The world has gone stark raving mad 

One of the Bealettes lives in Adelaide, which is on the Gulf of something. Anyway, they face west, not east like Bealman.

Here's their woof looking at sunset the other night. @Newportnobby reckons she looks like Fozzie Bear out of muppets.

The Muppet had more intelligence 

A G scale Cajon Pass in the garden! Now there's a thought!

Quote from: scottmitchell74 on January 18, 2026, 10:12:16 PMI'm in the States. I envision a long, single asymmetric loop. I'm a "roundy-round" guy. My current N Scale is "roundy-round." I just love to hear the sound of the trains going by.

My wife would be involved with (continued) landscaping, incorporating her gardening into what I lay down.

We live in a dry W.Texas environment and I imagine running American diesel.

 

I stand by my previous point. You get an Aristocraft Dash 9 and a dozen wagons. It costs you $3000. It's gloriously novel. You sit with a beer and watch it trundle around the garden. That's wonderful. It's hardly Cajon Pass though.

Quote from: scottmitchell74 on January 18, 2026, 10:12:16 PMWe live in a dry W.Texas environment and I imagine running American diesel.

 

You want to see what @Chris Morris has done. He has built two exhibition level N Gauge models (Little Aller Junction and Dawlish Warren) and has a G scale garden layout running US Diesels.

He does both.

Bob

Quote from: njee20 on January 18, 2026, 09:58:53 PMDo you want:

- a range of prototypical models of something outside of Swiss narrow gauge
- long trains and complex operations
- finescale, high-fidelty models

If so then G probably isn't for you. They are wonderful models, but it's just totally different to N (or OO or even O).

But frankly you could build a decent N gauge layout, with stock, for the cost of a single LGB loco and coaches, so it's hard to imagine it's genuinely a choice between the two.

I'm in the States. I envision a long, single asymmetric loop. I'm a "roundy-round" guy. My current N Scale is "roundy-round." I just love to hear the sound of the trains going by.

My wife would be involved with (continued) landscaping, incorporating her gardening into what I lay down.

We live in a dry W.Texas environment and I imagine running American diesel.

 

Do you want:

- a range of prototypical models of something outside of Swiss narrow gauge
- long trains and complex operations
- finescale, high-fidelty models

If so then G probably isn't for you. They are wonderful models, but it's just totally different to N (or OO or even O).

But frankly you could build a decent N gauge layout, with stock, for the cost of a single LGB loco and coaches, so it's hard to imagine it's genuinely a choice between the two.

Quote from: njee20 on January 18, 2026, 09:06:26 PMDo that then. Nothing like a good ol' drip feed of information! Not quite sure what you think people are likely to say that will sway you, it's your decision.

I want them to say G Scale was the worst decision of their lives.

Do that then. Nothing like a good ol' drip feed of information! Not quite sure what you think people are likely to say that will sway you, it's your decision.

Without trawling back through the thread, I'll rely on my somewhat shaky memory and say I believe Bon Jovi haven't had a mention. Not everyone's cuppa tea but I do like some of their stuff, a favourite being............