Hi, new guy here. Guess my first post will be rather ambitious, and that is this: Athough I have had an interest in model railroading for most of my life, and have built some small N-scale layouts on 2x4ft sheets of plywood, I want to set a bigger long term goal for myself. That is to build an N-scale layout of the portion of the Conrail/CSX line that snakes West through the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains in Western Massachusetts near the town of Chester. As you can imagine, this is quite a long-term project which I hope I can get the chance to bring to life one day in the future. My though is experiment with different model railroad techniques, mainly track work, wiring, electronics, and DCC (I'm no electrical engineer, heh). And I hope Model Railroader among other will help me to apply many skills that I have learn in armor modeling to the world of model trains.
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I am a big fan of doing lots of experimental projects before deciding what to do on your actual layout. What works for some, might not be right for you.
N scale looks amazing for big layouts, big scenes, and long trains.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 to the Model Railroader Magazine forums. Your first few posts will be delayed by the moderators, please stick around. The moderation delay will end soon enough. I am a big fan of doing lots of experimental projects before deciding what to do on your actual layout. What works for some, might not be right for you. N scale looks amazing for big layouts, big scenes, and long trains. -Kevin
Thanks SeeYou190. As I said, I have previous experience in Armor Military Modelling (Tanks, Armored Cars, Jeeps, etc.) in terms of kit-building and scenery. The bigger obstacle for me is DCC and wiring (particularly turnouts ), but I am willing try it nonetheless (plus I have a MRR book on DCC too).