Model trains are most like the real thing. If you have an eye for detail this is the train set for you. Model railroads are all about the little details such as what a man is doing with his hands. If you ever need ideas there is a wealth of information on the internet. You can also subscribe to magazine called The Model Railroader. This has many ideas on layouts, plus hundreds of different things to buy. You can get any thing from trains and cars to buildings and people to paint and brushes. If you want to start your own layout you need to decide what size your going to do it in. There is the HO, O, N, S, and G size trains. They are all a different scales as you can see below.

 

 
 
NAME OF TRAIN SIZE SCALE
HO 1/87
O 1/48
N 1/160
G 1/24

 
 
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You can click on each picture to get more pictures like it. They are in two groups, buildings, and trains.