Reddit mentions: The best hobby train accessories

There's this US shop on ebay who makes track cleaning cars by hand. Their design is super simple but it works great. It's not for a thorough cleaning but more for regular cleaning.
https://www.ebay.com/str/espeetcpexcessbaggageshoppe

I bought a car from them, they're nice people and the cleaning car works great! Plus it looks like a normal car so it can sit on your layout without looking weird and out of place.

For a more thorough cleaning there's the CMX cleaning car

It's expensive though but /u/ronstrainsnthings of Ron's Trains N Things reviewed it and said it works great.

EDIT: just saw this was posted 5months ago. Sorry.

Going to a pet store or model train store will get you a lot of cheap terrain that looks reasonably good. If you have some coin to throw around, I may recommend a nicer tree set, like this one

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JXW7OK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I've bought a couple packs of those before, and they look frankly fantastic.

My forest boards usually have a mix of nice/expensive trees and cheaper trees to fill up the board. Remember to get some line-of-sight blocking hills and cliffs to, and it's always nice to have a building or two.

For basing I'd recommend styrene sheets. They're cheap, easy to cut (I just use common scissors) and work well with regular model superglue.

Artsy for life

One of my favourite crafts is Warhammer. I've done a conversion from $ which is £15.50? I love painting the models, never really been a fan of the game though. I have a lot of painted models, which I believe to look pretty good, thing is the basing. I've never really tried to do anything to adventurous with the bases, but have always wanted to.

This basing kit along with some PVA Glue would get me off to a great start at having 100% complete looking troops.

I used to have loads of photos of my Warhammer, but cannot really find any at the moment. I found one which is on my website Sorry for the small image.

Although the models are small and fiddly to paint, I just find it so relaxing, and have such a sense of achievement at the end looking at them finished. I can take more photos when I get home if anyone is interested.

Could you use Amazon. Im not a steam person so I dont know exactly what your looking for or what "cheap" is for you but I found some if you wanna check them out.

Bachmann Trains - Chattanooga Ready To Run 155 Piece Electric Train Set - HO Scale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000ISI1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_IObkDbAAW8W6E

Bachmann Trains - Durango & Silverton Ready To Run Electric Train Set - HO Scale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NHEQWY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_yPbkDb778QMPP

Bachmann Trains - Pacific Flyer Ready To Run Electric Train Set - HO Scale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RG0LLE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_uQbkDbMTKK635

Bachmann Trains - The General Ready To Run Electric Train Set - HO Scale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NUA2RA8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_pRbkDbBBZ0K1P

Bachmann Trains - Overland Limited Ready To Run Electric Train Set - HO Scale https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006KQGF2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_HTbkDbGYCDSFV

Planes look great, but I’d suggest improving the attachment of your antennas. EZLine is fantastic for this. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KSDVF4V/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XuT7Cb5WEJ1M4

Very nice for your second. Heres a tip for trees, ive been slowlly learning how to do this. You can make some pretty good trees with some thin wire twisted a few times. Or if you want to buy some pre-made, this is one pack i purchased recently,

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B8G7S25/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

what ive been doing is chopping off the green on the trees and putting on some glue to the branches and sprinkling some woodlan sceneics fine turf on it for the leaves. also works nice for make shift bushes.

Bememo 33 Pieces Model Trees 1.18 - 6.29 inch/ 3 - 16 cm Mixed Model Tree Train Trees Railroad Scenery Diorama Tree Architecture Trees for DIY Scenery Landscape, Natural Green https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8JGBTH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_l6EACbVVCZF08

I liked these ones best so far.

Probably something like this little unit. Smoke generators are pretty popular with model railroad builders.

Easiest way to spruce up the base is to get some tufts like these (or a different variety if you'd like) and stick a couple on. You can vary the sizes (6mm is knee-length, for instance) if you want. Simple but looks really good. https://www.amazon.com/Adhesive-Static-Wargame-Railway-Deagt6100/dp/B06Y5RXDLJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1496681946&sr=8-3&keywords=tufts+grass

Got them on Amazon (here is the link):

https://www.amazon.it/dp/B06Y3VS23M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_FAKkDbFPWW0SZ

I also got some moss from my garden and dried it up, works very well with miniatures... plus it’s free!

https://www.amazon.com/Miniature-Sand-Basing-Base-Kit/dp/B01J1CTXZK

I think yours look pretty good though

So EZ track refers more towards this stuff which has a plastic roadbed. There is similar track that does not have the plastic roadbed and must be connected by separate rail joiners. This is called a lot of different things, but I call it sectional track. You would need a cork or similar roadbed for it, and you could ballast/paint it to look nice.

Back when I was a kid all we had was the horn hook couplers. Earlier this year when I got back into model railroading I bought a new locomotive. I was really surprised to find out it came with knuckle couplers. I then went and switched out all the couplers on my old stuff to knuckle couplers. Totally worth it. You can get a coupler height gauge like this. Set all your couplers to the same height and they shouldn't unhook.

A little repaint and I think you would have a nice rat. Check out the cheap radio control cars. Maybe something like this: https://www.amazon.com/snailrun-Radio-Control-Truck-Vehicle/dp/B07V54Y57W/ref=asc_df_B07V54Y57W/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=385419804656&hvpos=1o35&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2561093529562304268&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030766&hvtargid=pla-823135469911&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=87039472068&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=385419804656&hvpos=1o35&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2561093529562304268&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030766&hvtargid=pla-823135469911

Cool project you got there. Keep us posted!

> of course there's always the option of repainting the figures if you don't find exactly what you want.

Or buying bulk packs of unpainted people and decorating them as you like. Possibly even re-shaping hats, lapels, etc to your liking (x-axto knife and sandpaper).

H0 (1:87). See e.g.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Preiser-28140-Hostage-Situation/dp/B001TPBMI4

Preiser has tons of fun stuff. This one might appeal to a certain segment of the Reddit population:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Preiser-28124-Lady-Undressing/dp/B001SG5O60

They can be found on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/CWBPING-50pcs-HO-Scale-Passengers/dp/B07GB1HWV2/ref=mp_s_a_1_11?keywords=human+figures+plastic+model&qid=1554240583&s=gateway&sr=8-11

These are not the same, but they're similar.

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I'm assuming since you said ez-track you mean the bachman stuff for HO. If that is the case you should be good with one of these

https://www.amazon.com/Model-Rectifier-Corporation-Railpower-1370/dp/B0006O9B0K/ref=br_lf_m_o6zwsqdpgpdg8cs_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&s=toys-and-games

The biggest thing though is what are you running if the transformer? Just a train or if it an entire village worth of lights?

Yes. There are ready-to-go products like https://smile.amazon.com/Bachmann-Trains-Nickel-Reversing-System-Ho/dp/B0038LDLQI, or you can do it yourself with your own sensors.

This and This

Edit: Look into some bachmann nickel silver HO scale EZ track too.

What track are you using? Were there any pieces taken from something like this?

Most of the photo etch was included in the kit, I only added the outside railings, which was just a Eduard kit: 1/350 Royal Navy railings. The Rigging was done with a product called EZ Line, I used the fine black product.

Thanks re wagon. I can’t claim the trees though. I bought those on Amazon Bememo 22 Pieces Model Trees 3 -... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07B8G7S25?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Figured as time poor terraniac newbie I’d do that before spending time to make my own with sea foam, wire and clay.