Anyone here into N Gauge Model Railways

[danza]

My friend's Dad has the ENTIRE catalogue of Marklin Z gauge engines, most of the carriages (except the stupidly expensive ones), and an utterly awesome layout in his garage. He has a few other brands too, but not so many of those. Very, very expensive.

It's something I look at in awe, but could never devote the time/money to do it justice.

 

[peetee]

what gauge is hornby? is that the right name, i think it is.
Wow iv got shedloads of that boxed in my loft from when i was a kid, it would appear my dad shoved this hobby onto me+my brother(we wernt really THAT into it, probly cos our track was just an oval, though we used to build cool stuff around it with lego and DUPLO(legendary) all the time)

HMMM i might get some out over xmas and start making myself a cool little thing, iv got a bigger room at my parents now and my double bed is a big iron one about 2ft off the ground, perfect for storing a miniature railway under mwhahahah

 

[Xenoxide]

My friend's Dad has the ENTIRE catalogue of Marklin Z gauge engines, most of the carriages (except the stupidly expensive ones), and an utterly awesome layout in his garage. He has a few other brands too, but not so many of those. Very, very expensive.

It's something I look at in awe, but could never devote the time/money to do it justice.

Oohh I have some of the Marklin Miniclub stuff. Mainly a couple of loco's, about four coaches, and a half dozen wagons. Also an oval of track with a couple of sidings to play with them.

Really like the Z gauge stuff but it's a bit fiddly for me to do any serious modelling with...I guess that's why I do HOm.

 

[Pookie Bear]

My father used to love model railways and said that the big ones (HO? O?) were for kiddies and people with fat hands

Anyway, the one thing he left me was an N guage "Crocodile" which, in his words, could pull 60 wagons if it had to. I saw it drag an awful lot around that track, but don't think it got anywhere near that high - and it could go either way

Must remember to go and find it - I first saw it in 1980 or thereabouts, so it's probably fallen to bits by now!

 

[itsallaboutyou]

Hornby Dublo with the electrified 3rd rail! My dad gave it to me years and years ago - never had the balls to take it out of the box - but last weekend I got it out and had a very fun afternoon... being 22 and making 'choo choo' noises is something you should all try... Needless to say the (sort of)Mrs wasnt too impressed..

Tom*

 

[lordedmond]

sorry mines a bit larger 5 inch gauge coal fired live steam , all scratch built

see sig
plus a black five on shed and a Br class 2 on the workshop bench

they wiegh in at 140 pounds , more commonaly known as the hernia gauge

 

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sorry mines a bit larger 5 inch gauge coal fired live steam , all scratch built

see sig
plus a black five on shed and a Br class 2 on the workshop bench

they wiegh in at 140 pounds , more commonaly known as the hernia gauge

woot someone else who doenst like the fiddly nonesense

7mm here but thinking about gauge1 once we move house and end up with a decent size garden

 

[platypus]

I used to have loads of N gauge stuff, sold it before I moved out for University though.

 

[molinari]

my dad has a huge collection of N gauge bits, mostly from the 70's and 80's I think. He build a large railway in his garage (about 8 metres x 3 metres) many years ago but it slowly got covered in boxes and junk . Would love to rebuild it some day.

 

[hamesy]

I've got a large collection Hornby sets (not sure what gauge they are), but I haven't got them out in years. Hours of fun when I was a kid.

 

[lordedmond]

woot someone else who doenst like the fiddly nonesense

7mm here but thinking about gauge1 once we move house and end up with a decent size garden

bigger the better its the cost of the workshop machines just droped £10k on a new lathe

take a look at our club site http://www.nsmee.com


I am on a few pics grey beard and loud shirts point the way


BTW our club is starting a large G1 layout about 400 meters of track , now that the 7 1/4 extention has been built 1000kgs of rail

 

[Trojan]

Not into model railways in the slightest, despite my half cousin being the CEO of Hornby.