Post by Bill on May 25, 2023 21:56:41 GMT
For those that have "Lit Buildings" with a model railroad layout, what village do you have and what scale do you run?
My collection is Department 56 (mostly) in the Heritage Village style. Mostly Dickens but some of whatever suits my fancy.
I was never able to get a definitive answer about what fits. Every village is different and there are a huge amount of options.
So, to help me decide, I took a building to a train store and compared the size of the scale people to the front door. (I prefer no 50' people in my displays) Seems HO fit well. Bought a Bachmann 4-4-0 and a couple of cars for my 1880s look.
That's when I realized the building was a North Pole Village and smaller than the Dickens scale. (Note: Snow Village is even larger)
Over the years Dept 56 hasn't been much help - they've released different size trains.
Since I had the track design already and had bought all the track, I thought I was locked in. Then I found that Dept 56 had a neat 4-4-0 set in On30.
So that's been my solution. It seems nothing is a perfect match since all the buildings don't match and the "People" surely don't match. Plus, almost every brand is different as well, but it suits me.
I like thinking "whatever you like, is what works" but I'm curious what choices are in this community.
Bill.
My collection is Department 56 (mostly) in the Heritage Village style. Mostly Dickens but some of whatever suits my fancy.
I was never able to get a definitive answer about what fits. Every village is different and there are a huge amount of options.
So, to help me decide, I took a building to a train store and compared the size of the scale people to the front door. (I prefer no 50' people in my displays) Seems HO fit well. Bought a Bachmann 4-4-0 and a couple of cars for my 1880s look.
That's when I realized the building was a North Pole Village and smaller than the Dickens scale. (Note: Snow Village is even larger)
Over the years Dept 56 hasn't been much help - they've released different size trains.
Since I had the track design already and had bought all the track, I thought I was locked in. Then I found that Dept 56 had a neat 4-4-0 set in On30.
So that's been my solution. It seems nothing is a perfect match since all the buildings don't match and the "People" surely don't match. Plus, almost every brand is different as well, but it suits me.
I like thinking "whatever you like, is what works" but I'm curious what choices are in this community.
Bill.
