Model Railway Village - partwork magazine 00 gauge

[Oldman]

http://modelrailwayvillage.com/index.html

Their website read terms and conditions to see how often it comes out.

Looks like you need to buy Baseboard, controller and engine.

Personal thoughts are just go and buy a Hornby starter set and a load of the Dapol (old Airfix) plastic kits and save your money. At least  you would have a basic controller and a loco.

Big thing is how many modern built houses have room for a layout like this and still  have room for the kids,pets and other accumulated bits as well.

[steambay]

It must be a viable business, although I do recall one project was scrapped after a few issues, a lot of irate punters, but live and let live I say

[trainsdownunder]

I believe it's the model railway layout. Did they not show the first issue as having a piece of track and a coach

Track and a coach is mentioned but somehow I doubt that they are going to include the most basic and fundamental part of a model railway layout - a decent, firm baseboard (the starting point). Nor, I doubt, any locomotives and controllers. It probably gives 'part works' a whole new meaning. But it's got them frothing on other Orribly Oversized enthusiast forums.

H.

Like to see how they stick that to the front of the Mag   

[Skyline2uk]

The lady of the house was sniffing at the advert...I am sure before she met me she would have still thought it poor value but now, with Filton TMD under our stairs, she can see what a "proper" layout should be like 

Not to mention when she looks over my shoulder to see what lovely layout I am looking at on this forum....

Skyline2uk

[bluedepot]

build your own HS2 from a fortnightly magazine in 8 million years should be in WHSmiths from next week

[guest311]

was in the local newsagent this morning and the guy in there said one person bought all their stock of this, just to get the carriages !

[silly moo]

I think there is a real danger that the first issue will be snapped up by people (like us   . ) wanting cheap coaches with no intention of continuing with the rest of the series.

Potential partwork buyers won't get a look in, surely not what the company intended.

[Terry]

Maybe there will be a lot of OO coaches and track for sale at the train fairs if people are buying in bulk from newsagents?

[OwL]

I spent just under £20 buying x5 of the first part to get x5 gleaming coaches in OO and x5 pieces of OO gauge setrack pieces.

Listed the x5 coaches on eBay recently, they sold for just under £60.00!! nearly £35 profit after ebay fees, not bad for a 99p listing.

High five to me

Might keep the track for a future HO gauge project

[MikeDunn]

I wouldn't bother, unless it's a small diorama; it's not really compatible with Hornby/Bachmann/Peco track.

[OwL]

I wouldn't bother, unless it's a small diorama; it's not really compatible with Hornby/Bachmann/Peco track.

Exactly that, they will be used for ends of sidings and back scene stuff. As you pointed out they don't follow the same geometry as peco/Hornby tracks and they are cheaper quality in comparison but for the price I got them for it would be a shame not to use them.
My future HO will probably be just a little diorama anyway so this track can be used for odds and ends

[trainsdownunder]

I spent just under £20 buying x5 of the first part to get x5 gleaming coaches in OO and x5 pieces of OO gauge setrack pieces.

Listed the x5 coaches on eBay recently, they sold for just under £60.00!! nearly £35 profit after ebay fees, not bad for a 99p listing.

High five to me

Might keep the track for a future HO gauge project

Smart thinking 

[Bealman]

Just caught this. Interesting. Like all those other ones with free little bits of minerals or wildlife ones where after 19 issues you end up with a cardboard model of a walrus. 

Waiting for a N gauge series!