Christmas Coming So...

OO gauge is actually marginally bigger than HO, but not by much, put them side by side and its sometimes difficult to tell unless its a model of the same subject that is.  These would work well with PlaRail IMHO though, especially the larger factory type model, that was big enough to cover the keyboard on my 13.5" laptop easily so it gives you an idea of scale.  I like some of the lineside buildings such as the coal store, the cargo platforms etc...  I can see those being particularly useful.  I have to say the model shop is probably my favourite though, the detail is stunning.  The other nice thing about these are they are all heavy resin casts and come pre-painted to a very high standard as can be seen by the weathering on some of the models for example.  I do already have a bunch of these as I did start buying them when they were first released, but the rate of release was pretty high so it was difficult to keep up and then when my father passed for a while I lost interest in the hobby so stopped collecting anything for a year or two.  So I've missed so many that virtually anything on sale now is new to me