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Well, Excellent advice from all. Another word of caution. I too being a reformed HO guy, this N Scale thing does not tolerate the margins of error we had before. While that sounds like a dumb statement, you will be surprised to find that the N Scale stuff is very finicky about small mistakes in allignment. I mean, I could have the track in HO nearly perfect first pass... minor visual gaps, that would mean only a click in HO will completely derail N Scale. You will spend more time bulletproofing your trackwork in N than you ever imagined in HO. I agree with the HO planning sizes for N Scale deployment. It brings it all together more realistically. However, do not short change this advice and decide to reign in your minimum radius ideas. Huge Sweeping mainline curves are still needed to get those big consists to navigate. In N Scale you can pull a ton of cars with just a loco or two, their power to size ratio will astonish you... but if your curves are too tight, the tail of the train will try to pull the locos off the track. So, the middle of a really long cut will wind up in the scenery! Welcome to N Scale! (PS - Buy a magnifier headset for some of your little projects. They will be worth their weight in gold when you have to clean your locos, or detail a new building.)
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