Train_Dude

10 hours ago, melmerby said:

I bet that cost more than a bucket full of cheap cars😉

£100 all in with shipping and resin, plus I was looking at this anyway to print some OO gauge figures. Link Incase you are interested.
https://www.geeetech.com/alkaid-lcd-light-curing-resin-3d-printer-p-1210.html

On 01/06/2024 at 23:39, 298 said:

 

Cararama and Hongwell may be another brand worth looking at, I found a load and gave them to a club to fill a "Everything's £1" box at a show last year. 

 

Making your own sounds plausible for a train that would have lots of one type, either as a 3d print or making a mould from your own master and then casting in resin. 

Something else that might be a consideration is new cars today are often shipped in a white zip-on kagoul and you often can't tell what they are, so a model doesn't have to be that accurate or detailed.

I brought a resin 3d printer, okay at painting models So I am hoping I can just 3d print the cars in parts, paint them and then assemble them as needed. It will take longer but thats okay by me as it means I can actaully get some OO gauge scale cars that I want,  like a Pegeuot 206, ford focus, ect. (common cars)

Also the car covers is a good shout as that could be done to add a bit more interest to the train. That was a Good suggestion thankyou.

On 02/06/2024 at 00:00, black and decker boy said:

This is also a bit bizzare as any cars suitable for 1990 is not going to be suitable for 2000 let alone 2010 or 2020+

 

Car types & shapes these days at vastly different to 34 years ago and cars typically get facelifted every 5 years or so.

 

oxford offer a pretty good range as any car transporter trains would be from a single manufacturer and probably be a narrow / single range of models & trims as running in block trains from factory or import docks. They would not mix manufacturers.

 

so pick your era, pick your manufacturer and then find me a suitable range of models.

Let me explain this easier for you: I am less interested in Prototypicalness as I am the cars looking vaguely modern and the post 1990's was me broadening the scope to make it easier for people to say here; " "insert link" these might be okay for what you want."

I am not particaully interested in arguing with people if these particual car was ever carried by rail, or if it was in production in the right era. All of this makes the hobby boring in my eyes, I want vaguely modern looking everyday cars, mixed in colour, shape, apperance, manufacture, cheap, that fit on the car transporter I have!

But I'm classing this as a moderate success as I have some cars, they look okay and they cost £10 for 10 cars.

I found some cheap ones, Leezer3 is probably right as these cars might be a bit oversized as only one of the cars fits on the bottom layer, however I was looking at buying a 3D Resin Printer and this project has pushed me over the edge into getting one as I can't really find the cars I want, even if I had alot of money the selection for modern common cars is a bit trash in OO.

I'll post an update on the cars, when i do it; as Im gonna see how well I can make my own.

14 hours ago, Dungrange said:

If cheap is the criteria, then look for 1/75 scale cars on Ali Express.

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005376377221.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.55.39ad4f96zhAouD&algo_pvid=c0fa8465-fda7-4f48-8664-0207aabae634&algo_exp_id=c0fa8465-fda7-4f48-8664-0207aabae634-27&pdp_npi=4%40dis!GBP!7.62!6.48!!!68.12!57.90!%402103847817163327960542388e4160!12000032800752320!sea!UK!0!AB&curPageLogUid=fmEKpH518d82&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A

 

30 for £6.48

Also a good suggestion, thank you for your help !

Jim

12 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

I guess a lot depends on the transporter wagons. If using old, basic transporter wagons then you probably want basic cars as they'll work better, avoiding a jarring inconsistency. If you are using them with wagons to modern standards you need good cars for the same reason and because it seems a bit pointless to get the wagons right and then put sub-standard cars on it.

I'm with you. In the future I will get some nicer ones. But its the kids and wifes birthdays coming up so my bank account looks at a little sad around this time of the year 😆 . A few cheap little cars will suit me for a while until the better times roll around again!

