EltonFrog
Legendary Member
If you don't want it the Stephec Home for Model Railways would be pleased to care for it on your behalf.
What's in it, and do you know how old. Also what condition?
Can then give you an idea of what its worth.
Time to board out the loft and run it around there, what kind of set up is it?
It's a flying Scotsman set up with standard layout already on a board. The basic set was bought for my FIL by my SIL, and he over time added to it, all the buildings, landscape, rolling stock. Not long after he finished it he was going to sell it, I said I'd buy it, but he gave it to, then about 6 months later he died.
Sounds like you've got a nice base for a potential upgrade there.
Another type of n+1 could be about to start.
Extension packs E & F in with it?
Depending upon which set you bought it would have at least a basic oval, and higher up the range a bit more as well.
Extension packs were available to increase the amount of track until you complete the standard layout mat that was included with all sets.
The above assumes it's a Hornby set, and it's based on information from the last time I looked at them about fifteen years ago.
I've inherited from my FIL a Hornby Flying Scotsman railway set, he originally got the basic set from my SIL for his birthday. Overtime he put the paper colour base mat down on a board and added to it. Then he became ill, gave all the stuff to me before he carked it. So for about four years the base and boxes of stuff have been sitting in the garage and loft.
From memory there's quite a lot of stuff, all Hornby, buildings, cars, rolling stock, trees, track even a couple having it off in a feild and a bloke throwing up behind the bins, loads of stuff.
I don't want get rid or sell it, but I'm not sure how or where to set it up.
So are there many folks here into model railways that can give me a few pointers?