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How many details on a prototype train traveling 70 mph do you really see. If you want "scale" models, buy them. Who cares what "scale" they are. As a model railroader, I find N scale to be a trade off. You gain the advantage of having a little space hold a nice layout, as well as having a large space with an awsome layout. The practical reality is the train must stay on the track hence the need for functionality. If prototypical details on locos and rolling stock and such are whats important to you then maybe N "scale" (yes i said "scale") is not perfect for you. The fact that they are detailed enough to present themselves as realistic may be insufficient for your taste. In that case they will always fall short. But I say that if you truly consider details as important in the model railroad hobby, you must consider the layout in total. Not just the train running on the track. What good is a superdetailed loco and cars, if they just run around on a mediocre layout or just plywood. Ask yourself if detail is really important to you. If it is I am convinced that the level of detail that is compressed into an N scale layout is greater in quantity and that is a quality all it's own. The scene in Nscale can be developed to a greater degeree than in HO scale. You can have an industrial area or town with more in it on the same footprint than HO scale. I believe this fact to be of critical importance. When you see a train, ask yourself, how much of the rest of what's in your view can you create in HO or larger scales. I believe in N you can do more. Grousing about flanges and rail head height to me is really irrelevant. Who looks at that when the train rolls by? I don't, do you? If these are the things that you look at perhaps it is more of a collector mentality you have. Not that that is bad, but as someone who enjoys building a layout and running a train, I think you get more bang for the buck in NScale. Furthermore, when is the last time you took a photo loop to the train store. I have several Atlas tank cars and many Microtrains cars that when you look at them under a loop you see things that are not visible with the naked eye. Such as fine print which is legible and crisp and my favorite, rivets and bolt heads.
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