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tebee wrote: Yes but if I move to 1:35 then I'm going to start making things and your scale won't be so exclusive any more. 
Tom
Who cares about being exclusive? Nothing as good as 1:35 scale model railroading stays exclusive for very long but if you get started in 1:35 now you can say you were part of the original movement that started it all. Of course, we'll all have to tip our hats to Woodie.
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I have nothing against using HO track well buried for On30, indeed I think I sometimes prefer it as it gives more of the "main line" feel I prefer.
But for 1:35 I think I'd prefer individual wooden coffee stirrer sleepers, with the rails spiked down ( I have a Kadee spiker)
But for the layout, I'd also have to simplify a lot, removing much existing track as there would not me room for 1:35 buildings or indeed 1:35 trains to pass.
I'll start another thread on the layout as 1:35 is one of the more unlikely ( but still possible ) options.
Tom
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Well, I'm not using HO track either. I'm laying mine in hand made ties.
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I am interested in 1/35th scale railways. I have built a couple of locos on Hornby (UK) chassis, and a few wagons but have yet to build a layout. The work of UK modeller Christopher Payne inspired me initially.
Miniart make a range of 1/35th diorama kits, figures and vehicles that can be adapted for railway use.http://www.miniart-models.com/
I have purchased several sets of their industrial building walls to eventually create railway yards enclosed with factory walls.
Bachmann's wooden tipping cars in On30 look good with 1/35th scale locos, as do a few other On30 cars. A 1/32 scale Malcolm Moore DM loco kit was made by the Model Company in New Zealand. They can be powered by a black beetle drive.I have yet to build mine. Detail sets made for military modellers can be used to dress scenes. Plus Model are an example of such a company.
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Geoff Potter
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Further to my previous post, Peco (UK) On30 track looks quite good for 1/35th industrial trackage. I cut the webs between plastic sleepers, and space them out further to give what I think is a more realistic look.
Geoff
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Hey Geoff -- Welcome aboard! From another "newbie" and 1/35 nut. 
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Welcome all you crazy 1:35 guys. You have found a home here. Here is a snapshot of where I live, everyone is 35 or so.
Just a sleepy little town...until the sun goes down!
Woodie
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Woodie,
the place where you live is awesome. There is really something about Black & White photography that provides so much character to great modelling.
Dallas, thanks for the welcome!
Geoff
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It helps having an entire backyard at your disposal. I call that a good thing and it does look really fine up close and personal. The photos actually do it justice.
But, yes, Woodie continually makes me very jealous. The more so because I live so close to him (about 20 minutes away).
Name-dropper? You bet!
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