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<\/p>\nBecause its small, but not so small as to overly challenge the dexterity of normal adults.<\/p>\n
Here is a visual comparison of common scales:<\/p>\n
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N scale layouts can cram a lot of detail into a small space, yet present sweeping vistas in a way that HO can\u2019t in a home layout. If the grand empire is what you want, N scale can really get the job done. Long trains on long winding mainlines, with big yards and industrial scale structures are the meat and potatoes of the grand N-scale empire.<\/p>\n
Wandering around the net, you frequently see find N-scalers talking about 18″, 20″ and larger radii curves.\u00a0 If you’ve got the space,\u00a0cool.<\/p>\n
If all you can handle is a 2′ x 3′ board, you can fit an N oval (with 9 3\/4″ radius curves)\u00a0and spur on that with plenty of space left for scenery.\u00a0 Another approach is to simply take advantage of the size and fit a “bigger” railroad into a smaller space. It\u2019s the layout you can\u2019t do in HO because you just can\u2019t fit it. But in N you can.<\/p>\n
There\u00a0seem to be\u00a0more kits and parts available for N than ever before, but product lines are still thin relative to HO. Steam locomotives are a little on the scarce side right now; diesel is a completely different story.\u00a0 I guess that is what the market wants at the moment.<\/p>\n
N-scale Craftsman-quality kits are available from a wide variety of sources, though it takes some internet searching to find some of them. Sound decoders have gotten small enough to fit many N-scale locos now; the only remaining limitation in DCC\/Sound caused by miniaturization is limits on functions and embedded memory. Trust me, these limits will be gone soon. Just look what gets crammed into a phone these days.<\/p>\n
So, with all the N-scale kits and gear, miniaturized computing, electronics\u00a0and general purpose robotics equipment available, what you can do is limited only by time, money and imagination. Where space is at a premium, and\/or portability is essential, this is a good way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Because its small, but not so small as to overly challenge the dexterity of normal adults. Here is a visual comparison of common scales: N scale layouts can cram a lot of detail into a small space, yet present sweeping vistas in a way that HO can\u2019t in a home layout. If the grand empire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenscaler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}