With a RRP of £199 i am very much thinking of making a small O guage layout featuring the announced Dapol 08, i know everyone else will be too but i love 08's and i may get one just with a display case,,,,,,
MAD !
But seriously... i'm thinking of doing the same - it's just soooo tempting !!!
you are mad!!!!
if you do this you'll then want a class 31, or a class 26, and next thing you'll want larger locos and have to buy a deltic! then £5k later you'll have a full fleet of O gauge!!!!!
unless you are very rich pull back from the brink!!!!
tim
Quote from: bluedepot on March 26, 2012, 08:17:37 PM
you are mad!!!!
if you do this you'll then want a class 31, or a class 26, and next thing you'll want larger locos and have to buy a deltic! then £5k later you'll have a full fleet of O gauge!!!!!
unless you are very rich pull back from the brink!!!!
tim
The force is strong with this one !!! :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: 4x2 on March 26, 2012, 08:11:37 PM
MAD !
But seriously... i'm thinking of doing the same - it's just soooo tempting !!!
Quote from: Fratton on March 26, 2012, 08:07:50 PM
With a RRP of £199 i am very much thinking of making a small O guage layout featuring the announced Dapol 08, i know everyone else will be too but i love 08's and i may get one just with a display case,,,,,,
That makes 3 of us for the nut house then.
0 gauge on the whole doesn't appeal to me but.......a gronk shunting a wagon or two
on a micro layout does get me seriously considering it..... :NGAUGE:
Then of course the "micro" layout will be out through the shed wall and a quick lap of the garden... Where to then???
8)
:Class414:
I vote for excommunication from :NGF: for uttering such Heresy, then life in the George Bush Home for the criminally insane ;D
Quote from: Dock Shunter on March 26, 2012, 08:30:33 PM
0 gauge on the whole doesn't appeal to me but.......a gronk shunting a wagon or two
on a micro layout does get me seriously considering it..... :NGAUGE:
Do 0 gauge and the word micro go together ???
Errr........I'll get me cloak
Not sure on this. Some 15 years ago I went for some 4mm bits as compared to N gauge the close-detail is better plus I do like doing some shunting with loose coupled freight. I mainly utilise kit built stock. To this end I have a couple of shunting layouts where I use 3 link chains for coupling plus a garden railway where I can sit back and watch trains go by. My primary railway is N gauge but the larger scale sees the odd outing.
My thinking here is puerly on cost. Whilst the loco is being priced at not that much more than some N Gauge stuff, look at the cost of rolling stock. An example being £3-6 for peco n gauge wagon kits, £6-10 for a Ratio 00 wagon kit then jumping to £35 for Peco 0 gauge kit. That is one hell of a jump, so I would be thinking about the bigger picture before making this jump.
However, should Dapol do an 0 gauge GWR pannier, forget the above and just jump!!!!!
Elmo
Your not mad mate I dream about having a big house with a big basement so I can run a big O Gauge layout.
If it ever happens I will donate my N gauge stuff the the Salvation Army :thumbsup:
Now that is mad (http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/madhouse/tease.gif)
Had a mad O gauge moment a few years ago, a much modified MSL EM1 was the result.
It wasn't a cheap excercise, then waited 3 years for it to be finished as the kit needed some work as was virtually the 4mm etches blown up but what a machine. Every single grill was hand made, has full interior and selectable marker lights under each cab.
My uncle, the O gauge man in the family, did the honours and its museum standard. Gets a run out now and again at Alsager Railway Association. Lost the rest of my O gauge in divorce but kept then N! :-\ :-\ :-\ :smiley-laughing:
i can't believe that an O gauge mk1 coach is £230!!!
i love O gauge, but N gauge is better for running full length trains, and collecting large amounts of rolling stock...
tim
:NGaugersRule:
:Class31:
Quote from: bluedepot on March 26, 2012, 09:56:09 PM
i can't believe that an O gauge mk1 coach is £230!!!
tim
:NGaugersRule:
:Class31:
Yup - that's more than a 6 coach Blue Pullman :o
If I had the money I'd buy one as well. An 08 with a couple of wagons sounds great for my lounge :smiley-laughing:
I'm having a nightmare? Are people really talking about 0 gauge 08s?
:NGaugersRule: :NGaugersRule: :NGaugersRule:
:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Yes 0 Gauge is very desirable and so is the new 08 shunter :D
Pete Waterman has a complate O gauge layout in a barn and with his cash who can blame him. I hate to say this on a N Gauge site but deep inside us all is a spark of pure O gauge love and desire. It's fully ok though because medically trained people will understand that it is in our genes........ Any model rail enthusiast has O gauge DNA in their blood due to the fact it was really the first model railway gauge ever mass produced.
Just like we all have caveman DNA in our blood (that's why men still like lighting bonfires ;)) and N Gaugers will always want to play with O gauge. :smiley-laughing:
Well I think the home page of this forum should have a warning sign stating:
WARNING - MAY CONTAIN NUTS!
:evil: :evil: :evil:
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq108/Scotsoft/NGF/Emoticons/50d550c3.gif)
I am hoping I can get hold of one too, and make a little diorama with a dirty old 08 640 at the buffers. Superb idea. The perfect engine for an O gauge diorama.
Quote from: newportnobby on March 26, 2012, 09:35:13 PM
Quote from: Dock Shunter on March 26, 2012, 08:30:33 PM
Do 0 gauge and the word micro go together ???
Errr........I'll get me cloak
This is the sort of thing i had in mind Mick....... :thumbsup:
http://www.uktrainsimlive.com/images/colch2006/Dcp_6413.jpg (http://www.uktrainsimlive.com/images/colch2006/Dcp_6413.jpg)
And don't worry about getting your coat mate.....I'll be at the door waiting to hand it to you........ ; ;) ;D
Oh dear...............I think some are in serious need of counselling here.........
Guys.......think of your happy places....
Quote from: Fratton on March 26, 2012, 08:07:50 PM
With a RRP of £199 i am very much thinking of making a small O guage layout featuring the announced Dapol 08, i know everyone else will be too but i love 08's and i may get one just with a display case,,,,,,
Hello 'Mad But',
I've always held some affection for 08s and O gauge - it's certainly better than OO which falls in to the gap between the benefits of N and O and offers nothing as a USP. So, yep, I may also get a Dapol O 08, after all I was seriously considering a Heljan or JLTRT O 33 which is another fave loco of mine. But it wouldn't mean an end of N gauge for me; after all there's always room for more than one modelling interest in life (I've just ordered a 1/350 scale model kit of Warspite and etched details for it - just look at these pics of it);
http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=4151 (http://modelshipwrights.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=4151)
H.