This may be obvious, but whatever you do with pink foam board, DON'T use canned spray paint on it, unless you want an acid-torn landscape... The...
Even if the scale is a bit off, their placement on the layout with some intentional forced perspective might make it work... Have them in places...
The prices are higher because they're listed in Canadian Funds... Assuming the exchange rate is current, the Canadian dollar is at about $0.76 US....
If I can tack another question into Trevor's t thread: I am assuming at this point that for us beginners we're best to stick with Code 80 track...
Well... My first locomotive is a Kato model... and if I am lucky with an ebay sale, my second one will be as well... ...but I still have to get...
The radii on the inner curves are the standard 9 3/4" which is part of the standard Atlas N9 design. The outer curves are made using 11" radius...
Raised freeway works... the CN Lines tend to run parallel to and crisscross the 401... and even do so near some of the auto plants... hmmmm...
Hey All, I've recently acquired the new Kato P42DC with Via Rail markings as my very first acquisition for an eventual N-Scale layout. It's DCC...
I've thought about tunnels... to divide up the layout... placing them would be reasonably easy... Although the trouble is, the prototype (CN/Via)...
Rick... thanks... I'll be budgeting for something like a Zephyr. As far as an actual layout, I've already started some track planning... I've...
I've been fiddling around with Atlas' track planning software... Being pretty new to this, this is my first attempt. I started with Atlas's N9...
Interestingly enough, the new locomotives at this production facility don't even have paint schemes yet. I think they're applied after they are...
I'm going to take a stab in the dark and see what comes back. I am presently eyeing Kato's new P42 Model with Via Rail Canada markings as my first...
Hrm... Still a newbie asking questions, but interestingly enough, I live reasonably close to the General Motors Electro-motive Division in London,...
The trouble is, the store selling the loco for less happens to be in a city an hour away from here. Fortunately, I find myself driving to Hamilton...
Thanks for the replies! One of the things in the above trackplan that I likely would not include is the turntable. That is perhaps too ambitious...
I'm perhaps an even newer newbie to N-Scale model railroading. At 34 yrs old, I am just looking to get into the hobby. I have related skills in...
