01-11-2009, 12:04 AM
Thank you Gus and Ralph for taking some of your valuable time to reply and for the encouragement .
The engine is not the original one I had when I was a kid. The original one was sold by my parents when I left home 30 years ago.
Maybe my mom was feeling guilty and 30 years later bought the same model for me lol.
Living in an apartment make it impossible for me to have a full HO scale layout, that's the reason why I went the N scale way ( I don't regret it ) .
BUT after visiting Carl Arendt's micro-layouts website I realise I still can build a switching operating layout ( even in a shoebox ) for my mom's present.
http://www.carendt.us/
Let's get back to the scenery topic, In my opinion, building and detailing a diorama is the best way for a newbie to have his/her feet wet at building scenery.
Jacques
As Gus mentioned :Childhood memory, priceless
The engine is not the original one I had when I was a kid. The original one was sold by my parents when I left home 30 years ago.
Maybe my mom was feeling guilty and 30 years later bought the same model for me lol.
Living in an apartment make it impossible for me to have a full HO scale layout, that's the reason why I went the N scale way ( I don't regret it ) .
BUT after visiting Carl Arendt's micro-layouts website I realise I still can build a switching operating layout ( even in a shoebox ) for my mom's present.
http://www.carendt.us/
Let's get back to the scenery topic, In my opinion, building and detailing a diorama is the best way for a newbie to have his/her feet wet at building scenery.
Jacques
As Gus mentioned :Childhood memory, priceless