Preaching to the Converted - In Praise of 'N'!

rogerfarnworth · June 11, 2019, 07:48:44 AM

This is a bid to claim that the best scale is 2mm and the best gauge is 'N'!! What is not to like in N gauge?

I guess that some may disagree?

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/05/24/n-gauge-railway-modelling

The Q · June 11, 2019, 08:24:20 AM

The best Scale is what ever suits you, I do wish I had gone for 2mmFS for my home railway, simply because I didn't scale the maps up before I collected vast amounts of stock, the Shed needed to be 54ft long for EM gauge for my desired station..

Every Scale is a compromise, in N, we generally have to put up with some awful looking couplings, but we can get away with less detail.

ntpntpntp · June 11, 2019, 08:38:45 AM

Yes some excellent photos and layouts are featured as examples of British N, but don't forget the rest of the world

Bealman · June 11, 2019, 09:41:46 AM

I wouldn't look at any other gauge, but I don't make it exclusive. Basically I love anything that runs on rails, be it Z, N, OO, O,1 and everything I've missed, up to 1:1.

Platy767 · June 11, 2019, 02:26:30 PM

I've been N gauge from my beginning, but on the weekend I finally laid 2 yards of code75 on a plank for a test run of a OO LT Red Pannier (another interest) that has been in the box since 2011. I have a couple of OO LT wagons as well. Hmmm. The (N) force is strong, but I think I'm being seduced by the dark side!

Pity about the OO tension lock couplings! I reckon they are WORSE than the rapido type N gauge couplings. It looks like kadees/microtrains all around!

Mark

RailGooner · June 11, 2019, 04:35:08 PM

Scramble the N Gauge Intervention Squad, destination Sydney!

Platy767 · June 12, 2019, 01:23:13 AM

It's not a mayday situation yet, but definitely a pan pan!

Mark

rogerfarnworth · June 12, 2019, 07:10:36 AM

The enemy appears to be of inflated size and like the devil 😈 appears in red. It just needs a pitch-fork!

ntpntpntp · June 12, 2019, 08:59:47 AM

Quote from: Platy767 on June 12, 2019, 01:23:13 AM
It's not a mayday situation yet, but definitely a pan pan!

Mark

pah, you think you have problems

rogerfarnworth · June 12, 2019, 09:09:56 AM

Your Devil seems to have an evil smile on its face.

Platy767 · June 14, 2019, 01:35:21 PM

Quite a handsome brute...and not confined to tracks? They will take over the world!

davidinyork · June 14, 2019, 05:04:10 PM

Quote from: Platy767 on June 14, 2019, 01:35:21 PM
Quite a handsome brute...and not confined to tracks? They will take over the world!

They've certainly already largely taken over the freight-train world in this country (albeit in different colours to that one!).