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Anybody have any experience of this size / type of model railway?

(Not for me.....for my son.. )

I had many years experience with N gauge Carl

What do you want to know?

raistlin wrote:I had many years experience with N gauge Carl

What do you want to know?

I never knew!

There seem to be many makes (of which I have not heard) of trains and track etc. What would you consider to be a reliable, well made make and will it all be manageable for a careful / gentle young person?

Is he better starting from scratch or getting something someone has already put much of the work into in terms of layout / landscaping etc?

Odd posted a response but it never appeared

I used to be into N Gauge - many years ago

Oddly found some bits and bobs in the loft while clearing out for the forthcoming house move, yours if you want them

I always focussed on peco kit!

Unfortunately just OO and O gauge for me as well as full sized engines.

Ragman wrote:Odd posted a response but it never appeared

I used to be into N Gauge - many years ago

Oddly found some bits and bobs in the loft while clearing out for the forthcoming house move, yours if you want them

I always focussed on peco kit!

What a nice bloke you are Mr Ragman... Yes please!

Pm me you address Carl and I'll sort it out during the week - no idea what's there so bit of a lucky dip

Ragman wrote:Pm me you address Carl and I'll sort it out during the week - no idea what's there so bit of a lucky dip

Done...lucky dip sounds fine to me...it'll give him something to be going on with.....

Glad to see he's not been consumed by an Xbox supplied by an evil member on here!

If you're intending modeling UK railways Carl, Grafar and Peco are the way to go in my view.

Not the ideal way to start for a very young child though as some of the kit can be quite delicate.

How old is he?

Steam, diesel / electric?

JakeWilson wrote:Glad to see he's not been consumed by an Xbox supplied by an evil member on here!

T'is a delicate balance Jake...'twixt screen and real life......(only way I will get a go on the Xbox too! )

raistlin wrote:If you're intending modeling UK railways Carl, Grafar and Peco are the way to go in my view.

Not the ideal way to start for a very young child though as some of the kit can be quite delicate.

How old is he?

Steam, diesel / electric?

Thanks for the names...

He is 10...and has a surprising light touch with this sort of thing...
He has an OO scale Flying Scotsman...lovely set but just takes up too much room to be up permanently- on its board it is 6' by 4'....he is into steam and diesel...dunno why diesel?

Apparently, Grafar are now called Farish Carl

I was successfully working with N gauge from the age of 11 so there shouldn't be a problem.

raistlin wrote:Apparently, Grafar are now called Farish Carl

I was successfully working with N gauge from the age of 11 so there shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks Paul....it is his birthday in November...one has to plan ahead for these things...

Zeb wrote:
(Not for me.....for my son.. )

Oh yeah! Of course it is. Ho, hum!