Wheel depth on older models.

OK, fair enough. I'm going to rest this one up in a siding for now.

Most likely. I didn't know there were choices! Still, I do now.

Yeah, that's what it's doing.

Yup, have now come to that conclusion.

Cheers.

"Andy Hewitt" wrote

I think you'll find the cost of changing wheels and other requirements will make such a conversion uneconomic.

John.

You could remove some bits and weather it so that it looks like a rusting hulk. ;-)

I notice that the local Wal-Mart is now selling a selection of 1:24 model cars decorated to look like they belong in a junk yard.

Be careful what you get. Consider modern big engines (4-6-0 and greater) will not run on 1st radius track. So find out about track geometry first - peco catalog one of best sources of basic info.

Then when you chose your engine consider the period, geographical area and hence livery you are most interested in. Otherwise you may be sitting there in years to come with a very nice flying scotsman in BR green with late crest next to a much nicer LMS red Princess and Duchess. Although of course its your layout, run whatever !

Nope, but you can buy and build and do lots of things over many many years and have lots of fun doing it as well as learning about the hobby.

Cheers, Simon

Wolf said the following on 24/07/2007 15:40:

It's now up to six *months* delivery :-(

They are, and will be even better if they go ahead with plans to introduce a bigger range of steel tyres.

kim said the following on 24/07/2007 17:30:

That suddenly took me back a number of years :-)

Yes, I had spotted that one, my layout does allow for a couple of runs of larger radius. I plan to run the 0-4-0 on the inner track.

I have even added a siding off the outer loop as well.

Yes, I was looking to go for mostly pre-war models, and as you mention, possibly a set of LMS locos. However, my aim is to stick with steam, as this is what I am most interested in.

The track is fictional, so I might even just make it a 'preserved line' layout, where a mixture won't hurt.

Aye, that's the plan, and I'm sure I'll make plenty more mistakes too ;-)

Bit of a shame with a Princess Royal class. I might still plan to paint it in LMS colours, and stick it on a display only layout.

Hmm, yes the weathered stuff is OK, except you are kind of stuck with that look, and 1:24 would look a little odd surely :-)

More than a little odd , miles out of scale

Er, yes, that was what I was trying to get at :-)

I did build those old Airfix 1:24 Spitfire and Hurricane kits, and they are huge.

And me to my first trip on the Tube in 1951...