(Part 2) Best hobby trains & accessories according to redditors
We found 123 Reddit comments discussing the best hobby trains & accessories. We ranked the 79 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Ten bucks here, fifteen there, not a ton overall. Mostly craft store stuff; paint, plaster, glue, varnish. Initial biggest expense was probably the static applicator, and there are youtube videos on making your own:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F1YQL8E
I got rock molds, static grass, and flocking online, the rest was in local shops.
Would get him this as a joke gift: https://www.amazon.com/Walthers-SceneMaster-HC-Maersk-Container/dp/B00U8UFEQM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480275399&sr=8-4&keywords=shipping+container
https://www.amazon.com/Bachmann-Industries-GS4-4-8-4-Locomotive/dp/B071YWZ69R/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=american+freedom+train&qid=1571712589&sprefix=american+freedom+tra&sr=8-1
this is the best image I could find of a model since it's almost 11am for me
https://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Sand-Basing-Base-Kit/dp/B01J1CTXZK
I think yours look pretty good though
Definitely a fun series. I think my favorite is the open gondola of radioactive uranium ore.
Got them on Amazon (here is the link):
https://www.amazon.it/dp/B06Y3VS23M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_FAKkDbFPWW0SZ
I also got some moss from my garden and dried it up, works very well with miniatures... plus it’s free!
Hey buddy...get out of my market place.
Yeah! It’s a Just Plug Nano LED . It comes with two in the package. The LED itself is just a few millimeters. The tricky part is dealing with wiring. I added an LED to my K-2SO in the past.
Edit: The K-2SO post walks through the process of adding the LED, for reference. It also shows the LED size.
[There are plenty of examples for sale] (https://www.amazon.com/Intermountain-HO-Scale-Double-Door-Boxcar-Freight/dp/B01BLWTMQI/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?keywords=ho+scale+burlington+northern&qid=1572388452&sr=8-8)
I picked up this set of trees from Amazon (super cheap, medium quality) and after carving up some blue foam with a hot wirecutter and mounting it on MDF, this is what I ended up with.
http://imgur.com/DJkAMgP
Fairly amateur still but I did an entire table for the cost of one of the Citadel Wood sets.
Link to the trees:
http://www.amazon.com/Green-Model-Trees-Scenery-Layout/dp/B00K5JKWYA/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1456861039&sr=8-9&keywords=model+train+trees
You can get a starter set by hornby for around £35 that is like the model you linked. they're fairly low-end trains which are intended as toys.
A basic train is also only around : £25-30
You have to remember that hornby is using the manufacturer recommended retail price not the price that retailers will sell for. I got the christmas train set listed on their website at 54.99 for £30 elsewhere and I bought it a month before christmas. Places like Argos and Asda (walmart) will also sell basic hornby stuff (i've seen an LNER tank engine in asda for £35 complete with signals, track and wagons)
Hornby railroad is a less detailed range they make that are also somewhat cheap but still passable in quality. They even do budget sound models (called TTS sound) which you can get for about £70 these are DCC models with sound at sub £100:
BR CO-CO '37040' CLASS 37 £79.50 DCC SOUND
CLASS 47 033 RAILFREIGHT DIESEL £69.50 DCC SOUND
Class A1 4-6-2 4472 "Flying Scotsman" £85 DCC SOUND
Class A4 4-6-2 4469 "Gadwall" £70 DCC SOUND
You can also buy from other brands like bachmann and dapol etc.
This is what I found on amazon, I got my from tru2scale on etsy.
https://www.amazon.com/UP2-Blue-Pico-LED-chip/dp/B00J5MJ5JQ
Easiest way to spruce up the base is to get some tufts like these (or a different variety if you'd like) and stick a couple on. You can vary the sizes (6mm is knee-length, for instance) if you want. Simple but looks really good. https://www.amazon.com/Adhesive-Static-Wargame-Railway-Deagt6100/dp/B06Y5RXDLJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1496681946&sr=8-3&keywords=tufts+grass
lol I like it entirely too much. Here’s the new version, though.
My 3D printer is pretty low resolution, so prints would look terrible. There's a company selling printed models on Amazon that don't look much better. I might use it for a few less obvious pieces, but I just don't think they look very clean yet.
Check out the pictures of parts from this brand:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01M6638TM
i have this section, how do i connect it to this power pack? https://www.amazon.com/Bachmann-Trains-44211-Power-Controller/dp/B01LWP3DIN/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=bachmann+power+supply&qid=1574536805&sprefix=bachmann+power&sr=8-2
Artsy for life
One of my favourite crafts is Warhammer. I've done a conversion from $ which is £15.50? I love painting the models, never really been a fan of the game though. I have a lot of painted models, which I believe to look pretty good, thing is the basing. I've never really tried to do anything to adventurous with the bases, but have always wanted to.
This basing kit along with some PVA Glue would get me off to a great start at having 100% complete looking troops.
I used to have loads of photos of my Warhammer, but cannot really find any at the moment. I found one which is on my website Sorry for the small image.
Although the models are small and fiddly to paint, I just find it so relaxing, and have such a sense of achievement at the end looking at them finished. I can take more photos when I get home if anyone is interested.
https://www.amazon.com/Bachmann-Industries-Railer-Rail-Scale/dp/B014X3XPZG/ref=pd_cp_21_1?pd_rd_w=j5wQt&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=QCSDQ6MASR9D56BV41GD&pd_rd_r=2f5aa354-9da3-11e9-ba5f-0d77a0619401&pd_rd_wg=Hid7Y&pd_rd_i=B014X3XPZG&psc=1&refRID=QCSDQ6MASR9D56BV41GD
Helps everybody and anybody retail. That is really hard in N scale!
Another question. Will these two pieces of track not match up? They seem to be different colors.
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KNVNMLA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_QoE3DbT5X0H1P