Category: Planning
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James’ N Scale Train Layout Project– Episode #2
After I posted the first video episode to my YT channel, I got a few hits and some nice compliments. It made me feel good that people were interested enough to respond, even with a thumbs up!! I joined a few Facebook N Scale Train groups and posted a link to the video there. I…
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My SCARM Track Plans for Kato Unitrack
Learning Kato’s naming conventions for its track is easy once you realize it’s all in millimeters. SCARM gives you information on each of the track parts in the library including part numbers. Every single item on the KatoUSA site’s UniTrack section was part of SCARM’s UniTrack library, so it gave me tremendous control over the…
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I Question my Permanent Layout with Bachmann EZ Track
With my EZ Track plan put together on the table, I saw for the first time what a decent amount of model train track looks like on a table. It’s a lot! Much cooler than the smaller ovals. I think I was using this plan at that time– And I still had two separate tracks,…
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Bachmann EZ Track Plans and Purchase
Just to catch you up with what I’m doing on this blog, I’m going back through the last year to document my experience in building my first N Scale train layout. I should’ve started the blog then, lol, but better late than never! In October 2021, two months after I got my first 2 Bachmann…
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SCARM PC Software for Perfect Train Layout Planning
SCARM stands for Simple Computer Aided Railway Modeller. It’s a simple-to-use, challenging-to-master CAD train layout planning tool. When I started visiting the N scale model train Facebook groups, I saw references to SCARM consistently with regard to layout planning so I went to the website and downloaded the free version of the program, which allows…
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Time to Make Things Permanent!
It took about 2 weeks of oval-track-on-cardboard train-running to decide that a permanent layout was going to happen. I was becoming accustomed to running my trains every day, and needed them to run every day. Sometimes with the chuffing sound of the Whistle-Stop steamer and an occasional whistle blow, but mostly with sound off. The…
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