well looking at the collection of large scale thomas and friends and hoping to see where that range goes, why dont bachmann make the narrow gauge engines for the large scale range but using the o gauge track?????
that would make bachmann the only manufacturer to make the narrow gauge engines whick could be reduced in the scales to suit ho as well. anyone else got any views on this????
if i get 10,000 views or responses i will compile a portfolio for bachmann to consider so show your support and lets make the sodor dream a reality
If they made the Narrow Gauge engines in N scale, they would be too small to have an eye mechanism. It still would be cool to at least have them.
the trade off for that would be that there would be no moving eyes. its an interesting idea tho that large scale can have narrow gauge engines and that ho could have narrow gauge. i know in the uk there are now two companies producing 009 ready to run locomotives and rolling stock.
i also wonder if there is anyone out there who would be willing to put money towards the drawings and the manufacture of the tool??
has anyone built a narrow gauge sodr railway? got pics put them up and lets see where this can go
No but I have thought about it it would be so cool though if they made the narrow gauge on N scale track for HO scale. Isn't that what other people do for there mine trains?
O gauge for a narrow gauge G, HO for a narrow gauge O(see On30), N for a narrow gauge HO, Z for a narrow gauge N?
Great concept, just don't let the non-Thomas rivet counters from the other scales find out about it ::) or they'll try and sick the fat controller on you! ;D
I wonder why only one person I know of (topkazfatt) has made the narrow gauge engines. Is it really hard or something?
HenryBlue has done it also. Topkazfatt made his out of Bandai Tecs models, which are rarer than a blue moon. And HenryBlue made his out of kits, and most people don't want to use kits. :P
Where can you get bandai tecs?
Ebay, extremely rarely. But your chances of finding one, much less a narrow gauge one, are almost one to nothing.
Ok. Cause is there a Oliver one? How rare is he?
i have also built a narrow gauge engine. skarloey. its on ebay at the moment with two slate wagons and a brake van, taken directly from the original books.
Link please?
Calebtrain is right.
I really want the narrow gauge engines but they are so hard to find on ebay
Quote from: Calebtrain on April 03, 2013, 10:08:19 PM
Ebay, extremely rarely. But your chances of finding one, much less a narrow gauge one, are almost one to nothing.
Actually, I found all of them for under $50!!!
I think you can find an easier way for making the narrow gauge engines you could use take and play and just replace the wheels but then you would have to figure out the power supply.
or you can use tomy wind up for some narrow gauge engines definitely not all of them though
Your best bet is to use the body kits for the talyllyn engines, and pick the face of your choice, but be warned that they don't come with a chassis, so you have to find the best fit. :)
The best scale for ho narrow for a 2 foot track width is hon30. there are a few companies that make them, one I know of the top of my head is Railway recollections.
http://www.railway-recollections.com
You know it's funny I thought I saw the other day on Youtube of guy who took the old track master locomotive bodies and just put them on n scale track however this guy only used that for most of his trains for the rest he made others custom like fearless Freddie just one problem with that though Trackmaster is way to big for HO gauge It would probably work for somthing like o scale but not HO scal
Are you talking about topskafatt? He used bandai tecs models which is similar to trackmaster for his narrow gauge engines with some exceptions, bandai tecs is close to OO scale though
incase bachmann dont do the narrow gauge engines im willing to build them for anyone who wants them but they would be to original books maybe tv series.
has anyone built a narrow gauge layout? got pics?