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anyone know of N-scale templates for beginners?
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pyotr filipivich
Jan 16, 2022, 8:57:38 PM1/16/22
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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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Dale Arends
Jan 17, 2022, 2:28:36 PM1/17/22
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pyotr filipivich <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote in
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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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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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pyotr filipivich
Jan 17, 2022, 6:36:45 PM1/17/22
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Dale Arends <Dale...@sbcglobal.net> on Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:28:30
-0600 typed in rec.models.railroad the following:
"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.
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.
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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and "After all, these are Modern Times."
-0600 typed in rec.models.railroad the following:
>pyotr filipivich <ph...@mindspring.com> wrote in
>news:e4j9ugtatt1ps6vg7...@4ax.com:
>
>>
>> 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?
>> --
>> 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
>news:e4j9ugtatt1ps6vg7...@4ax.com:
>
>>
>> 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?
>> --
>> pyotr filipivich
>> Rock is Dead! --- Long live Paper & Scissors!
>>
>
>Not sure exactly what you're asking.
"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.
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.
>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)
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
>so if you are building in N scale, for example, an 80 foot boxcar will be
>around 6 inches long.
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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pyotr filipivich
The two oldest cliches are "The Old Days were better."
and "After all, these are Modern Times."
Dumas Walker
Jan 18, 2022, 7:14:34 PM1/18/22
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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.
> >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
> 1:150 "double". ("Just remember which way you're converting...")
> 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.
> Or I can plat the city as 1 chain front to back and 1/3 chain side to
> side.
> .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
> I may have bit off more than I can handle. B-)
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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