I am just starting out with the hobby, I moved to a new built house which was ready in June of this year and now that the most important jobs are done inside the house, I want to do something nice with the garden when the spring starts.
When I was a kid I had a LIMA train with a lot of rails, only problem was that the quality wasn't good so the train didn't run reliable. A pitty, because it was a scale version of a dutch train.. My nephew had a Fleischmann train, which was far better quality, his tracks where made from copper and mine from iron with nickel to prevent rust.
I do see though that thing have gotten a lot better..
I am going to buy a digital start set from LGB:
and also the LCE-3 from LGB:
I will add a digital decoder to the LCE-3 so that it can run with the digital start set.
It awkward that the starter kits are not that expensive, if I buy the train rails seperately which you get in the start set it is almost just as expensive as buying a starter set like the LCE-3.??
Apart from finding the LCE-3 very beautiful, the extra tracks are a reason to buy a second starter set.
I want to make a simple railroad in the garden, my garden at the back of the house is 130 m2, which is, believe it or not, is very large for Holland where I live.
I will not use the complete garden, I have a corner which I want to use and will look how much size I will need to built a reasonable track. To make things look nice I want want to add some buildings.
I have made a small list of some buildings which are not that expensive from Pola and will give it a try, on photo they look very nice.. If it works out I will probably also buy the Dutch windmill they have... :-)
I am going to drive and get the digital starter set this midday, the shop has ordered the LCE set and expects to get it in 2-3 weeks..
I am lucky that my garden can't be accessed from the back by strangers or animals.
With kind regards,
David Bouw