On 21/05/2024 at 14:27, stivesnick said:

Layouts for You do a set of 5 cars for £2.50. Not sure what make they claim to be. They have stalls at many shows.

 

https://www.layouts4u.net/scenery-items/oo-scale/pack-of-5-oo-scale-cars

 

Regards 

 

Nick 

thats great thank you, exactly what I'm looking for!

Jim

Oxford diecast would do fine, except the price criteria. Ideally; I just need some basic generic looking cars that are cheap ie a couple of quid a piece.

Does anyone know where I can get modern image cars (post 1990's) in OO gauge?

I don't want to be buying the expensive ones I ideally need bulk and cheap as they are going on a car transporter.

On 21/04/2024 at 09:10, dave75 said:

Just to put a different view , if you have an old laptop and can find £30;for an Arduino, you don't need a big expensive "controller" to go DCC so I'm not sure the deep pockets line is relevant to the thread. 

 

This is probably one of the best tips so far, even though I knew you could do DCC from your computer, I always saw that as something you do when you want to go all in, but this idea serves as a reminder that it could also be a cost saving measure in the right circumstance.

8 hours ago, mike morley said:

Smartphones had been around for getting on for ten years before I finally got one and I very quickly discovered that a degree of existing knowledge that I simply didn't have was automatically assumed and that I was too far behind to stand any chance of catching up.

I'm now in the early planning stages of a new layout and was considering going DCC, but am rapidly coming to the conclusion that exactly the same thing applies.

I think this applies a bit if you are doing fully automated trains, they do require fairly specialised kit and some knowledge of computers and how they are expected to be used.

That being said I am not someone who has any idea about any dcc train automation, the tech, the jargon, the software. I know nothing about it other than I see youtubers using it and it looks quite cool (an expensive)

For me the nce power cab is very good, and more than I could want without going fully into automation. It's not designed (in my opinion) with the idea that you understand or use modern tech, because frankly as a 27 year old computer savy guy, the nce looks and feels quite "vintage" in its user interface and sometimes I have a hard time with it as it is so unlike modern tech design.

That being said, once you understand how it works and you read the manual a few times you do start to get an idea of what they are going on about and it starts making the Trains do train things!

I think this most likely applies for the other dcc controllers on the market, but you would have to ask the people who use them on specifics as I've only ever used the power cab and the starter dcc Hornby controller.

23 minutes ago, Penrhos1920 said:

I wish I knew that it was only 2 wires.  It’s so much easier than 1,000,000,000 wires.

I have a friend who runs on DC and his layout is very impressive, but mine does pretty much the same but uses about 10 times less wiring and one controller. DCC kind of feels like a cheat code when you look at what people had to do 20-30 years ago.

DCC for me has been a bit of a game changer, It can offer you more reliability, a higher sense of realism, an easier time wiring, more detail in your models like sound and lights, multiple trains running on the same track and I'm sure there are many other benefits that I am forgetting. 

But DCC isn't without its drawbacks, it is a step up in price and there is a lot of jargon and technical info that is sometimes needed to get the thing to run at all.

Two things I wish I had known when starting for the very first time; not all DCC controllers will be able to do all the functions of the DCC loco you have and you might be better off jumping in and getting a good controller to start with as it will save you time and money. Another thing I have realized with DCC is if you want sound in your locos you are better off buying them with sound in to begin with as that will probably save you about £20-£30 a loco in the long run.

I am very happy to see him back, looks like its a new channel though, not sure if he deleted his old one or what. but glad hes posting again all the same!

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I used to be subscribed to Barrie Davis Model Railway on Youtube but I cannot find any of his videos. This is a shame as one of the videos he did was very useful as a guide on how to fix a certain problem and another video he did was a very effective guide of how to wire up a model railway.

This is a bit of an inconvience as I only realised he had disappeared when I came to try find the video I had saved of his for when I was wiring up my layout.

Any idea what has happened to him?