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Hello,
I've just found this forum by accident tonight so I've registered as the topics and responses are very well managed and useful. I currently model in HO (SNCF) and am entirely happy. However I'm trying to encourage my son , aged 10 years, to take up railway modelling. Previous attempts in OO have faltered due to a lack of space, he ideally would like a layout in his bedroom which would lead me to look at N gauge and I've found the Minitrix SNCF start set ( BB22xxx and 4 wagons plus 3 points) which looks good value. Does anybody have any experience of Minitrix N gauge track, is it any good and are the points the insulfrog or the electrofrog variety? Would it be better to buy component parts seperately? The engineering of continental N guage looks better than the British N gauge currently on offer, although this is improving I believe, which is leaning me to continue the SNCF/Continrntal theme that I am used to.
I'm an officer in the Royal Navy currently stationed in France so availability of N gauge continental material is not a problem, but I would be interested in your views.
many thanks
Clive
I've just found this forum by accident tonight so I've registered as the topics and responses are very well managed and useful. I currently model in HO (SNCF) and am entirely happy. However I'm trying to encourage my son , aged 10 years, to take up railway modelling. Previous attempts in OO have faltered due to a lack of space, he ideally would like a layout in his bedroom which would lead me to look at N gauge and I've found the Minitrix SNCF start set ( BB22xxx and 4 wagons plus 3 points) which looks good value. Does anybody have any experience of Minitrix N gauge track, is it any good and are the points the insulfrog or the electrofrog variety? Would it be better to buy component parts seperately? The engineering of continental N guage looks better than the British N gauge currently on offer, although this is improving I believe, which is leaning me to continue the SNCF/Continrntal theme that I am used to.
I'm an officer in the Royal Navy currently stationed in France so availability of N gauge continental material is not a problem, but I would be interested in your views.
many thanks
Clive
