Layout #4, Video #8 - Unboxing the Scaletrains Museum Quality UP Gas Turbine locomotive set

[@edeinhorn6016]

Hi Steve. In my opinion, this was your best video yet! I enjoyed all 13 minutes 45 seconds of it. As you were "gushing" over how detailed your new acquisition is, I thought to myself, "I think he is starting to like the HO scale more than the N-gauge". And, sure enough, later in the video you commented on starting to like HO more due to its detail and sounds. I never knew there was such as thing as "museum-quality". I would imagine the manufacturer makes a very limited amount of them compared to the mass production of non-museum-quality sets. When I was watching the locomotive coming around the track, I saw the windshield wipers. Have you heard of any locomotives where the wipers can be turned on and off? I'm looking forward to seeing Chris build his mountain. Every time I watch your videos I want to go out and start buying some model trains. But, unfortunately for me, I literally have zero space in my home to set up a platform. Oh, well. Looking forward to your future videos. Take care, my friend. -- Ed

[@Rothstein_Model_Trains]

Hi, Ed. Yeah, I like the sound of the HO and the details on them more, especially from companies like Scaletrains. They really make the trains detailed. They work well also, with plenty of pulling power. I think I like N a little more than HO for now though, because I can do so much more on a layout with N because of the size. The price differential doesn't hurt the N side of things either. When I first heard of Scaletrains and saw they had a line they called rivet counters, i thought it was a marketing ploy more than anything else. But they really do make them more detailed than their lower quality lines. And the museum quality blew me away with the details. Yes, when we looked at the small decals with the magnifying glass, you really can read them. And the turbine has blades that spin IF you can look through the rear exhaust port to see them. With the tender attached, that is hard but it shows how dedicated the company is to scale fidelity. I have not heard of any where the wipers can be run, but it would not surprise me in some of the larger scales, like G or 1. Those are called garden scale, and they are the largest I consider model trains. Of course, the ride-on really are model, but they are blurring the line if I can ride it. If you want to try trains with almost no room, look for videos of Z scale. In Z, the locomotive is about the size of your little finger and the cars have to have magnets on them to make sure they stay on the track. There is one video I saw on youtube where the guy built a Z scale layout on the brim of his hat and could wear it while he was walking around a train show. The train was running around the hat while he walked. BTW, I just saw the email about the 50th reunion. I certainly hope I can make it up there for it. Planning to, if nothing goes wrong between now and then.

[@edeinhorn6016]

@@Rothstein_Model_Trains Please reply to that email with all your latest contact info. I'm the techie member of the reunion team and I'm building a database of all 360+ classmates with the latest contact info. I'm not displaying the email address here because of privacy concerns, but the email goes directly to me and Jeff. I created that email address for all of us to use. I, too, hope very much that you can make it. If not, I might have to take Amtrak to San Antonio to visit you and see your train setup.

[@Rothstein_Model_Trains]

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