I am new here. Have a bunch of HO stored away, but have decided to build a copy of the N scale R/R in the latest issue of Model Railroader. It’s 12’ x 12’, with three level’s. I am clearing out one of my buildings , 12’ x 24’ and will build one about that size.
Have been out of modeling for a while, but am aquiring stock and buildings to start building in about 3 months. I see that there is new types of track. Is the Bachman EZ worth having? Seems to be fairly expensive if one is putting in a lot of track. What about Kato? Will be using DCC. I have some older Digital control stuff but forgot what brand. Would like to use some of that if possible to use with new digital.
Question about the triple level. How does one build the helix? Did not see any drawings in article. Anyone done that? Thanks in advance.
for a layout that size eztrack or kato is doing to be really expensive . and you won’t have the flexibility that you would if you use flextrack and ‘normal’ turnouts . plus the profile is too high and a lot of people have had reliability issues . i’d think twice if i were you
Thanks. That answers that question. I just put in a bid for more than 140 pieces of track, plus 6 turnouts, wires, switches, etc. basically a whole layout that is 6 months old. Plus wires and such. I bid $100.00, but I think it may be worth twice that, or not. Not sure about pricing on N gauge. The layout in the Mag. article has lots and lots of track!
Thanks Bill. I like the look of the basic building block better. I’ll buy a couple, need one for track layout and spacing, and how to retro fit DCC into engines not set up for it. I’ve also been looking at thr prices of turnouts on EBay. They look to be $20.00 or more. Looking at the layout in the magazine, I counted at least 50 turnouts! Model rr is a lot more expensive than it used to be.
Which code track to use for N scale? Is there 40, 55, and 80? I see code 55 talked about and advertised the most. There are some very nice handmade turnouts of code 55 for sale on EBay. However, it is mentioned that wheels of cars can hit the ties with code 55. Thanks.
N scale 80 or 55. Check out http://www.atlasrr.com/. See the Products and then Track link on left of that page.
N scale turnouts. See https://secure.atlasrr.com/mod1/items.asp?. If you are looking at $20 for an N scale turnout, that is a lot IMHO. I did an N scale as my first and I think I paid about $9 for a single N scale snap switch, code 80. Even Atlas “list” price is ~ $11.75.