4' board done up with tiny buildings, trees, cars and little tiny trains beboppin' along the scenic mountains around the village
>golly gee whiz that's swell!
>grandpa steers me to the O scale train cars for my set, pick one out and go home excited to try it out
>fast forward several weeks
>time to go see grandma and grandpa again, woo!
>'Come down to the basement little anon, I've got a surprise for you!'
>inb4 pedo jokes
>don't know what to expect, follow grandpa down the stairs
>come around corner into room with trains
>literally can't even
>the N scale display from the hobby store is set up in the room
>play for an eternity
It's still down there with a protective cover over it, waiting for the day when I might have kids. I should dig it out and take some pics next time I visit them. I have no idea how much he spent on it either. Why are grandparents so awesome?
>>874910
BASED
A
S
E
D
I hope you're taking good care of them.
How the fuck is this transportation?
>>874910
I'm not even a trainfan and I think this is awesome. I bet you let your grand parents end up in an old folks home didnt you. Also not all grandprents are awesome, most of mine drank themselves to death and one that didnt has only given me 1 xmas and b-day card ever.
>>875985
>>876312
Most of the trains are boxed up and put away for safe keeping now. My grandparents are both 85 now and still live there. My dad bought the house next door to them and looks after them though they are still quite independent. I live about a 3 hour drive away and go down at least once a month to spend the weekend with all of them.
Fortunately my grandparents are pretty awesome. I've never seen either of them or my dad have a drink of alcohol (maybe that's why I'm 26 and haven't ever tried it either).
should really make a little shunting layout if I'm home over summer, give me something to do in between calling on my grandfather
it's a bit mercenary but I've got my eyes on my uncle's railway stuff and he's on his way out (sad sack alcoholic) it's only a matter of time
I love the man, but fuck, he's a goner if he doesn't shape up, even then he's probably done enough damage
would love to inherit the track and the live steam A4
>>877312
The thing is at least you can take care of his stuff and appreciate it.
My aunt can't keep stuff nice. My mom really wants my grandfather's handmade dinner table and chairs. Not just because she's greedy but because my grandparents gave my aunt a really awesome WORKING player piano and she trashed it.
Dirty kids and dirty dogs don't help.
And she's eyeing his tools... He knows my boxes are clean and everything is on point so I hope I get them.
But I will use and appreciate them, so I get what you mean anon.
Wow, tl;dr
/rant
>>876904
Good for you. I live next door to mine and these past 3 years they have really started to need help with their yard.
I really don't want a stranger to move in there. We told them we'd help with everything we could so they could stay.
>>877312
well it's the endgame already, massive stroke, he's fucked
![1442440742009[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/dlfEaij.jpg "1442440742009[1].jpg")
>>878242
Wow, how bad is it?
If it's bad enough you could get your trains now.
>>881610
Jägermeister, nice.
>>868304
Is that Stonehenge in the background? wat
>>882805
it's LEGO Stonehenge
Are there any HO scale 4-8-0s that are NOT brass, besides the 1970s Tyco model?
So what is even the appeal of model trains? Do you just watch them run around in circles? Seems pretty autistic tbh.
>>882776
nice
>>884880
That's because it is.
But for some it's cathartic.
There are also many disciplines involved.
>>884880
>So what is even the appeal of model trains? Do you just watch them run around in circles?
Actually this is what little children like about it. For teens and older model trains fans it's more complex. Some are collectors and collect special trains. Some like to build their own little world with train layouts and run trains. There are also people who do it for nostalgia and own models of steam trains they know from early childhood. So everyone got a personal story.
Why are Japanese layouts so amazing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5-YUtp3HnU
>>885044
>>885456
This looks like the layout of someone who never grew up tbh.
>>885458
Make one better,putz.
>>885460
Making any layout in any scale that's not O is already better.
