Discussion
So I've been sort of getting back into model railways over the last year or so, just playing around with some Hornby/Lima OO stuff at home. No serious layout or anything really.
I've also been quite keen to get into some Lego building. Recently bought my daughter a few sets of bits and bobs and loved building them up for her. There seems to be quite a mature railway range as well which I'm really keen to look at more.
From what I can gather, Lego trains were traditionally electric 9v with pickup from the track. In more recent years, the range has moved over to plastic track and onboard batteries with remote controls. Is it possible to convert the older train models to run from the battery packs and remote control (Powerfunctions)?
I'm quite keen to build some sort of garden railway and did originally have ideas to use OO scale but now I'm looking at using Lego with plastic track from ME Models (for larger radius curves) for simplicity and the enlarged scale, but dont want to be limited to a small range of more recent models.
Anyone here have a lego layout?
I've also been quite keen to get into some Lego building. Recently bought my daughter a few sets of bits and bobs and loved building them up for her. There seems to be quite a mature railway range as well which I'm really keen to look at more.
From what I can gather, Lego trains were traditionally electric 9v with pickup from the track. In more recent years, the range has moved over to plastic track and onboard batteries with remote controls. Is it possible to convert the older train models to run from the battery packs and remote control (Powerfunctions)?
I'm quite keen to build some sort of garden railway and did originally have ideas to use OO scale but now I'm looking at using Lego with plastic track from ME Models (for larger radius curves) for simplicity and the enlarged scale, but dont want to be limited to a small range of more recent models.
Anyone here have a lego layout?
Edited by MysteryLemon on Thursday 6th August 12:24
I did think that but people often run plastic based (sleepers) track of other scales and systems outside without much problem.
The plan was to have a permanent base (cement) for the bed and then lay the track on top and actually ballast with real stones to keep it in place. That way, the track could quite easily come up through the winter when it would get very little use.
Something for me to think about anyway.
The plan was to have a permanent base (cement) for the bed and then lay the track on top and actually ballast with real stones to keep it in place. That way, the track could quite easily come up through the winter when it would get very little use.
Something for me to think about anyway.
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