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    Have they shrunk?

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    Today I received some coil wagons. These are Roco sliding cover wagons.

    They have good detail and there seems to be some packets with extra/spare bits to add on.
     
    The thing that struck me is how much smaller they seem compared to a US HO freight car

     
    Is the US stuff really that much bigger in reality???
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    Arrival from Italy!

    By squeaky,

    Well I bought some locos on Ebay from a Shop in Italy, they were paid for via Paypal on Saturday, they were delivered today, now that's service. The shop is http://www.tecnomodel-treni.it/
     
    Here is a pic of D753.003 on my new test track.
     

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    More stuff and Overhead!

    By squeaky,

    I've gone mad and bought some FS wagons now!
     
    They are covered steel coil wagons in FS livery?

     
    I'm also doing lots of research on Catenary, i've ordered a single Sommerfeldt FS mast as below just to see if I think I can put something together.

     
    I'm unsure what other parts I need yet!
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    Going to europe

    By squeaky,

    I've been modelling US HO for a couple of years now and I have started to get interested in the Continental stuff.
    My interest was sparked by seeing a Piko electric in arriva trains livery, this led me to looking at other continental locos and being impressed by the various models diesel and electric and the amount of different types available.
     
    Having done lots of research i'm starting to learn the differences of the available manufacturers with regard to quality and amount of detail. The other factor is the cost is slightly higher for locos and wagons than with my US stuff.
     
    That's all for now, i hope to update further with my first purchase...
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    Now I've done it!

    By squeaky,

    Right I've gone and done it, I've ordered some Italian locos!
     
    First up is a Rivarossi d753 well 2 of them actually. One has sound and the other is DC.
     
    An HR2207 which is Sistemi Territ with DCC sound, secondly an HR2200 which is Rail Traction Company DC. the plan is to put the DCC sound into the RTC one as I couldn't get the RTC with sound.
     
    secondly I have bought 2 Roco D345 locos, one original green, the other in XMPR, both of these are DC, so sound will need to be ordered for these. I will probably go for ESU lok sound V3.5 or V4.
     
    These were purchased on EBay and have yet to arrive.......
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