>>885460
But seriously I like your posts I just don't understand why all of your pictures are so small. Are you taking them with a digital camera from 2000?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFzqO6jalNo
>>885462
Kek
The only time I like O is when it's a 2 rail. It's a good scale when you have a warehouse to make an epic layout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0e07qRAFr8
>>885431
What is that typeface that always appears in nip technical drawings?
>>8855462 rail O is finicky. Plus the equipment is hella expensive.
>>885546
>The only time I like O is when it's a 2 rail. It's a good scale when you have a warehouse to make an epic layout.
like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s
>>885817
That is H0 and also for a large part 3-rail.
>>885564
Japanese are wacky like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp8lwuCIn9c
>>885431
Why are Japanese videos so amazing? Refreshingly good quality that.
Christmas is coming! Time to make the next layout.
https://youtu.be/ckjIJwC63ug
>>879092
He was fucked. Funeral was last Friday, was on ice long enough for me to fly home for it.
Might get some of the trains at least, depends if his estranged son is interested. Some are my father's from his childhood but unless I get some track I can't do much other than ogle them. It would be a shame if the collection went on ebay. If my cousin is interested though it would be good, as long as they go to a good home, preferably within the fam.
I want to modify an N scale locomotive by removing some decals, painting over some sections, and installing my own decals. Aside from the decals that I've already bought, what other tools will I need to complete my task and what are the best techniques for doing the above? Any help or links to resources would be greatly appreciated.
>>886419
Hand paint it. Any old brush will work, but you might want one with a nice tip. Acrylic model paints. Vallejo is nice. Thin them paints to a milk-like consistency. Masking tape for masking if you want to.
>>872562
>>886465
Now imagine that with real monorail switches.
>>886697
>Big Boy
Whoa, had one of those down the street when I was like 2.
>>872562
why?
>tfw even N scale is too big for a proper layout in your current place of residence
I just want to run muh trains on a permanent basis ;_;
>>886888
get some of those crazy small jap scales
but yeah, I feel you, so many nice toys in OO but I'd need the basement floor of a house for anything decent
>>886288
Update, got all the track, I'll get my father's stuff that my uncle had and whatever isn't of sentimental value to my cousin. I have to put up a bit of coin to the estate for the live steam mallard but I've got ages to save up.
On the side, but it's been good spending time with my cousins again. Auntie is a bit of a hag though. Was given free reign over a heap of books by my cousins (who the estate goes to entirely) but my aunt sorted through what I wanted and took out stuff on my male cousin's behalf and then gave her daughter some lip for offering them to me.
But anyway, I'll be rearranging the spare room at my fathers that I use in the holidays and seeing how much space I have got. I imagine the room might shrink a bit once I figure out minimum radii.
>>887402
got any ideas for a track plan?
>>887404
measuring up rooms now, not huge, 3m x 4 is about as big as they get, got to decide weather I want or am able to close couple the locomotives and stock or not
>>885817
Close. But that place is impressive as fuck.
>>885821
Top oink
That's awesome
>>887402
Congrats m8
![P1000213[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/CyLyMbB.jpg "P1000213[1].jpg")
Someone needs to start producing interurban equipment, preferably in N scale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPGPmsNjlEU
>>888312
Shapeways is probably your best bet.
You or a fellow trainfag just need to know some 3D modeling.
>>887404
thinking I might just take over the entire room
folded figure 8 for the main lines for a nice long run
ovoid shape to avoid the door and also the typical model railway straight, hook in the corner, straight thing
>>888683
>take over the entire room
If you can then do it faggot. I wish I could do that.
>>888684
well it's not that exciting, only 3x4m and in OO so there's not a heap of room
>>888685
That's reasonable. I forget how large that scale is in regards to the others but you can come up with something nice.
>>888689
Well there's not too much that's smaller, comatose TT, and then N then all those increasingly small and obscure boxhead and jap scales
>>888690
You can def create a nice layout in a room that size. I looked up the scale and it's basically HO.
What theme /era etc are you thinking of modeling?
some inspiration for building a layout
http://www.scarm.info/layouts/track_plans.php?scale=HO
>>888693
It will still be pretty cramped, though using the outside of the room will help.
