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Jealous of N-scalers
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I suffer the same envy at times, CARRfan, so I sympathize. <br /> <br />But I've seriously pondered N-scale at times, and the reasons I've stayed HO remain valid. They're admittedly very personal and subjective: I simply don't find N-scale pleasing on a visceral level. Something about it is just too small and doesn't "do it" for me the way HO does. To me, HO is about as small as I can go and still feel like I have a connection to the layout. I'm not explaining well, but perhaps you take my meaning. <br /> <br />Not to mention that my stubby fat fingers have enough trouble doing detail work at HO scale... N would be impossible for me. <br /> <br />I should also add that it doesn't matter if you're in an 8x10 space. Truly! For instance, have more space than that and STILL can't do everything I want or fit in everything I want. If I had double the space I have, I'd still have things I couldn't do... I think that much as you are trying to wedge in this and that, it's not a matter of "if I only had ____"... <br /> <br />My last layout was 11x14 L-shape, and I spent a lot of time thinking "if only I could use that third wall and have an 11x14 U-shape, I could do everything I wanted...." <br /> <br />Now I have more than 20x20, and there's plenty of "compromise" in the layout anyway... So don't get trapped in the "if only I had ___, then I could" ... including "if only I had N-scale, I could...." thing. <br /> <br />In any case, thought I'd share my perspective since you're in N-vy mode.
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