i've been there once before with my wife and kids. very friendly and helpful seller. the shop located near dewan bahasa dan pustaka. i would prefer buying from daikong than that BSC shop.

my advise to you start with something basic and try not to exceed rm500. you still don't know yet will you like it or not. i bought my beginner set secondhand and it was rm140. rm800 you can do a lot of things lah boss in model railroad.

i'll be back in kl in august and i'll be bringing back 20pcs of flexi track (1m in length each and flexible so can bend make into curves)

is that piko starter pack digital?

once you are into model railroad you'll spend lots of $$$ on points (intersection on track) in the beginning so you need to choose wisely. 1 hornby point with motorized unit can easily cost you at least rm150 each if you order from bangsar. go to amazon.com and search for life-like remote switch... after convert rm45 each only and it's motorized and i'm using them at the moment



This post has been edited by judge-the: May 11 2011, 05:13 PM

yea very informative.. at one point he mentioned he sold train sets back in 1996 .. wow... such a long time already haha
wat.. rm 140 so cheap ? hmmm.. problem is very very hard to find ppl selling this kinda things... even in garage sales only got one.. that oso rm 500 already

amazon ? scared later paid... but wont receive goods..
somemore its overseas ...

hehe
u have any train sets u dowan ? if got i wan buy
oh and the set he quoted me is analog if not mistaken

This post has been edited by kueks: May 12 2011, 01:22 AM

amazon safe lah boss

the reason why i asked you to get a basic beginner set is because later you'll definitely start getting trains and rolling stocks from other brands. my digital locomotives are all bachmann and i bought all of them from 1 ebay seller called "thefavoritespot". he's the cheapest in ebay and you need to compete with so many ppl but yet in the end still so much cheaper than retail.

why don't you try search online see any shops in singapore?

analog if you wanna control few trains at a same time using 1 controller you need to isolate some tracks kind a complicated. not only that, if you turn on all trains run at the same time and if you turn off all trains stop. speed wise all same also. unlike dcc, 1 bachmann dcc controller can control up to 10 trains with different direction and various speed. but again 1 digital locomotive cost about rm140 (including postage) each if you get it from that ebay seller and ships back to msia. for sure you can't get that price with a digital train in msia especially with that bangsar shop

sorry bro i got no extra train set for sale. i got quite a number of secondhand analog trains but not selling them. i need them on the layout to make it look like a very busy train station

hai everyone..... i would like to start my collection.... just asking n or ho better to start with

for me n-scale a bit too small lah... cannot feel but it doesn't need big space for a nice layout unlike ho-scale. another thing you should consider probably which scale can easily buy from shops

thanks mate...... n scale train set ranging from how much? don't know anything.. come across this page, terus fell in love

not sure about the n-scale pricing in msia but here in auckland n-scale just slightly cheaper than HO only. most shops here have plenty of HO in stock but still can easily get n-scale

noted bro.... the best brand?

is it possible to control multiple trains using only one controller(is it digital train)

hmmm actually i also just got started about 5 months ago and still learning at the moment. i started with hornby but now i stop buying hornby products because too expensive lah. if possible ,aybe you should try find bachmann brand instead

i did tested using an analog controller to power up 3 different basic loops running 3 trains. about 15mins later the controller shutdown.. overheat when i asked around i was told not to do that as i might kaboom the controller... so i'm not going to do that again. i don't konw much about analog/DC

as for digital DCC... if you are using hornby select unit with the default 1amp power adapter you only can run 3-4 trains. if you upgrade to 4amp power adapter you can run 8-10 trains

owh, where can i read out for info... i wanna learn..

you can google and you'll come across plenty of forums. anything i'm not sure i'll ask my sifu over here
youtube also got many useful videos

like i said earlier don't rush. plan properly

hi judge

ive browsed thru thefavoritespot ebay products
really impressive

tempted to buy the acela train set for rm 660.. but the shipping cost is almost half the cost of the train itself lol

and one thingi read is that..
we wont mark down the prices of the product or mark it as a gift
please check with ur country's customs b4 bidding for the product =.=

the set.. plus shipping cost plus dono how much the duty to be imposed by the stupid custom... sigh

wat if u buy for me from nz... ill pay u back plus maybe rm 100 for "shipping cost" ? haha

nice train u got there...need more lanscape, make't beatiful bro...

im just spend for my kids...me to lated...hahhahaha

nz also same like msia but here any package above nz$400 kena pay tax.
shipping cost from us to msia is almost the same as us to nz.

well you are right shipping cost almost half the item price but again like i said, in the end still cheap lah. just search the same item from different seller in us and you can see his price really cheap.

i bought 2 steam engines (us$53+us$61) and shipping cost to nz is $59 and really half of what i paid for 2 steam engines. but still bloody damn cheap compared buying from a shop in nz

i don't mind help you get anything you want from here but only 1 thing very sux in nz... cheapest shipping cost to msia only air economy so still expensive. try look here www.trademe.co.nz and search for model railway. sometimes you'll come across really cheap secondhand items

yeah bro very tempted to have landscape lah but i can't. i live in a rented property so i can't do anything "permanently" upstair. also i need space for me to move around. i need to crawl upstair because the height to ceiling from that train base is approx 1m only

that was why i used "paku tekan" to nailed those tracks

dang!! judge! no wonder seldom seeing u in TF thread. u been busy here. those r yr train setup.??. dang awesome bro!

This post has been edited by Pelindung: May 15 2011, 09:52 PM

hmmm i tot ur coming back this year ?
therefore shipping cost is reduced? hehe

i think just get green carpet likes office always used just enough to make't cool...

yup my current setup over here. what to do here hard to get tfs and hottoys so better don't look at them... just concentrate on trains

i'm coming back for hari raya but don't think so i can help anyone this time. traveling with MAS and only got 23kg of luggage. previous trips i traveled with emirates and they gave me 30kg. 23kg really2 very the limited lah boss

true also but maybe i'll do some road surface using sand paper

I guys I'm really into model train...n I wanna get into this scene...I just wanna ask you guys opinion where can I get a gud begginer set..., how much is a minimum budget for a set...,I'm still a student so cash is quite a issue...really looking forward to u guys answers...

there's a forumer selling a beginner set in streetmart/hobbies collectables. nego with him and he's located at shah alam. just avoid getting set from a shop especially within kl area as you'll end up paying double than market price worldwide.

if you want secondhand look here at www.trademe.co.nz and i don't mind helping you send it back to msia but please take note cheapest shipping option available in nz only air economy so everything goes by weight and not cheap though

this is a good beginner set

or this one (personally i get this one if i have extra $$$ as the accs alone worth more than $100)

This post has been edited by judge-the: May 27 2011, 08:56 AM