Where I model will probably be dictated by what rolling stock I get given by my cousin, there's a mix of British steam era models from all over the place, GWR, LMS, LNER, and British Rail. Can't recall any Southern stuff. It should be mostly LNER and LMS stuff though, from memory. What I end up with is anybody's guess though.
I'll be buying a live steam model of pic related from the estate so maybe a sort of not-Leeds, which had an LMS and LNER shared station. The live steam also limits my options with the layout design, no main line gradients steeper than probably 2%, and I want to have my rolling stock close-coupled so I think I will opt for a generous 30" min radius.
>>888702
Na m8, if you plan properly it won't be as cramped as you think.
>>888697
Thanks anon, good stuff.
How on earth do you operate pic related?
http://www.scarm.info/layouts/track_plans.php?ltp=96
Does anyone know if this is worth anything?
And do people buy these things? I'm looking to sell it.
Ithaqua I know you're a Lionelfag, what do you think?
>>888708
with a little more room on the main lines it'd be a good switching layout
I wish I was skilled enough to make something like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQrtp-tBKo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGWWhNZ9EwU
collecting track this arvo lads
>>888715
I'm not a collector of non-train Lionel stuff. The watch I think came out 15 or 20 years ago. Check eBay for some clues on worth.
>>888708
like this
>>889039
>>889261
>>889262
>>889263
is that pudding still good?
>>889360
It appears to be a yoghurt.
>>889274
Nothing wrong with the mechanism, just the sleepers behind it have come undone and broken a few chairs. I figure if people can hand lay them by hand I can fix up part of one.
>>889398
>Nothing wrong with the mechanism
Nope. Look closer. Both turnout rails are against the straight/turnout rails I.e. they have spread. There is no stretcher bar. The mechanism & over-center spring are all contained in the mechanism at the *back* of the turnout, which has come away with the rest of the sleepers.
>>889274
>right-hand
that ain't no right-hand
that's a Y
>>889263
Is all this used? Should have bit the bullet and bought new track and switches.
>>889042
That's about when I got it, wow. I was a kid then.
Speaking of ebay, I've got a bunch of life-like brand equipment if anyone is interested. Figured I'd see if anyone here was interested first. HO scale btw
Got pics I my laptop if anyone is interested I can post when I get to it.
>>889444
Life-like is garbage and there are hundreds of people like you on eBay hocking their old busted models with rapido couplers. It isn't even worth the cost of shipping.
>>889447
I know it is, I got it all when I was like 10. I figured someone might want to practice weathering on cheap shit or make another kid happy for cheap.
>>889429
>spend many hundreds of dollars on new track and switches
>spend time reconditioning free track
model railways would be unfeasibly expensive if I had to drop the sort of coin required for a decent layout.
>>889405
>Nope. Look closer.
There is a stretcher bar, it's the outer rails that are bent inwards because there are no sleepers at the base of the turnout. I'm not sure that the bit at the top of what fell away does anything other than guard the mechanism and form a mounting for the solenoid.
>>849471
Australian tbqhf (to be quite honest fam (family))
>>889535
Was going to reply sooner, but a couple of IP adresses I tried were banned, there is a nonce on the IP band.
The rear does house a spring, but it really doesn't seem to big a task to repair if I am running out of points.
This is pretty epic tbh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWjdlAIDRmY
>>851215
LNER and LMS were two of the 'big four' railway companies formed after the end of the first world war, and amalgamated into BR after the end of the second.
LNER stands for London and North Eastern Railway, and ran from London to Edinburgh along the east coast of England and a bit further north.
LMS stands for London, Midland, and Scotland and ran from London to Glasgow through the middle of England, serving the massive industrial cities like Liverpool and Manchester.
BR stands for British Rail, and encompassed all of England.
>>886888
You do know that Z is a scale, my friend?
Oh hi /mtg/
>>892304
>>892305
Look like the starter set. Nice layout.
