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Has anyone here got a layout? I had a huge one up in the attic up until the age of 15 when I sold it and bought a hifi system.
I've had a real urge recently to get back into it again.
I have a lot more patience than I had in those days and I'd be able to devote much more time to it.
I used to have a couple of Wren steam locos - made of die cast metal - I'll bet you can't get them anymore and I seem to remember Pico was another quality brand.
I had a lot of Lima stuff as well which was actually HO scale but still ran on OO track. It was just very slightly smaller in scale. What bothered me more was that it was all German & it didn't fit in with my 1960s BR theme at all. I think Lima was a cheaper brand so family members used to buy it for me at Christmas.
Anyway, the only purveyor of model railway related stuff out here is a company called Frateschi & their stuff is very reasonably priced. Will probably buy some locos when I'm back in the uk and smuggle them in to avoid the tariffs. I think an InterCity 125 in a tropical setting would be quite fitting since they are now running in Nigeria and Mexico!
I've had a real urge recently to get back into it again.
I have a lot more patience than I had in those days and I'd be able to devote much more time to it.
I used to have a couple of Wren steam locos - made of die cast metal - I'll bet you can't get them anymore and I seem to remember Pico was another quality brand.
I had a lot of Lima stuff as well which was actually HO scale but still ran on OO track. It was just very slightly smaller in scale. What bothered me more was that it was all German & it didn't fit in with my 1960s BR theme at all. I think Lima was a cheaper brand so family members used to buy it for me at Christmas.
Anyway, the only purveyor of model railway related stuff out here is a company called Frateschi & their stuff is very reasonably priced. Will probably buy some locos when I'm back in the uk and smuggle them in to avoid the tariffs. I think an InterCity 125 in a tropical setting would be quite fitting since they are now running in Nigeria and Mexico!
