Thanks Tim. Only Metcalfe are prepared to support us, non of the others are interested so full credit to them

Great plan. Hungary must have been a interesting posting, great railways as well

I was part of the NATO Implementation Force following the War in the former Yugoslavia. As a USAF Captain I filled an O4 billet and worked out of Taszar Air Base, Hungary as a liaison to the Hungarian Oil Company. We inspected the fuel bought for NATO and used in their operations. I saw firsthand what a modern civil war looks like. I did have the opportunity to rail-fan the MAV (Hungarian Railway) and as part of my duties inspect tank wagons carrying our fuel. I didn't see much of the rail system in Bosnia or Croatia other than crossing tracks. Much of the area was mined and I traveled solo in civilian clothes. I had my camera, POL Tech Order Manuals, and side arm. Whilst there I learned enough of Hungarian and Serbo Croat to get by. It was a great learning experience.

Sounds a challenging but rewarding role, thank you for your service.

Thanks we do our best

Thanks. With 2nd hand now getting so expensive, discounted new makes a lot of sense

Very Two Ronnie's I thought

I find the plastic wheels on the Peco Wagons don't cause any issues, but I know what you mean

Agreed, the UK outline suppliers of locos should take note

Totally agree, thanks

Thanks 😁

Thanks, hope you are both keeping well

Thanks, simple but effective

It's a bonkers price for what are great little Wagons

@@BudgetModelRailways It's worth checking Train Trax regularly as they often have sale items and the service is excellent.

Agreed. I picked up a 4 car EMU once for £50, can you imagine that with UK outline

Sounds fantastic, we have used cardboard lots of times to make base boards. It's - 2 deg c here lol

Hi Mike had test run of locos round my layout today went well also I've introduced my great grandson domanic to the wonderful world of modle trains today so the next generation is hooked already hes 2 years old a big smile on his face that's all for now cheers from Bruce sunny blenheim

If only we could buy time lol

@@BudgetModelRailways Only on a budget of course ;)

Agreed. In reality with materials making up such a small percentage of the cost of a product it should be possible in the other scales as well

Yes both of those are worth checking out. 2nd hand prices are half the equivalent UK outline prices

Lol, so true thanks for the shout out

I'm a hand of God fan and they work just fine I find. All the best

I've still no desire to do DCC, sorry. It adds nothing that I need or want, and even at £15-50 a loco it still means it's more expensive than DC, plus the constant worry of frying a DCC loco which does not happen with DC

@@BudgetModelRailways thanks for the reply. That's true that it'll always be slightly more expensive. Never fried a decoder myself so I haven't ever thought about that. For me the main benefits of DCC are the playability especially with children - lights, sound and the ability to operate a freight and passenger train simultaneously on the same layout.

I can run two trains on the same layout with DC using isolating points. But I can see the appeal for young children

Thanks, I got the bug because of Kato and Peco

@@BudgetModelRailways I'm still struggling to learn the ropes of oo 😅 found out the importance of front to back level track this week 😂 fast learning. n gague looks like it would work well on what I'm doing around the cabin, but more space for scenics

Sounds a good deal, international shipping to Traintrax only added about £2 so a lot cheaper than buying direct from Japan, especially if you get caught for import duty which is very common, it's why I stopped buying from Japan

@@BudgetModelRailways I'm usually buying a big pile of stuff every 3-6 months or so. Buying a single item from a store will have to wait until I'm physically visiting Japan. :)

Always have unless it's US outline

Rapido is standard for Japanese model trains.

@@BudgetModelRailways Ah, thank you, that explains it. Unfortunately (??) I run US outline in N and all my rolling stock is at least 20 years old, so it has Rapido couplings. I cannot use Kato for that reason. Bit of a shame really. Their track system is wonderful though.