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[n2mopac]

I am trying to bring all of my N scale rolling stock up to NMRA weight standards. The weight increments in N scale are .15 oz. I need a delicate scale that is relatively accurate to .1 oz to accompli***his task, but I am having a hard time finding one. Does anyone know a good place to find such a delicate scale?
Ron

[Anonymous]

Check with Office Depot, OfficeMax or Staples. The electronic postage scales should have that degree of accuracy....Vic

[Anonymous]

I went to the local tire store and bought some strips of wheel weights (the kind with the adhesive on the back. They are marked at 1 oz. intervals. The NMRA standard I think is .15 per inch of car (40 ft. car .45, 50 ft. .60), I just cut the weights in half (half oz. each). Been using them this way for 7 years with no problems. Having said that some rolling stock (flat cars, tank cars etc.) don't have a place to put any weight of any kind that I know of. Your best bet for reliable operation is weight the cars you can and make sure your trackwork is flawless!!! Use quality wheelsets (I use micro trains only), make sure wheel sets and track are in gauge etc. Oh and during all this don't forget to have fun!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I don't know if you have a direct-marketing outfit in the USA called "Regal", but my wife got me a great little scale from them. It seems accurate to less than 1/4 oz...fine for me in HO, and goes up to 9 ozs.
"Regal" is sold up here in a similar way to Tupperware, Amway, etc.
My wife also got me a great little battery powered vacuum cleaner from Regal...10" long overall with the nozzle on.
Right now she's out in the kitchen making up trees from kits...I'm a lucky guy !
regards/Mike

[Anonymous]

The digital postage scales from Office depot,Office Max, etc. work well. They are accurate to within .1 oz. I've used one for about 4 years and am well pleased with it. It's made accurately weighting cars a lot easier.

[mecrr]

eBay has some excellent deals on very accurate scales for about $29. I recently bought a Multi-Functional Digital Scale
which goes up to 6.6lb (105.8oz.) Capacity with a 0.1oz Accuracy. Do a search for Escali or seller by the name of "internetauctionstore"