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Guten Tag Waldbahner - looks great. My wife is from Herxheim bei Landau - not a model railroad fan, unfortunately!!

I think Micro Engineering produce a rust coating that can be applied to rails,and produces the same finish as their ready-weathered rail

Are there any model railroaders in or around Lafayette, Louisiana? It might be good to get together and share problems and solutions. I know there is a club in Baton Rouge, but this would be for folk not wanting to travel that far. :thumb:

:confused: Do you find Code 55 turnouts from Atlas as bad as Code 80? Anyone else have good/bad experiences with Atlas Code 55 turnouts???

Hi Ron, Both parts are from place names (and the place names from people): Meirion is the county where I was born (Meirionydd) named for an early King Meirion; Gwril is from the village Llwyngwril, 'the grove of [Saint] Gwril'. Hwyl i Bawb! (cheers to everyone):wave:

100 British English (they invented it), plus Cymraeg (Welsh) - we were there even before the English

Are the turnouts code 55 or code 80?

Has anyone used Aspen Models mixed gauge, N/Nn3? This is part of theirAdvanced Track System, and they recommend soldering for track joining. I'm no solderer - and don't wish to have to develop those skills for the few pieces of track I'd need, so I'm wondering whether anyone knows if you can...

Has anyone used Aspen Models mixed gauge, N/Nn3? This is part of theirAdvanced Track System, and they recommend soldering for track joining. I'm no solderer - and don't wish to have to develop those skills for the few pieces of track I'd need, so I'm wondering whether anyone knows if you can...

I've checked websites, but cannot find what code Maerklin Z gauge rail is. I'm thinking of using the Aspen mixed N/Nn3 rail, and would like to know which rail height option to go for. :confused:

Mth I just googled, and got: http://www.mth-railking.com/ :D

Peco code 55 is funny stuff (for example it's no compatible with Atlas code 55). This is because the rail height is the same as code 80, but it is embedded deeper in the ties. In effect it's code 55 on the outside, but deeper on the inside of the ties so that older, deeper flanged wheels will...

You can of course use Z gauge track - but the ties (sleepers for UK folk) are too close together to be scale. So Nn3 track is the same width as Z, but the ties are spaced further apart to be scale for 1:160

Does anyone know of a supplier of Nn3 track other than Aspen Models? Aspen's prices are pretty steep (over $40 for a turnout). Microtrains make Nn3 cars, but don't seem to have track listed on their website. Aspen's do have dual-gauge track (pretty cool I think:D ) but in terms of single gauge...

Are there other N-scalers out there who, like me, wonder who buys the novelty boxcars issued by some companies? You know the ones - those with the logos of States, Provinces, Universities, the Military, emblazoned across them. They're not prototypical, so who would wnat a train load of states...

Eh? Could you re-read thru your post and re-write it, as I can't make out what you mean! Is the "are" supposed to be "yard"?

Hi - good luck with the project. You can get #6 turnouts in Code 55 from Micro Engineering, that are compatible with Atlas 55. See for example http://www.wig-wag-trains.com/Micro-Eng/Micro-Engineering-Track_Product-Page.htm

Has anyone used the German Noch helix system? While expensive, I see they do provide an N Scale system at about 22.5" diameter, and also another wider version.

Measuring in N scale As Jimbob005 is in the UK, he'll need to bear in mind that N scale is to a slightly different ration than in the US: it's usually worked out as 1:148 rather than 1:160. If you're happy with using mm, then an easy rough equivalence is that 2mm is equivalent to one foot...

I'd like to include helices in my new N layout. I have a run of 2 foot by 11 foot down one wall, linked by a shelf to a 36" long by 30" wide run on the opposite wall. The 2 foot wide run could be widened by maybe 6" or so at its far end to accommodate a helix. I'd like to have a helix at...