Model Railway sets/advice

[Acidmouse]

I am going to buy a Model railway set for my nephew he's 10. Want to buy something that can be expanded on and built up.

Have been looking on ebay and there seems to be so many different models and sets?!

Anyone got advice or tips on what to look for?

Budget 50-100 quid.

[Graham C]

Horby used to be the business when I was younger.  I was in Hamleys in London a couple of years back and they had some amazing set ups there, I was almost tempted to get one

[gatso]

this is probs one of the few things that you're better off not buying on t'internet cos the people that have shops selling them are proper nerds who know everything about their odd little hobby and will give you really good advice

go to the shop at the merrion centre and ask the bloke there who probs has a beard what he suggests

[Acidmouse]

go to the shop at the merrion centre and ask the bloke there who probs has a beard what he suggests

lol..yea its 5mins walk from Uni. Not sure its still there or did it move when they were building? ahh well cheers, will pop down for dinner.

[rex008]

Bear in mind you need a fairly large space to lay even a moderately sized set out. I bought my kids a Thomas the Tank Engine Hornby set a couple of years ago and had to get an 6'x4' piece of chipboard to lay it on. Hornby do a few sets that come with a 6x4 paper mat with a printed layout on - you buy the first couple of sets of track, then add bits when you get them (full Thomas set was 5 track packs + 4 scenery packs, plus extra engines/rolling stock, etc).

Oh, and remember to go for double-O gauge - it's the most common, but there are several other model gauges available.

Something like this is a pretty useful start. You start with a loop and a siding, but can expand it to 2 full loops, 3 or 4 sidings, and a couple of stations + scenery.