cjack posted:Dwayne B posted:I have always been in o gauge from newborn on.........Seems to me anytime I meet someone in HO gauge they have their nose in the air and look down on me for being in o gauge. What's up with that.
I always thought HO was more of an art form...scenery and all that. Not to say that there isn't a lot of really talented art in O gauge. It's just that O gauge has a history in toys and HO seemed not toy like. I have no problem with all that, I don't do trains for the art or the layout, but more for the technical aspect, detailed models, and some toy value.
I disagree and have a totally different opinion on HO. It's a scale for operators. I belong to a club that has enough track in a 40 x 90 restaurant basement to model a long main line with intermediate classification yard, local yards and branch line. We model actual railroad operations as they were in the 50's In the Boston area there are a few dozen home and club layouts of different sizes that have operations as one of the key objectives.
For us operators, the art part is background to give better context.
