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If you are going down to 11" radius, then I'd say that you should make the extra effort to ensure that all your equipment is either truck/talgo mounted, or is body mounted, and also try to use rolling stock of similar lengths, because in my experience the disparity between truck and body mount becomes apparent at around 15" radius or under for N-scale. I'm using a 14" minimum radius on my layout, with broader curves anywhere I can fit them, and still I can have troubles when a long SD-45 with a body-mounted coupler is towing something with truck-mounted couplers. There is enough play in the coupler itself so that they stay coupled and don't derail, but I can't do any switching moves on a curve that tight. <br /> <br />As for the cost, I buy bulk packs of trucks and couplers, which come with ten pairs for around $30, give or take depending on where you buy from. So, the replacement wheelsets add $3 to the cost of a given car, and once I have weighted my old Bachmann "junk" to match my better stuff, replaced its wheelsets, and weathered it adequately, often there's little to distinguish it from the more expensive stuff. But, then, I have paid about $5 initially for the car, so my expenses are roughly the same as if I'd bought a new Micro-Trains car instead (maybe a little cheaper, since M-T cars are collectibles and thus variable in price).
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