55n3

04 November, 2009

I ran across a forum posting extolling the virtues of using HO gauge trackage as 3 feet between the rails. A number of people have done this before (myself, Bill Williams and some guy in England who got a lot of my old stuff).

A website has been set up (http://www.55n3.org/) about it. When I read the forum posting, I was pleasantly surprised that someone had resurrected the old scale. It is one I was considering, but am stuck with all that Peco On30 trackage - unless I dump it, but then I'm spending inordinate amounts of time trying to get American profile code 70 rail in England.

But I will stay to the concept as planned. No way am I going back to straight edged layouts.

One good thing about this scale is you get more to the square inch than O Scale. A lot of stuff can be used as basis (Sn3, HO, some On30 items and the rest you scratchbuild).

Some images of the old models can be seen here.

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Heading into winter

01 November, 2009

Here in the UK, where I live, it's just turning toward winter. Firework displays are starting, as people to do their celebration of Guy Fawkes Night (5 november) - which I've always found a bit odd. No idea what's going to happen layout wise as I'm up to my eyeballs in work and a couple of hospital things that need to be done.

In fact, it's on the 5th I have to see a speech therapist who, in some way I have yet to figure out, is supposed to be of help in regards to food getting stuck in my throat. Riiight. Then at the end of the month, a cataract op for my right eye begins its process.

So, all in all, stuff is just a continuation of non-events - model railroad wise.

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