New Train Club & Coffee drinking Society

While most of the guys want to make a rail road, I want to make
the models. So, trying to figure out scale layouts and the like.
Confusing a bit, what else is new.

Any suggestions?
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pyotr filipivich <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

New Train Club & Coffee drinking Society

While most of the guys want to make a rail road, I want to make
the models. So, trying to figure out scale layouts and the like.
Confusing a bit, what else is new.

Any suggestions?
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pyotr filipivich
Rock is Dead! --- Long live Paper & Scissors!

Not sure exactly what you're asking. Most of us either build from kits or scratch-build. Kits, of course, generally have pre-cut pieces. For scratch-building, your best tool is a scale ruler (and a sharp Xacto
knife). The scale ruler lets you measure in your chosen scale as if you
were doing prototype measures, so you don't have to do the conversion
math. If you're actually into the math then you need to know the
conversion factors:

HO scale is 1:87 (3.5mm = 1 foot)
N scale is 1:160 (1.92mm = 1 foot)

so if you are building in N scale, for example, an 80 foot boxcar will be around 6 inches long.

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Dale Arends <[email protected]> on Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:28:30
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pyotr filipivich <[email protected]> wrote in >news:[email protected]:

New Train Club & Coffee drinking Society

While most of the guys want to make a rail road, I want to make
the models. So, trying to figure out scale layouts and the like.
Confusing a bit, what else is new.

Any suggestions?
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pyotr filipivich
Rock is Dead! --- Long live Paper & Scissors!

Not sure exactly what you're asking.

What I am seeking is some kind of scale 'template' for road, the "footprint" for the Bank, court house, "Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for
Single Girls", etc, etc.

Most of us either build from kits or scratch-build.
Kits, of course, generally have pre-cut pieces.

They also tend to be "more expensive". Time is money, so what you
save on one, you make up on the other.

For scratch-building, your best tool is a scale ruler (and a sharp Xacto >knife). The scale ruler lets you measure in your chosen scale as if you
were doing prototype measures, so you don't have to do the conversion
math. If you're actually into the math then you need to know the
conversion factors:

HO scale is 1:87 (3.5mm = 1 foot)
N scale is 1:160 (1.92mm = 1 foot)

.075 in is 1 scale foot.

Are there rulers in N-Scale? I haven't chance to see if any of my drafting rules can map easily to 1:160. Metric 300 can be use as
1:150 "double". ("Just remember which way you're converting...")
Otherwise, I have spreadsheets starting at 1" = .00625" up to
12" (or one foot) being .075" and then foot increments as convenient.
Or I can plat the city as 1 chain front to back and 1/3 chain side to
side.

so if you are building in N scale, for example, an 80 foot boxcar will be >around 6 inches long.

I'm working on the "model" side of the rail road club. The other
guys want to do the choo-choo, I just want to build the town. I think
I may have bit off more than I can handle. B-)

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HO scale is 1:87 (3.5mm = 1 foot)
N scale is 1:160 (1.92mm = 1 foot)

.075 in is 1 scale foot.

That is roughly correct for N scale.

.Are there rulers in N-Scale? I haven't chance to see if any of my
drafting rules can map easily to 1:160. Metric 300 can be use as
1:150 "double". ("Just remember which way you're converting...") .Otherwise, I have spreadsheets starting at 1" = .00625" up to
12" (or one foot) being .075" and then foot increments as convenient.
Or I can plat the city as 1 chain front to back and 1/3 chain side to
side.

If you check the hobby websites, I think you can indeed find scale rulers.

.I'm working on the "model" side of the rail road club. The other
guys want to do the choo-choo, I just want to build the town. I think
I may have bit off more than I can handle. B-)

Buying kits would be the easiest way to go if you have never scratchbuilt a scale model before. Buying one or two kits might give you an idea of how
large other buildings you want to build should be, and you might be able to
use the scale pieces to create a template for your scratch built structure pieces.

For example, if you buy a kit of a two story building, you would know that
a future four-story building you might want to build should be twice as
tall.

Mike


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