I've pretty much made up my mind as to which scale to use. It's been decided by one fact - N gauge chassis when scaled up to 1:64 are nearly all too short to be of use. I don't feel i'm in a position at the moment to scratchbuild chassis so i'm going to stick to 009.
In addition to this i've already got 3 Backwoods Miniatures kits in 009 which will be a loss if i swithed to S. Another issue is that i've also already got several buildings from the old layout so these would be useless on a S scale layout (unless having some forced perspective), as would the etches for the trestle bridge that i've bought.
I do have an idea for another layout i'd like to do long in the future, i have a feeling i know what scale that one could be...
One aspect that appealed of S scale was the increased level of detail, but i'm going to work as hard as i can to try and fit as much fine detail onto PnC. I'm not intending this to be a 2/3 year project - it's a long term one, the layout i've always wanted to build so why rush? So i'll have plenty of time to fit the detail in.
So there you have it... 009 it is for now.
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I think this is the right choice for now. S suits the really esoteric subjects, where you're scratchbuilding everything anyway so you might as well do it in any scale you fancy.
Exactly, with this one whilst i'm hoping to make most of the stock from scratch so it can't be recognised as a particular prototype i will be making use of readily available accessories and detail parts - one thing which is currently lacking in 1:64 at present.
Possibly in the future though...
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