I keep coming across items of N Gauge for sale all over the internet and the common comment with the sale was " Selling as moving to OO Gauge as getting older and due to eyesight". :(
Here's me, yes I'm getting older...well only 53 (ahem, cough!) and moving to N Gauge from OO Gauge. :doh:
Oh dear, what am I doing?!!! :no:
Barry
Quote from: Barry M on September 17, 2013, 09:18:28 AM
I keep coming across items of N Gauge for sale all over the internet and the common comment with the sale was " Selling as moving to OO Gauge as getting older and due to eyesight". :(
Paul Fontaine, an optician, wrote an article in the N Gauge Journal about eyesight and N Gauge. He suggested that when visiting an optician take an N Gauge model with you to ensure that your new glasses are suitable.
Michael
Quote from: Barry M on September 17, 2013, 09:18:28 AM
I keep coming across items of N Gauge for sale all over the internet and the common comment with the sale was " Selling as moving to OO Gauge as getting older and due to eyesight". :(
Here's me, yes I'm getting older...well only 53 (ahem, cough!) and moving to N Gauge from OO Gauge. :doh:
Oh dear, what am I doing?!!! :no:
Barry
Stronger glasses are a lot cheaper than selling your N and going back to 00...! :NGaugersRule:
Yes, perhaps a pair of 'Modelling Glasses' higher magnification, purely for modelling? :thumbsup:
Do you think that's a possibility? Or will the optician laugh at me? ;)
Barry
Quote from: Barry M on September 17, 2013, 09:18:28 AM
Oh dear, what am I doing?!!! :no:
You're being a pioneer instead of a sheep :NGaugersRule:
I use a magnifier visor that I got from a local modelling shop, it cost me about a tenner. Its brilliant! Although my kids (all adults) think I look like the mad professor out of "Honey I shrunk the kids" when its being used.
As an idea http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/magnifying-visor (http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/magnifying-visor)
Quote from: Barry M on September 17, 2013, 10:25:55 AM
Yes, perhaps a pair of 'Modelling Glasses' higher magnification, purely for modelling? :thumbsup:
Do you think that's a possibility? Or will the optician laugh at me? ;)
Barry
Not at all, I'll bet they get asked that all the time. Not just for modelling, but for lots of other hobbies and occupations. One of those magnifiers with a ring light built in would be a good investment, I'm lucky as I don't need glasses (yet), but even i'd struggle without my desk lamp to light up the object i'm working on.
Yes, I see they come in differing magnifications too!
I can put up with being called 'A mad professor' - The kids have called me worse......(behind my back)! ;D
Barry
In my experience the theory that the smaller the scale the better the eyesite required is untrue...
The larger the scale, the greater the detail you need to include, and the smallest component in an O gauge kit can often be smaller than the smallest part in an N gauge kit!
Quote from: Barry M on September 17, 2013, 09:18:28 AM
I keep coming across items of N Gauge for sale all over the internet and the common comment with the sale was " Selling as moving to OO Gauge as getting older and due to eyesight". :(
Here's me, yes I'm getting older...well only 53 (ahem, cough!) and moving to N Gauge from OO Gauge. :doh:
Oh dear, what am I doing?!!! :no:
Barry
Barry, if you're worried about age at 53, what you gonna do when you get to my level - 79. You're only two thirds of the way yet! :D
I have a head band magnifier but don't find I need it for much of the time, I'm still building kits, kit bashing and some scratch building; I've been wearing glasses for many years now, had a cataract op last year, due for one on the other eye some time in the next couple of years.
I find eyesight is not as much a limiting factor given magnifiers when needed, I have more trouble with fumble fingers and droppit syndrome, biggest problem with droppit is not only the dropping but more serious is the getting down to pick up whatever dropped
then getting back up.
Barry, if you're worried about age at 53, what you gonna do when you get to my level - 79. You're only two thirds of the way yet! :D
I have a head band magnifier but don't find I need it for much of the time, I'm still building kits, kit bashing and some scratch building; I've been wearing glasses for many years now, had a cataract op last year, due for one on the other eye some time in the next couple of years.
I find eyesight is not as much a limiting factor given magnifiers when needed, I have more trouble with fumble fingers and droppit syndrome, biggest problem with droppit is not only the dropping but more serious is the getting down to pick up whatever dropped then getting back up.
:laugh: I know exactly what you mean....believe me Mike!
Also, losing bits in the carpet 'forest' is a nightmare!
Barry
Quote from: Barry M on September 17, 2013, 02:48:01 PM
:laugh: I know exactly what you mean....believe me Mike!
Also, losing bits in the carpet 'forest' is a nightmare!
Barry
I have a 'Big Magnet' - fabulous for 'finding' (ferrous) bits in the carpet
Quote from: FeelixTC on September 17, 2013, 03:07:13 PM
Quote from: Barry M on September 17, 2013, 02:48:01 PM
:laugh: I know exactly what you mean....believe me Mike!
Also, losing bits in the carpet 'forest' is a nightmare!
