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

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

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

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)

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here it is but the set sold out already. now he's selling only 1 diesel locomotive and 3rd radius curved tracks

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Added on June 1, 2011, 3:04 pmspam some pics again
some of the new locos on my layout.

i think this one got 1 at kajang komuter station


2 new steam engines and very2 nice! only runs on 22" radius onwards or hornby 3rd radius



layout changed again


This post has been edited by judge-the: Jun 1 2011, 03:04 PM

have you got the beginner set yet?

for me i would deal with daikong compared to another shop in kl. call him straight lah don't email much faster.

but his shop very weird one must make appointment before going. when i was there first time, kesian his daughter kena marah by the father because she let us in into the shop and she was alone. but i came with my wife and 2 kids so don't think so we will rob the shop

biasa2 only lah

just came back from a friend's place who's a DCC master. damn need to switch over to digitrax control system soon!

hohoho don't want to count lah

can't do any landscaping right now... living in rented property so can't have permanent setup. will continue working on my own layout in seremban when i'm back for raya holiday

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Added on July 8, 2011, 5:13 ambro kueks, where's your set?

added some buildings/structures on my layout recently



This post has been edited by judge-the: Jul 8 2011, 05:13 AM

true... very rare in kl and prices also crazy - almost triple comparing to what i can get in nz

will check it out next month when i'm back in kl

some updates/changes done on my layout






my overall humble layout


bought this one secondhand last weekend and it came with 4 coaches. like it so much but too bad the other 2 coaches kept derailing due to small/tight radius on the upper level tracks






maintenance/engine shed

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i'm using MRC prodigy advance 2 DCC controller on my layout. my locomotives (all are american) are from bachmann, intermountain, atlas, proto 2000 and a few very old DC engines which i had converted them to DCC by myself. all are working fine on my MRC controller, no problem at all. 1 of the problem you might encounter will be different types of coupler but it can be easily customized/fixed.

again, it all depends on your preferences such as type of diesels and their era. as for me i'm not so particular about era, i'm more concern with the price! these days i'll buy cheap good DC engines and convert them to DCC and also adding sound by myself, more fun!

right now i'm setting up my small layout at home, very small because doesn't have any space unlike what i had previously in auckland. more train items are on its way backhome here hopefully by end of june. anyone by any chance passing through seremban is always welcome to drop by my place here and we can talk about trains

everything still on a flat surface... very small layout... noob layout. just pm me if you are at seremban
i ran out of space to put my trains on the layout

will drop by soon at your shop, need some materials

hmmm... faller train's platform?

faller products are very nice but pricey too. i bought some secondhand platforms recently, got them very cheap. those that in your pic are a little bit new/modern

hope can see these 2 pics in my attachment. 2 of my favorites locomotives, kato sd70

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both locomotives are powered and digital too... using digitrax decoders. i don't run analogue

i did a kibri warehouse 4 months ago and i think kibri is much more precise and easier to built than faller. either way both faller and kibri are good products

sure can visit but my layout still on flat surface no real landscape yet... not enough space to put everything on the layout. my remaining items should be arriving by end of next week, don't know how much kastam will tax those personal collections

i'm not so particular about roadnames and era... too me price is always number one. that's why if you look at the attached pic, i have various roadnames

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11'x7' is a nice size can play around with many things. as for me i can't do anything at home yet, not enough space and got some pantang too, can't cut wood and can't drill holes till nov

all my precious locomotives were checked-in into my flight when i flew back here last month. don't wanna take any risk at all.

the rest are all on the ship... shipping company told me should be arriving today at port klang but so far still nothing

the local agent at port klang will let me know once my cargo is here. my main concern now is the tax since i have so many train items... even though all those are my personal collection they will still find a way to tax them

ebay does can get very cheap but again shipping also expensive unless you do combine shipping

try invest/spend a little bit more and get a DCC setup... after that you don't have to upgrade anymore. but do pick carefully as some DCC controller have limitations on number of locomotives can run simultaneously

my humble layout... still very basic


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