What is the percentage of reduction I would use to reduce a HO track pln down to N Scale. I’ve heard and read several numbers, but what really works?
Well, there’s not one answer. Strictly speaking, you would reduce to 87.1/160 of the HO plan, or 54.4% of the original. But, if the original plan is anything other than a plain rectangle you can get in trouble doing this, since any access areas still need to handle full sized humans, who don’t scale down. I’ve long been of the opinion that an HO plan built it’s original size in N-scale (adjusting track centers, yards, and things) could be a very nice layout, really adding the illusion of distance, and less crowding.
Hi Rian,
life is not always perfect, so between " take the same space" and “you can divide all length’s by two” are the numbers most of have to deal with. But it works the other way around, you just have a given space and you calculate the factor afterwards. Like: the plan I like is 10 feet, I have just 6 feet so I have to multiply by 0.6.
This implies also you could better post a drawing of the room (space) you have , with all obstacles drawn in, as well as a drawing of the plan you like.
Paul
This is where scissors come in handy…
John