You can get track a lot cheaper than that! Check here for The Sydney LGB & Garden Railway Club: http://www.trainweb.org/lgbofozclub/ Here for our...
Shannon, scratch-build! The GR mag plans are excellent & there are a number of classes in the GR mag Forum site too...
Gabriel, Depends on what scale you want to run. If US NG then you need to go for 1:20.3 scale & that is pretty much the main domain of Bachmann....
Chris, impressive work and good photography. Post them over on http://www.mylargescale.com too
Darryl, firstly welcome to Trainboard! This G-scale forum isn't very active, take your question to http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/default.asp...
As mentioned above, the FCC rules don't apply here in Oz. the ozLSgroup is here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ozLSgroup/ Have a look and give...
It's Stuart, isn't it? Phil in Adelaide here. Probably the best R/C system made for LS trains in the world is made by Tony Walsham in Melbourne,...
Sean, the later Bachmann couplers with the metal pin work fine. And the old ones are OK if your track is reasonable. Most of the folks who grizzle...
Mark, 4% grade is quite severe for a train, you'll find that for every 1% increase in grade your train hauling capacity will nearly halve. Live...
"Pedantic, from Pedant {Fr pedante} A person who displays his learning excessively or unnecessarily: one who lays stress on rules and details,...
Mark, the weight of the loco and train is spread over the expanse of the rails, not the shelf, so the direct down-weight isn't that much of a...
(quote):I'm also thinking of wiring the track in sections... maybe some sort of computer control so I can energize the track to a certain location...
Mark, you mentioned looking for LS Forums. Check out http://www.largescalecentral.com and http://www.mylargescale.com too, also the Garden...
"1:32 is generally used for European meter gauge" Not a flame, William, but that's an incorrect statement. 1:32 is the correct scale to represent...
Largescale is a mess of different scales all running on the same gauge 45mm track. G-scale is the original LGB 1:22.5 scale, representing European...
John, 1: Most models look OK with most other models within certain restraints. eg in your N-scale you wouldn't have pulled a string of...
Sean, if your trackwork is well laid (and inside there's no excuse for it not to be) the Bachmann knuckle couplers work well and reliably, plus...
Gentlemen and ladies, I've just posted a webpage on my new scratched 1:20.3 scale 1920s gas station:...
Larry, this is a nice forum but slow, for lots of Largescale info (only novices call it G-scale) log in to http://www.mylargescale.com...