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| raynerd:
A very delayed thank you and reply to this. As usual, I appreciate everyone's opinion and advice. I've been talking to my wife and have to admit that with Jack having the smaller room I'd probably get a better layout in there with n guage but it seems small for small fingers!! . That said, my daughter is only young and also wanting to get involved. Just throwing something else in the mix. Have any of you seen these ceiling layouts? It is a lovely opportunity for a train he can control without knocking or smashing anything up while he is young. I could even run it between their rooms! I'm considering running a train around his ceiling and due to the track price, OO is my preference. When I look on youtube, most of the ceiling tracks are O guage. Is this because it is just a common guage in the US or does a larger scale offer somethng I'm missing with a ceiling layout. I mean appreciate if it is higher it'll be harder to see but it is still a small room with relatively low ceiling. I appreciate this may not be to everyone's taste but opinions on the logistics of this type of layout with OO would be welcomed. Chris |
| dsquire:
Chris We have all been there, done that. The kids would probably be happy to play with the box the train came in. Be honest Chris, what kind of train do you want? We know that SWMBO won't let you buy a train for yourself but if it's for the kids it is a different story. Good luck :D :D Cheers :beer: Don |
| garym:
Hi Chris, When I was a teenager I had an 8' x 4' OO gauge layout in my bedroom with my bed mostly underneath the layout. Helps to use the space efficiently. IMHO trains for children should be at a level where they can interact with them, although your son might be a bit too young to do this in a constructive way. :D Gary |
| Pete.:
Young kids and ceiling trains are a poor mix. Aside from the risk of a heavy train clumping someone on the head when a petulant child slams a door, there's the temptation to turn into Chris Bonnington when one of them 'doesn't move'. |
| AdeV:
I had an 6x5 (roughly) layout when I was a kid. Dad made a rather clever fold-up table, so when not in use, the set was folded up against the wall (allowing floor space); when in use, the main bit folded down, a bridge was inserted and the "marshalling yard" aka train storage area was then connected to the main layout. It worked very well indeed, the bridge was plugged in rather than rely on electrical contact with the tracks. Mine was an HO/OO (whichever was common in the UK) set, which was OK, but running more than 4 carriages on a train was basically impossible due to the size of the track. N-gauge would allow more realistic train lengths, but as others have said, cost is about the same as HO/OO. |
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