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Contents 1 Photographs 2 Power supply = 3 HO OO Compatibility 4 HO gauge 5 Picspam 6 Improvments 7 Scale Standards 8 This page is severely lacking

[edit] Photographs

I'd be nice to have some good quality and representative photographs in here, we could use a steam loco, a detailed layout, some stuff like that. I tried to include what I have, maybe I'll take some better photos, these were old ones. Someone uploaded a closeup of a bachmann switcher but it was so unrealistic up close it looked like a plastic toy, I deleted it, that is not representative of HO scale modeling... Fourdee 22:24, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

The picture you deleted I added again because I am detailing that locomotive now and will have a before and after shot. Once detailed it won't look like a toy. Brakeman Billy 16:16, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Well my picture has been deleted again. Fine by me if it is not up to standards, but that picture was a lot better that the out of focus and poorly lit trains sitting on a table that is (as of now) the firt picture on the page! Brakeman Billy 14:09, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Power supply =

Does anyone know how to calculate power supply requirements for HO scale model racing and train layouts. I am interested in designing an Ho train/slot car racing layout and would like to purchase the right power supplies for the application. GER

someone could add a section on this

[edit] HO OO Compatibility

I came to this page to try to find out if and how these two gauges are compatiible. May I suggest some content on this issue? Tatty 02:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] HO gauge

Don't see it: I've heard it's 5/8". Trekphiler 18:32, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picspam

Four images are too much for this small an article. The two middle ones are also very low-quality and do not therefore contribute into the overall page very much. Comments? --Agamemnon2 06:08, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

• There's been some shuffling of images, so my comment above has been rendered invalid. I'd still like something more "iconic" for the first picture, though, like a big steamer or diesel loco. Having a direct visual reference to scale would also be, in my mind, a beneficial addition. --Agamemnon2 08:59, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I deleted the frist picture because of very poor quality, bad lighting, and it gave the article a bad appearance. 19:20, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Improvments

We need a table of Contents like the other model pages have. 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I cleaned up the article some. In the histoy section was a lot of information on controls and DC and DCC, so I put that under the "Control" section and added some outside links. Please help expand the links, I only know a few sites. --Billy Rules 14:48, 26 November 2006

[edit] Scale Standards

The page is somewhat confusing since it does not make a difference between HO as defined by NMRA and MOROP-standardized H0 which are strictly speaking not identical. For instance, HOe and HOm should read H0e and H0m since they are narrow gauge scales defined in NEM standards and new uses H0 (zero) and not HO.
Z220info 23:07, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This page is severely lacking

Compared to N scale, this article is lagging behind. Its current focus js rather UK-centric and makes no mention of the substantial German and US communities, even though in both countries it is the single most popular scale. Several paragraphs also require the attention of copyeditors and experts on the topic. --Agamemnon2 23:06, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Without debating the merit of your argument, your cleanup-rewrite template adition — and the snide remark included with it — is in no way helpful and even borderline vandalism. If you feel the article is so terribly deficient, I suggest you jump right in and improve it yourself. Realkyhick 07:33, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I haven't the expertise or the knowledge to rewrite the page. My hamfisted attempts at rewrites would merely make the whole thing worse. There are far too many pages on Wikipedia already that have been ruined by well-meaning fools, and I have no inclination to add to that number.

As for the snideness... Cope. --Agamemnon2 10:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

The section on curved track is really good, but I think it is rather a lot for this type of page and would be better in a beginners guide to HO scale. could this section be cleand up a bit or is it all needed? --Billy Rules 18:35, 14 February 2007