• anyone know of N-scale templates for beginners?

    From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 16 17:57:34 2022
    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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  • From Dale Arends@21:1/5 to pyotr filipivich on Mon Jan 17 13:28:30 2022
    pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote in news:e4j9ugtatt1ps6vg72tmb4dtca4nh4s83c@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?
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    pyotr filipivich
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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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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 17 15:36:36 2022
    Dale Arends <DaleSafe@sbcglobal.net> on Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:28:30
    -0600 typed in rec.models.railroad the following:
    pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote in >news:e4j9ugtatt1ps6vg72tmb4dtca4nh4s83c@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?
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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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  • From Dumas Walker@1:2320/105 to PYOTR FILIPIVICH on Tue Jan 18 17:00:00 2022
    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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