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Lukas Rosenthaler

January 29, 2001 12:47PM

Hi to all,
I'm wondering why Europe is different. Here in Europe there are many excellent plastic narrow gauge models available (HOm, e.g. Bemo models of swiss NG trains). These are not as expensive as brass (range between US$ 100-200), excellent runners and RTR. Maybe the market for NG is bigger here in Europe.
By the way, I'm modelling Colorado Narrow Gauge here in Switzerland (quite exotic, but we are a few people here and have even some shops specialized in american railroads). I have mixed experiences with brass... I'm still learning how to fix bad running engines (and rebuilding them to DCC. Mounting the decodes can be quite -- mmhh -- difficult...).
Lukas
P.S. I'm looking forward to July to ride the original again (C&TSRR)..

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any good brass?	c hawkins	January 29, 2001 06:56AM
Good brass and plastic HOn3	El Coke	January 29, 2001 07:33AM
Re: Good brass and plastic HOn3	Fred	January 29, 2001 10:36AM
Re: Good brass and plastic HOn3	Lukas Rosenthaler	January 29, 2001 12:47PM
Re: Good brass and plastic HOn3	Michael Allen	January 29, 2001 05:02PM
Re: Good brass and plastic HOn3	Grant Houston	January 29, 2001 06:03PM
Re: any good brass?Yes there is	John Vandenberg	January 29, 2001 09:58AM
MDC 2-8-0s	El Coke	January 29, 2001 11:19AM
Re: MDC 2-8-0s	Duane Richardson	January 29, 2001 12:31PM
Sunset K-36's	Dutch Shaver	January 29, 2001 03:45PM
Re: any good brass?	Cameron Wallace	January 29, 2001 03:25PM
Re: any good brass?	Michael Allen	January 29, 2001 05:13PM
Re: any good brass?	Dave Dye	January 29, 2001 10:21PM
Re: any good brass?	Boris Serena	January 29, 2001 11:49PM

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