Updated: 22 April 2025
Mission
Large Scale Insider launched late 2024 with the sole mission of providing news, insights, and buying advice for the large scale model trains scene.
It is my personal belief that there’s plenty of (expert) advice already available on the internet (personal blogs, forums, Facebook groups, …), but there’s not a single source that broadens the view to something a true newcomer to the hobby really needs.
About Me
I am a model railroad hobbyist from Belgium. I have always been fascinated by cars, trains and technology, so I knew my hobbies would steer in that direction. I bought a small LGB Toytrain starter set for Christmas in 2006. Only one week later, I was back in the shop to purchase some extra track and rolling stock… And that’s where it all went wrong, hah!
Being in my early thirties now, with two little kids, and finally a house with a proper garden, it is now only a matter of time until we will get started on a railway outside.
I love the charm of narrow gauge railways, but I can appreciate the impressive standard gauge trains as well. German, Swiss or American railways, all of them are unique and beautiful in their own ways. My personal collection focuses on the Harz narrow gauge railway (HSB), but I also own some standard gauge Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) and Swiss narrow gauge Rhätische Bahn (RhB) stuff.
Large Scale Insider is a continuation of G Scale News, a highly regarded website active between ~2010 and ~2017. I am/was the sole author of both.