carsntrains posted:Deuce posted:I cleaned. Will drill the holes for the switch controllers tomorrow and then we're done until I get the bug to do/add more. Will be nice to just run trains with the boys for awhile.
Got to admit, the Lionel Truck and Passenger Depots look too big against the truck and bus. Not sure what I will do about that. Maybe just go Plasticville with their smaller sized buildings.
Deuce. If I were to guess (purely speculation) the new looking trucks and bus may be 1/64th ... Kind of hard to judge in the picture. If you have any O scale folks, stand one up next to them. You really have it looking good!
Jim
Jim,
Thanks. As a first for everything, I'm pretty happy with the way it looks. As for the scale stuff ... the truck is Lionel and the bus is Corgi. Both say 1:50 scale on their respective boxes. I dunno. Something is either too big or too small. I have a Plasticville Union Station that I might break out to replace the Lionel passenger station. I have some extra Just Plug LED's, so if I line the inside of the Union Station with some tin foil, I could light it up and I think it might look better on that side of the layout. Of course, the Marx railroad sign is out of proportion too ... but I like it, so it stays. And with an HO tower at the far end, I guess it doesn't really matter much ... I just need to keep certain things separate from others I suppose. I doubt my son will care. My goal is to build a small platform where the remotes are right now. That will be for the boxes and barrels for loading/unloading gondolas. He does like to do that, so giving him a corner where he can handle all of that will be good and should keep him happy.
I have some O scale folks on the way. It'll be interesting to see how they line up with everything too. Honestly, I don't know if I'll ever get around to detailing my layout like a few of the members here ... who are way more gifted than I ... so I should probably just throw stuff on the layout and just call it a day. LOL.
