Newbie N Gauge questions - with apologies/please be kind!

[crewearpley40]

Hi
Probably not much room in my opinion unless the five Sidings? in the middle can be utilised as a small station for a dmu . Great start but constructively track us  too close to the board edge to incorporate any station

Chris

[bwj]

Hi
Probably not much room in my opinion unless the five Sidings? in the middle can be utilised as a small station for a dmu . Great start but constructively track us  too close to the board edge to incorporate any station

Chris

Thanks and appreciated

I had to build close to the board edges in order to accommodate curves of sufficient radius for an 8 car Pendolino at full pelt. I'll build some protective barriers eventually and a back scene on the right hand side.

There's space for a 5cm wide platform on the right hand side which would then border the backscene. Hence the idea for a low relief station building on the same platform, if anybody actually makes one?

[ntpntpntp]

With regard to signals, the brand of track is irrelevant as there's no connection between the two unless you're using some kind of detection or DC / ABC isolating section linked to or controlled by the signal.
 
The important thing is to ensure the signals you choose are compatible with being driven by a DCC signal decoder if that's the method you wish to use.  That tends to imply the signals must use common positive wiring (not common negative).     
Otherwise the simple option is a control panel with toggle switches on a totally separate power circuit nothing to do with DCC.
It's worth keeping in mind that having signal aspects directly controlled by a point decoder is the simple approach but not necessarily prototypically accurate:  really all the points for the required route should be set first and only then the signal is cleared.

[crewearpley40]

Fair enough. I would scratchbuild platform and Google station building n gauge low relief, plenty of choice I have noticed.

Guess your seeking a modern building!

[jpendle]

Hi,

I use signals from Absolute Aspects, they're not cheap but are very good.

BTW, the Pendo has 9 cars 

John P