1. You see an HO freight car, and think it's O 2. You measure your track, and discover that you have 17 scale miles of main line in an 11' x 14' room 3. When someone speaks to you, you say, "Excuse me," and raise your Optivisor 4. You can tell the difference, at a glance, between the 62mm and 64mm lengths of Unitrack 5. You'd love to have more loco detail, but you take a pass because, what the heck, you wouldn't be able to see it and... 6. You can't remember when you've had so much fun! Bryan
N scale is really a joy to model and worth all of the minor frustrations seeing all the details.:shade: Stay cool and run steam.....
Not to mention that you could build a pretty fair layout on the dinning room table, if,, you could acuire the real estate from the better half!!mg: :shade: Well I didnt intend to say it twice but the statement below explains it!
Ha ha ha ha..... That goes for both the double posting, and real estate acquisitions.... mg: I'll edit out the extra post for you. Boxcab E50
You know you are a n scaler when you can set down a $200 steam loco on your workbench, turn around to get a tool, and forget where you set your loco. Eric
8) When you can run an 5 foot train including the locos and it looks longer. 9) When a 2 percent grade is all you will ever need 10) When you can store 50+ cars in a shoe box 11) When you can't wait for a cab forward 12) When the "3 foot rule" applies at 18 inches
- You buy a new loco or rolling stock, and never throw away the boxes. - And whether or not you use those boxes, they become a commodity. - You can't ever do without a pair of tweezers. - You don't just buy couplers, you buy the entire truck assembly. - You get real defensive when HO scalers say something the very least bit insulting about N scale. - You know that the company from Oregon that makes the magne-matic couplers is Micro-Trains, not Kadee. - Your DCC-operated layouts are relatively silent... - The words "Low-Profile" and "Pizza-Cutter" are in your everyday vocabulary. - You tolerate "The Slinky Effect." - If someone ever busts down your door, the first thing that comes to your mind is a trackplan. - Your fingers have callouses formed after pushing in too many bolster pins. - A single sheet of Evergreen styrene is already more than enough scratchbuilding material for your needs. - You more than likely are not a subscriber of Model Railroader. - You more than likely are not an active member of the NMRA. - You can spend $200 at a hobby shop and leave with just a tiny paper bag.
When someone says "your trains are so small" and you get defensive and say "It's not the size of your trains, its how you run 'em"
best one yet!!! that actually happened to me with one of my mikados. I set it in a yard track along with many other locos and rolling stock and forgot which one needed the number board!
You know you're an N scaler when... At a staff meeting, you daydream about how a decent double-track plan could fit on the conference table, and where the engine terminal would go. Doors, even mounted in a doorway, look like benchwork. Z scale doesn't look as small as it used to. You can paint your entire passenger fleet with the same bottle of PRR Tuscan.
You can carry an engine in your shirt pocket because your hands are full and you forget it's in there.
Size that matters When I was seeing the future Mrs. I showed her my trains and she commented on the small size of my switchers. I told her if things went well someday she would get to see my Big Boy. The rest is history. :angel:
You know you're an N scaler when... Your favorite switch engine is smaller than a pager. You're storing locomotives and rolling stock in trunks and realize that they are virtually like treasure chests full of precious gems.
been there done that.... one of my kato ac4400 took quite some spins in the laundry... might have survived the washing but the dryer killed the loco ...
