Model Railroading Kilted

[Ian.MacAllan]

My wife bought our son a starter set of Lehmann Groß Bahn when he was five years old and we have added at least one car and a few pieces of track each year since. He takes very good care of it but won't let me play with it. Sniff (wipes away a tear).

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[Panache]

Chris,

You are obviously a far more serious model railroader than I. Here is a link thread I started a while back that has my modest line.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...+odel+railroad

Cheers

Jamie

[Chrissss]

Chris,

You are obviously a far more serious model railroader than I. Here is a link thread I started a while back that has my modest line.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...+odel+railroad

Cheers

Jamie

I wouldn't call that outdoor setup "modest". I would so love to do a Garden Railway, but I have a postage stamp for a back yard and the winters here would make maintenance a nightmare.

The couple photo's I put in are from a modular group I used to belong to. We had a small, but highly detailed modular layout. It became too much work setting up and tearing down for shows, and we lost our home when the hobby shop that had us in their basement closed down. We disbanded and sold the layout to the Winnipeg Railway Museum. Our club website is still up:

http://members.shaw.ca/therenegades/

Me and a friend built the logging camp scene. He's an excellent modeller and scratch built the coaling & water towers in the photo's above. Another friend is simply a master of urban scenery, and there are many pictures of his City modules on the website.

I am fairly serious about detailing as I have the patience to take months to build and paint a model (like that Shay). But I don't expect others to do that. Most people don't have the time to go that extra step, and that's just fine. As long as they have fun is the main thing.

Chris...

[Chrissss]

My wife bought our son a starter set of Lehmann Groß Bahn when he was five years old and we have added at least one car and a few pieces of track each year since. He takes very good care of it but won't let me play with it. Sniff (wipes away a tear).

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He won't let your play with his trains? Well, you'll just have to start your own layout...perhaps a shelf layout in a home office or such?

Chris...