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Post #001 Buying a train set

Jongudmund

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I have wanted to try DCC for a while. I have also wanted to build a 'roundy-roundy' layout, so I can run trains for fun. My first effort at building a lay-out faltered pretty fast. Looking back I think I needed to go through the 'learner steps' of having a train set first.

 

A visit to my local Hobbycraft during their clearance sale ended up with me buying Hornby Mixed Freight Digital Train Set for less than half price. The set comes with a Hornby Select controller, two 0-6-0 locos, four wagons an oval of track and a siding. I also bought some Hornby expansion packs, enough to create a double loop. These were also less than half price.

 

I'm going to use this blog to explore building a 'train set' lay out, while learning how to use DCC at a very basic level.

 

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Why a blog?

I did post the question on RM Web about whether to do a blog or to start a layout topic. Lots of people replied and I'm grateful to them. I decided eventually on a blog as that's a format I'm comfortable with (I have several other blogs). I like the way layout topics facilitate conversations between other people, but sometimes it can get a bit of a ramble.

 

I also had to think what I wanted from writing all this down, and I guess I want some kind of journal or record, and I felt a blog would be better for that. I also thought it might be easier for people who are learning DCC like me to learn from my mistakes :-)

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Nice to see you chose the blogs. This could be a rare opportunity for someone to document their whole life as a railway modeller, (almost) right from the outset  :-)

 

You mention you'd also like to use it as a sort of journal/record for each build. In that case you may want to make some kind of a backup. RMweb has been stable for a long time and Andy is very good at keeping everything smooth - but there are things he can't control, such as when software updates have bugs in them. Once or twice in the past, that has led to pics disappearing or text becoming jumbled up in the blogs. Nothing too serious but you never know with software updates, and it's so easy to forget to do backups. 

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buffalo

Nice to see you chose the blogs...

Yes, Jon, you made the right choice. Who cares about those folk who proudly tell us they don't read blogs. It's their loss.

 

Nick

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Jongudmund

Thanks guys. And thanks for the tip about back ups. The longer articles I will probably write offline in Word and then cut and paste them over. that's what I do with my other blogs.

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