>>891985
Those japs man, I tell ya hwhaat
Pretty slick
>>890208
hnggg
>>892726
That's Otis McGee's SP Shasta Route HO layout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptQv4ASm5YI
>>890208
Man, that's some attention to detail with the rust stains on the turntable.
It's really the small stuff that makes all the difference.
Which one of you was this?
>>892732
Dat cab forward
>>892828
What the fuck?
puta
![PRE-79164-2[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/3I5D6CY.gif "PRE-79164-2[1].gif")
This is Preiser's "American City People."
lel
>>846335
If anybody wants to know what the sign says it's "Doping is betraying your fans. We want a clean sport"
TW: spooky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6oOFIpa0x0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55kYo9dKGKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84YJ0ibxQSo
Hey thread, so I have terrible and stupid ideas and maybe someone here has experience with T scale.
I know they can run upside down quite happily, and nip up and down 45 degree slopes without trouble, but how are they on (slightly) twisted or vertically-curved track, or running sideways? I have some science-fictional plans that involve building a model of the inside of a circular structure,* and even if I can't get it big enough to have a tiny fucking train ride up the side of a half-pipe it would be neat to have a slow transition up the curve while they travel the length of the structure.
I mean, I'm building the thing anyway even if I can't make trains do what I want, they'd just be an added bonus.
* Think something very slightly like an Elite Dangerous docking bay.
>>896876
And yes, there's a second area planned with nice landscapes, because fields and hills and trees are neat and a nice change from metal.
>>896876
I didn't even know T scale was a thing. Jesus those fuckers are small.
Since there are magnets in the wheels I don't see why your plan wouldn't work.
How does /n/ feel about the bigger scales?
>>899764
Once you get above N, you're too big for my taste.
>>899781
>if a model is bigger than my tiny dick, its too big
>>899784
Smaller scales mean you can have your rolling hills and vast tracts of land.
>>899805
But... but... you can then have BIGGER small things. And more small things.
I know, I know, big is good as well. In trains and dicks, variety is nice.
>>899808
What are the biggest small things? Are they larger than the smallest big things?
http://www.theonion.com/article/conductor-fatigue-blamed-massive-model-train-crash-51879
>>900503
Nice lol
Why is Santa Fe such a meme railroad for model manufacturers? It seems like Bachmann, Kato, Atlas and other lower quality manufacturers always slap their paint scheme on whatever model they make.
>>902384
>sales driven paint schemes are memes
Are you retarded? Think for ten seconds why manufacturers would sell their products with a particular feature over and over again.
Go ahead, think and then let's see what answer you come up with.
>>902406
A lot more actual modelers seem to like Southern Pacific more than Santa Fe, yet you don't see SP models as frequently as you do SF.
>>902426
Santa Fe marketed their passenger service well plus they had tourist stops in some towns. Also the Harvey House restaurants which was the first locovore restaurants. Lionel's Santa Fe F3s were one of their biggest sellers. For you SP fans here a Cotton Belt Dash 9 by Williams. CB was bought by SP and used their livery.
What's the most you all are willing to spend on a single locomotive?
I won't spend more than $150 on one N scale locomotive, $200 for HO.
>>902485
Why the $50 price gap?
>>902488
HO locomotives are usually on average $50 to $100 dollars more expensive than N scale, even if its the same model by the same company. Probably has to do with size and detail differences between scales.
>>902442
Do you have any Northern Pacific?
>>874522
gorgeous
>>902546
Sorry no Pacific Northwest railroads. Not even Burlington.
>>902577
Your loss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLKjzEArjsk
>>902716
Hey,I not a James Hill otaku. To each his own.
>>902716
Jealous
One day I would like to have a nice model railroad.
>>902577
You should post a new video.
>>846411
>sjw invasion of mtg, every single tabletop and hardcore video game
>>839846
I'm new to /n/, and this board is pretty cool. But I was just curious, why do you guys like to make model train sets? I don't really understand the appeal.
Dumping some club photos.
