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Ken, Thanks for your input. You are right, it is hard to switch after making a large investment in time, space and money in another scale. That's why I wanted to do my homework before committing to one or the other. I agree that one does give up something in detail with N scale, but I think I'm willing to give up that slight edge after seeing how much more I can do in the available space. I bought some HO scale building kits and put them together. I did the same for N scale. I found that the N scale wasn't that much more difficult to work with, and boy, I was really amazed at the level of detail that there was. I have yet to try my had a building scenery but I'm taking it one step at a time. You are also right regarding eyesight, but coming out of the electronic industry, I'm use to working under magifier lamps with small parts and trying to get parts to fit within a few mils. Half the size is probably four times more difficut to work with in terms of accuracy, and I can see where a slight error in HO becomes a huge error in N; but I guess I like the challenge. Besides, I need a few lessons in patience that I forgot in the "gotta ship it now" world that I just left. :-) The bottom line is that I have not made a large investment in either scale yet and I am planning on going to a club that has both HO and N scale layouts to see first hand what up to now I have only read about. The club is a bit over an hour's drive away, but I have been told that there are a few guys that live close to me that are members, so I'm going to get in touch with them first. Thanks to everyone that have replied here and by email. Don, Wickenburg, AZ
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