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From N-scale to On30
Hello group,
Thank you to Brett to let me in.
Few words about me: I am from Montréal and I have been modeling in N-scale for a long time. I am really focusing on scenery and buildings...
Three years ago, I found an Atlas shay (rare) during a show and I decided to built a small point-to-point logging layout to use this shay: sawmill, engine shed, trees, etc... And I went to several shows with it. You can have a look here: http://jurasecondairen.blogspot.ca. I really love this Atlas shays. But this is the only model available in N-scale...
So I started buying Bachmann On30 shays and steamers for the beauty of them. I put them on a shelf and never played with them. After several months, I contacted a group to be part of a modular layout and decided to start my first module in O scale.
Surfing on the net, I found Sierra West and all those models. I really love them all... So I decided to start with a first building. Huge change between N-scale and O scale: 4x larger! I will see what I can do with it
Thank you for listening.
Cheers,
Patrick
Thank you to Brett to let me in.
Few words about me: I am from Montréal and I have been modeling in N-scale for a long time. I am really focusing on scenery and buildings...
Three years ago, I found an Atlas shay (rare) during a show and I decided to built a small point-to-point logging layout to use this shay: sawmill, engine shed, trees, etc... And I went to several shows with it. You can have a look here: http://jurasecondairen.blogspot.ca. I really love this Atlas shays. But this is the only model available in N-scale...
So I started buying Bachmann On30 shays and steamers for the beauty of them. I put them on a shelf and never played with them. After several months, I contacted a group to be part of a modular layout and decided to start my first module in O scale.
Surfing on the net, I found Sierra West and all those models. I really love them all... So I decided to start with a first building. Huge change between N-scale and O scale: 4x larger! I will see what I can do with it
Thank you for listening.
Cheers,
Patrick
Comments
Bryan Brown did the same switch from N to O a few years ago and has done some incredible work, check it out.
A couple of other members here have done the same. We look forward to your posts.
In 2015 I and 10 other former U.S. Navy Seabees returned to Vietnam to walk the ground we walked 50 years ago. I carried the 'Maple Leaf' to honor my friend Hardie Showell who as a Canadian citizen served in Vietnam as a Navy Seabee. I asked Hardie once why, when Americans were sheltering in Canada to avoid the draft, why he and his buddies would volunteer for Vietnam service....His reply..."we were young, didn't know any better and it seemed like a helluva adventure"
The attached photo was taken at the DMZ, the border between North and South Vietnam.
Terry Lukanic
Originally I am a french citizen but I became Canadian in 2009. Speaking of your story, this reminds me my father's story just after WWII. During 50's, French and US governments had a military exchange program... Then my father went in US in '54 as an airforce pilot and spend 2 years in both Mississippi and Texas.
Time passes...
Patrick
you're really gonna love these kits. they're pretty spectacular.
@kebmo : Yes, I can see what all of you are doing with those kits... Pretty impressive!