Just seen an advert on TV for this:-

http://modelrailwayvillage.com/

Now I know it's not our scale, but I had to mention it as I nearly fell on the floor laughing  when the voiceover said something to the effect of "week by week you can collect the parts needed to build your own oh-oh gauge model railway"

oh-oh gauge?! 


Paul

Quote from: Sprintex on August 28, 2013, 08:32:21 PM
Just seen an advert on TV for this:-

http://modelrailwayvillage.com/

Now I know it's not our scale, but I had to mention it as I nearly fell on the floor laughing  when the voiceover said something to the effect of "week by week you can collect the parts needed to build your own oh-oh gauge model railway"

oh-oh gauge?! 


Paul

Is that the modeling gauge the fat man in the red suit with the long white beard has? 

First issue at £3.99 and the other 119 at £8.99. Hmmm a rather expensive little set! However the first issue for £3.99 appears to include a carriage, not a bad way for a OO modeller to add a Coach to their fleet!

Ollie

With 120 issues @ 1 per week that's 2 years to  build. Even mine is growing faster than that.

Quote from: Ollie3440 on August 28, 2013, 08:42:52 PM
First issue at £3.99 and the other 119 at £8.99. Hmmm a rather expensive little set! However the first issue for £3.99 appears to include a carriage, not a bad way for a OO modeller to add a Coach to their fleet!

Ollie

119 x £8.99 = £1,069.81

119 divided by 52weeks  = 2 years 3 months (roughly)

So after nearly 2 and a half years what do you get for your money?

Do you get track, controller, train, rolling stock, paint, glue, modelling tools, cable, ballast, scenery, figures, signals, trees, level-crossings not forgetting baseboards and frames etc etc......

By the looks of the advert you just seem to get a load of cardboard buildings and a 'trackmatt' plan of where to put stuff. Alot of money to pay for just cardboard.
Please correct me if I am wrong!

They tried this in N Gauge a few years back - not sure it ever got beyond the first couple of issues.

Paddy

I think that "oh oh" is what you say when you see (a) your bank statement after you start paying full whack, and (b) the quality of the tat on offer.

As I model in oh oh as well, I may get a few copies of the first issue to get some coaches but I'd be far too impatient to wait two years to complete a layout. 

With all of the partworks, I wonder what the drop out rate is and how many people have the patience to complete the whole series.

If this partwork stimulates interest in our hobby albeit in the 'wrong' scale then it can't be all bad.

Quote from: GroupC on August 29, 2013, 12:01:59 PM
I think that "oh oh" is what you say when you see [...] the quality of the tat on offer.

Checked it out then ?

Given the cost of producing the stuff and shipping it to an ever shrinking number of people each issue there can't be much budget for anything.

For that money you could simply descend on the Metcalfe web site every month, or scalescenes or similar.

Especially as you have to provide locos and the electrics yourself !

Might as well buy a couple of decent books, join a Forum or two, ask questions & get dug in ... hmmm, like the majority of us do 

I suppose if there is a positive to this it is that is exposes the hobby to a wider audience who will quickly understand that there is a better and more cost effective way to building a layout.

Am I weird then? I usually call it "oh-oh", if only because "double-o" sounds too much like "Dublo" and it gets confusing.

Anyway, yes the OO guys are going all wibbly over the first issue. Apparently the Mk1 SK is actually a pretty decent model, and definitely worth the £3.99 asking price. Some of them are snapping them up 5 at a time. Can't blame 'em really.

Shame this wasn't around when that guy was doing his "OO layout for £100"!

Have to admit to having looked for this first issue but not found any where :'(
Was going to use the coach as a cheap xmas pressie for the grandson. 

Next you're in town, check out WHS ...

Plenty in my local one (and I reckon my local town is a similar size to yours).