From Miniature to BIG

Mr Nigels...I hope you know that you may very well be costing me money..........I fear that these pictures are making me salivate all over my Keyboard which may have to be replaced if I continue. 😊

Wow...these are 'O' gauge...hard for me to picture these in such a large scale as the details must be stunning. OMG..those Stroudley coaches are absolutely amazing. Upon viewing the photos (before reading your description) I wondered what the written numbers meant on the compartment doors but you explained that they were the Class of seating. I loved peering through the glazed windows to see the padded bench seats inside the compartments and wondered what the differences in Class was. Loved the white sided wheels and the long running boards for steps. Thanks for calling out those roof ventilators as I wondered what they were for.

OMG...that South Wales Portland Cement covered wagon is fantastic with all its highly detailed nuts and bolts and what appears to be hinged openings in the roof for easy loading from an elevated hopper. I can only image what these may look like as I have never held an 'O' gauge in my hands to inspect. Thanks for sharing sir!

Thanks Super,

I may have to send you one of those plastic keyboard protectors at this rate lol!  I do know what you mean though, the detail is stunning in this scale, not that its poor these days even in the smaller scales.  But these are so much better to see the detail easily.  The crazy thing is with the constant increases in prices of OO/HO scale models it is making O gauge (just like N gauge) appear to be much better value than they used to be as HO/OO was traditionally so much cheaper than the other less common scales, or at least it was in the UK.  Now its getting to the stage that the prices of the new highly detailed OO gauge wagons and coaches is almost as much as that for O gauge and crazily N gauge are actually cheaper than OO gauge in many instances.  For instance I have recently seen some OO gauge coaches that are priced at over £100 each!!  Sure they have plenty of detail, but really £100+ when for a decent length OO train you really need 6+ coaches it is just unaffordable for most people (including me!).

Although I doubt I'll ever have the space needed for a full blown O gauge layout, the models are so spectacular and have so much presence due to their sheer size as well as the detail level that they would make stunning display pieces.

One thing I will try to do in the coming days is to hook up some O gauge track to a power source to test and get some pictures of the internal lighting working on those coaches, then you'll be able to see the interior in its full glory.  I suspect they will look stunningly good when lit.

Anyway till the next O gauge purchase you may have to put up with smaller scales lol!