N Scale train

[12Bravo]

I was digging around in some totes and found my N scale Army train and some 1:144 scale vehicles. I'm going to start building a table/layout for them when not working on my M170

 

[emr]

very very very 3 verys on this post cool, and awesome too

 

[mistaken1]

Fun. Using N scale a 4x8 layout makes for lot of stuff.

 

[73m819]

I gave up N scale, relized to small for my eyes

 

[John S-B]

If you look up some of the TM's for those type vehicles, you can find the instructions for how the vehicles should be chained and blocked for transport. With some stripwood and scale chain you could have some really nice looking cars. It wouldn't take long either.

 

[Derrickl112]

I gave up N scale, relized to small for my eyes

not only that, but the cars are so light its hard to keep them on the tracks!


I have some HO military stuff that i can share with everyone if there would be any interest...

 

[73m819]

]not only that, but the cars are so light its hard to keep them on the tracks![/B]


I have some HO military stuff that i can share with everyone if there would be any interest...

I just weighted to scale, that took care of the derailing, did the same thing in HO

What HO do you have, vehicles???

 

[Flyingvan911]

A lot of old cars are not weighted properly. This causes them to derail easily. I also enjoy n scale. I have 93 locomotives and over 300 cars. Micro-Trains has some nice military stuff. It is for commemoration, not models of real equipment, but it's still nice.

 

[wreckerman893]

I am too blind for N scale also....I used to have a huge collection of Lionel O scale.....old stuff back to the 40's.

I sold the bulk of it to finance my first deuce.

I think an O scale model of a WWII railroad gun would be super cool.....especially if it would fire scale blanks.

 

[emmado22]

QUOTE:

If you look up some of the TM's for those type vehicles, you can find the instructions for how the vehicles should be chained and blocked for transport. With some stripwood and scale chain you could have some really nice looking cars. It wouldn't take long either.


Dont forget the train inspectors with their tanker bars hitting the chains, checking for the right "TINK" sound if you do a rail load scene.. Also the bridges from flat car to flat car. Add little spools of mechanics wire littered about the area... Orange road guard vests too!

Been there, done that.....

 

[Derrickl112]

I just weighted to scale, that took care of the derailing, did the same thing in HO

What HO do you have, vehicles???

yes, a bunch of vehicals. some new in the box, and some in rough shape...

 

[twa@ezdn.net]

Not a member of the NMRA any more but I follow there standards and have little problem.
I no longer have a layout but operate on some top notch layouts in my area

 

[12Bravo]

Dont forget the train inspectors with their tanker bars hitting the chains, checking for the right "TINK" sound if you do a rail load scene.. Also the bridges from flat car to flat car. Add little spools of mechanics wire littered about the area... Orange road guard vests too!

Been there, done that.....

So have I, the first unit I was assigned to was an Army Reserve Railway Bn. The company I was in maintained the tracks and right of ways (never could figure out why they needed/wanted a combat engineer in a trans. unit). I did my share of pounding spikes and guarding trains both state side and in Germany. The train in the picture is a Micro Trains set "US Army set #2". Not as much military stuff for N scale as there is for HO.

 

[Derrickl112]

1/4 when the layout was made, we wernt worried about being accurate

 

[Derrickl112]

2/4 ok the firetrucks arnt MV's but i thought i would include them anyway. The models were my dads thing. some are incomplete because he past away before they were finished. The cameral was dead so i had to use a cell phone to take the pictures.

 

[Derrickl112]

3/4

 

[Derrickl112]

4/4

 

[EMD567]

And I thought I was the only model train nut on here. With the models that I inherited from my father, and what I own, I have some 1500 cars, and 750 locomotives.
And before you think that is a lot, my father was in the hobby for 60 years, and I have been collecting/building for 37.

 

[12Bravo]

I have found that the 1:144 scale military vehicles works pretty good for N scale, not exact but pretty close to the correct scale. Derrickl112, nice layout.

 

[Derrickl112]

I have found that the 1:144 scale military vehicles works pretty good for N scale, not exact but pretty close to the correct scale. Derrickl112, nice layout.

Thanks. thats only part of it. its 4'x17'. it would have been bigger, but we had limited space.