Barry
I have a 'Big Magnet' - fabulous for 'finding' (ferrous) bits in the carpet
I take my shoes and socks off... soon find the bits then :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: mereman on September 17, 2013, 04:04:53 PM
I take my shoes and socks off... soon find the bits then :smiley-laughing:
You wouldn't if your soldering skills were like mine :no:
Quote from: Dorsetmike on September 17, 2013, 02:40:52 PM
biggest problem with droppit is not only the dropping but more serious is the getting down to pick up whatever dropped then getting back up.
As the comedian once said "When I bend down to tie my shoes laces I ask myself what else I can do while I'm down here"
Quote from: Dorsetmike on September 17, 2013, 02:40:52 PM
Barry, if you're worried about age at 53, what you gonna do when you get to my level - 79. You're only two thirds of the way yet! :D
I have a head band magnifier but don't find I need it for much of the time, I'm still building kits, kit bashing and some scratch building; I've been wearing glasses for many years now, had a cataract op last year, due for one on the other eye some time in the next couple of years.
I find eyesight is not as much a limiting factor given magnifiers when needed, I have more trouble with fumble fingers and droppit syndrome, biggest problem with droppit is not only the dropping but more serious is the getting down to pick up whatever dropped then getting back up.
All very true Mike, very true.
Barry, I used to worry about my problems with eyesight and arthritic hands until I started reading on here about Mike's escapades at the age of 79 with kit bashing and scratch building. Now I've got him encouraging me back into kit bashing, something I haven't done in 25 years! And yes, I do have one of those magnifiers, on of my kids bought it for me for Christmas, it keeps them all amused...
Nick
:D Well, took your advice - here I am: Professor...?..No........Mad.....Probably! :D
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/55/thumb_7090.jpg) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=7090)
Barry
That's the one!!! :laughabovepost:
The other reason you shouldn't start worrying is that you've still got a good head of hair, when that starts falling out big time, that's when your eyesight will fail and your hands will start shaking....
I've been finding it harder and harder to see bits on my locos when I'm putting them back together after a service. I'd tried a lamp with the magnifyer but found it didn't help much.
Thanks for the information about the headband magnifyiers. Going to give one a try.
Got one of these too! Built in LED's - really first class piece of kit!
Barry
(http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/55/thumb_7091.JPG) (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=7091)
Oooo..... :admiration: That's the fancy one ! I'd like one of those myself... :drool:
I hope they both (lamp and visor thing) do the job well for you. :thumbsup:
Hi
I'm 65 my problem is shakyites,I have trouble putting loco's and especially rolling stock onto the track,my hands shake so much I take ages trying to get all the wheels on,I think coaches are the worst they are so light.
I get one set of bogies on,then when I try to put the second set on I knock the first set off :veryangry:, or after finally getting one coach on when I try to couple up a second coach I derail the first coach. it's enough to make you :'(
:A1Tornado: Michael H
Hi Michael,
I would recommend a re-railer such as this one.........
http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/n-gauge-peco-sl-337-rerailer-117204004.htm?from=googleshop_uk&adwords=Y&gclid=CMKe4P-_3LkCFSTJtAod7FkA4Q (http://uk.ebid.net/for-sale/n-gauge-peco-sl-337-rerailer-117204004.htm?from=googleshop_uk&adwords=Y&gclid=CMKe4P-_3LkCFSTJtAod7FkA4Q)
They can be found cheaper than this!
Michael I use one of these http://test.ehattons.com/35468/Peco_Products_SL_337_Re_railer/StockDetail.aspx (http://test.ehattons.com/35468/Peco_Products_SL_337_Re_railer/StockDetail.aspx)
Damn Nobby beat me to it :smiley-laughing:
Hi
Thank you both for the tip about the rerailer,
I must say what a friendly site this is,makes a change to some of the train simulator sites
Michael H :A1Tornado:
Yup, a re-railer is the way to go :thumbsup:
It's bad enough fiddling around with OO on tracks - N is just too ... :help: !!! Saves so much aggro :D
Given the choice between Peco types and Kato types of re railers, (I have one of each), I prefer the Kato one. It's not so steep a gradiant, my Mk1 GUV's come off the Kato one much better.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-KATO-UNITRACK-24-000-RERAILER-/121094444177?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item1c31ca9491 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-KATO-UNITRACK-24-000-RERAILER-/121094444177?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item1c31ca9491)
I also have problems getting anything except 0-6-0s properly on the track every time.
Having tried both the Peco and Kato rerailers, like Jack I find the Kato version easier to to use.
Ray
I've got a Minitrix one, seems to work fine one day, next day hopeless.
Kato rerailer. It does what is says on the label. Although I used my old Lima rail crossings to good effect.
Does the Kato one work with Peco code 55? I ask cos the blurb with one on ebay mentioned Unitrack, which made me wonder if it worked as well with other makes of rrack.
I've used the Kato one on Peco set track without any problems, if that's any help.
Ray
Quote from: Dorsetmike on September 23, 2013, 09:49:39 PM
Does the Kato one work with Peco code 55? I ask cos the blurb with one on ebay mentioned Unitrack, which made me wonder if it worked as well with other makes of rrack.
Yep! I use Peco Code 55.