Beyond redemption

Ben A · February 04, 2016, 12:43:12 PM

Enjoy!

I have been tempted both by the Heljan O Class 60 and the Bachmann/Aristocraft Class 66 in G scale, but have so far managed to resist.

Though this is primarily because I don't have the spare cash!

cheers

Ben A.

silly moo · February 04, 2016, 12:59:16 PM

The problem with getting a bit of track is that is how I started off in N and the road to ruin but I might be tempted.

silly moo · February 04, 2016, 02:09:00 PM

Here is a picture of a Trio of Terriers ...

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fisherman · February 04, 2016, 04:12:19 PM

.... and you could have a 7mm scale miniature railway next to it......!!!

Bealman · February 04, 2016, 08:39:27 PM

Thanks for posting the photo! How cool are they?! Love the livery, too!

Actually, when it comes to detailing, the N scale model doesn't fair too badly compared to it's larger cousins.

George

shandy · February 04, 2016, 10:23:43 PM

I'm afraid I've got a confession to make - I too have succumbed to the temptations of the O gauge dark-side.

It all started with an Ixion Hudswell Clarke, followed by a Terrier (purchased by my wife as a surprise birthday gift), then I completed a J79 kit in brass just before christmas.

It gets worse though, just taken delivery of some baseboards for a portable layout...

I am determined to finish landscape on my permanent n gauge layout before starting a major new project though.

Is there any cure?

silly moo · February 05, 2016, 04:01:52 AM

At least we aren't leaving the hobby completely by having a dip into other gauges. I agree with Bealman that the N gauge Terrier is a very good model for its size.

The 00 model has the oldest tooling having been made first by Dapol and now by Hornby using the Dapol tooling, it could really do with an upgrade but I don't think it's an important enough model. Hornby and most modellers seem to prefer big tender locos.

railsquid · February 05, 2016, 04:07:01 AM

Are the numbers consecutive? I can't quite make out the one on the N scale model, 32663?

Bealman · February 05, 2016, 04:26:05 AM

Quote from: silly moo on February 05, 2016, 04:01:52 AM
At least we aren't leaving the hobby completely by having a dip into other gauges. I agree with Bealman that the N gauge Terrier is a very good model for its size.

The 00 model has the oldest tooling having been made first by Dapol and now by Hornby using the Dapol tooling, it could really do with an upgrade but I don't think it's an important enough model. Hornby and most modellers seem to prefer big tender locos.

Interesting comment. Quite independently (and innocently), I was thinking that the 00 model looked the worst out of the three.

silly moo · February 05, 2016, 04:31:05 AM

Unfortunately the numbers aren't consecutive, the N and 0 models are 32662 and the new 0 gauge model is 32661.

paulprice · February 05, 2016, 07:18:53 AM

I wonder if I can justify the purchase of an O gauge Duchess?...

..I suppose the biggest problem would be how I could smuggle it into the house, and more importantly where the Domestic Authority would should it when I got found out........ :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

silly moo · February 05, 2016, 07:40:51 AM

One of the advantages of N is that you can fit a loco in your pocket which makes it much easier to smuggle. 😃

TylerB · February 05, 2016, 08:31:12 AM

I may be wrong, but I'm sure at a recent exhibition I saw someone using Kato N gauge double track sections on a test track to run an O gauge loco on, apparently the double track spacings make two of the rails exactly the right distance apart for O gauge, so I suppose you could combine the two into one layout by doing this

paulprice · February 05, 2016, 10:08:23 AM

Quote from: silly moo on February 05, 2016, 07:40:51 AM
One of the advantages of N is that you can fit a loco in your pocket which makes it much easier to smuggle. 😃

True, and I have size 13 feet, so of course I need to buy new shoes, and because I'm tight I only buy cheap ones, which winds the other half up, because apparently its a false economy as they don't last as long, so I end up buying more.

The FOOL, if they only knew how much N gauge stock you can smuggle in a size 13 shoe box, its worth walking round in crap shoes.....