It looks like you took over the club track that night ;)
What did the other members say about the Japanese prototypes?
Claude is this the same club you're planning on doing the new layout with?
The club layout is beautiful, I assuming it's DCC but what are the dimensions of it and where is it located?
(A club that used to exist near me was given an old firehouse to set up there layout.)
They didn't mind
too much as the trains were swapped during the session. Those that are not too familiar with Japanese quality always comment on the levels of detailing and reliability. I tried to select a few interesting sets, certainly the Superview Odoriko turns a few heads, even if it was running without the add-on set - the fiddle yard was too short this time... :(
No this is not the same club as we are planning the new N Gauge layout with. This group is a specialist N Gauge group (an area group for the N gauge Society), which has a membership of about 60. This group takes a modular approach, so in effect you can string as many boards as you like to make a layout, a circuit can be over 30' in length; so at least the trains get a decent work-out. They meet in a local village hall, so by necessity they can only set up and break-down on club nights.
To cater for the varied tastes of the membership, it is partially DCC fitted, the second track from the outside being controlled this way. At present none of my Japanese stock is DCC fitted, however John (on this forum) did supply an E4 Max set which has been 'chipped up'.
