I envy you HO guys!

[Midnight Railroader]

HO is too easy.

You want a real challenge, try Sn3 or Nn3.

[Medina1128]

For me, the decision was simply a matter of 1) my eyes aren't what they used to be, and 2) neither are my hands. It's hard enough to put HO cars/locomotices on the track.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I've built a grand total of two N Scale layouts as opposed to over twenty HO layouts (not all for myself). Medical problems and a lack of available components forced me to abandon the smaller scales.

[Robby P.]

I have always had my layouts done in HO.  I have thought about N scale, but I really enjoy HO scale.  I guess its easier to do, as size wise.  I just don't know if I have the patience for N.  Yes, HO takes up more room, but I do think it has good detail.  But honestly, I think the HO scale gets hard sometimes as well.

[2-8-8-0]

Hehehe. After beating my head against a wall for the last 6 months or so, trying to convince myself that a prototypical roster of late steam B&O locos and equipment was possible in N, i decided to give myself a break and work on some NS dash 9s. I had a couple already, but decided making a few with road numbers NOT offered by athearn would be nice (the diesels will probably just live in a display case for now, i dont have room for any layout really, in N or HO, so i want a few detailed models)

Is HO always this easy? In 10 minutes, i was able to order decal sheets from Microscale and a couple undecorated dash 9s, and i am preparing to get new headlights, grilles, grab irons and railings to do some superdetailing...and they are all available?!?

This could be addictive. Deciding what i want to make, and then simply ordering it...i suppose it is made doubly easy by the huge number of C44-9Ws, both in the prototype world and the model world, but wow...just wow. This is a pleasant change of pace, i gotta say! The NS horse is making my steamers nervous....

Tim