Hi! I am interested in modeling in N scale. I spent many years building model kits, mostly military. I really like that HO has kits you can build and detail, I like the idea of all my cars being built from kits. What about N? I have not been able to find any rolling stock kits. Does anybody know of any? Maybe I should just switch to HO for the modeling opportunities. Thanks for any help!
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I think it is safe to say that the commercial supply of N scale kits per se is meager. However there is a reasonably flourishing body of N scalers who do wonderful and ambitious kitbashing and prototype detailing in N. Keith Kohlmann is one, and his articles have appeared in the major magazines as well as the N scale specialty magazines. So I would say that N scale offers satisfaction to the person who likes to build and make. Perhaps the kit is not in a box you can buy and is ready to go, but the materials and methods should be familiar to an experienced model builder.
Another very talented N scaler, Jerry Gunderson, has a wonderful website. Take a look at his photo galleries particularly his MOW equipment.
http://www.fcnrwy.mysite.com/
Dave Nelson
I could be out in left field here. I may not be the one to highlight on this subject.
Some of the guys on this forum that customize and build rolling stock is fascinating to me. They know who they are and I know who they are. This is not an avenue in my hobby that I have reached yet.
A hobby store in my area has an abundance of these Intermountain kits.
I look at them as probably cookie-cutter but maybe a good place for me to start fiddling with an introductory kit. Looks like a fun, little rainy day project.
TF
Roundhouse produced N scale kits in the late 90s, as did Intermountain. I have found several lots of these kits through online estate auctions such as offered by Stout auctions.
That is exactly the kind of kit I have been searching for!
Thanks for the tip, I'll keep my eye out for them.
I have seen Micro-Trains cars in "shake-the-box" kit form as well. They are getting rare to find now.
Cheers.
Maurice
N Scale Kits makes some wonderful metal kits, mostly of flats and container cars. I have built one and would happily buy more. (once there is room on the layout...)
http://www.nscalekits.com/
Track fiddler I could be out in left field here. I may not be the one to highlight on this subject. Some of the guys on this forum that customize and build rolling stock is fascinating to me. They know who they are and I know who they are. This is not an avenue in my hobby that I have reached yet. A hobby store in my area has an abundance of these Intermountain kits. I look at them as probably cookie-cutter but maybe a good place for me to start fiddling with an introductory kit. Looks like a fun, little rainy day project. TF
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These are the kits to look for. Also, "Fine N Scale" made some beautiful cast resin kits in the 1990s. They can still be found if you look.
-Kevin
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Check out MemoryTrains, at memorytrains.com. He has the early Atlas cars which came in kit form. They run from $5 to $10 each.
Caldreamer