Hi all. This is my first posting to this particular forum, although
I've been researching and joining zillions of forums in the past few
months. I'm having a heckuva time trying to figure out what scale to
do my layout in, and I thought I'd throw it out here and see if
anyone can help me chop up my mental block! I'm just totally
confused on what to do. I know I don't want to do HO because I did
that years ago and just want to try something different.
I had originally thought N because I like seeing trains run through
scenery. But after buying a few items I discovered that N is, well,
small! Next was On30. Nice, but it's pretty limited to narrow gauge
railroads (what a surprise!), and that's not where my interests lie.
O is very intriguing because the other thing I love about model
railroading is detailing scenes, and you certainly can do that well
in O! But it takes up a lot of room. I'll have an approximately 12-
foot square area in the basement to work with, and I'll probably get
pre-fab benchwork of 2 1/2 to 3 feet wide for the layout. (Don't
have the power tools or the skills to build my own!)
Then I came around to S. To be honest, I hadn't considered it much
at first because I didn't think there was much out there, but now I
know that's not the case--after luring on this list for awhile and
checking out various links, I realize that there are plenty of
places to get track, locomotives, etc. And we were an American Flyer
household growing up, so there is some nostalgic appeal as well!
If you've been kind enough to read this far without dozing off,
please help me decide which scale would be best for me. I realize
that this is an S forum, but you're the experts, and your thoughts
would help me a great deal. I like the size of O, the simplicity of
wiring that comes with 3 rail, and how many figures and details are
available for it. I also like S because it's a nice size without
being as big as O, but I am concerned about how many detail items
are available. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Peter
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