"Image this"... making a point for N scale

[wazzou]

I've always loved that shot Roger.

[djconway]

Great shot Doug.  Didn't get to get to the Bridge View this summer, but your shot brings me right there.

[skytop35]

Bill's photo wins hands down

Not so sure about that. I see some great choices.

Photos are one thing. Seeing some layouts in person would probably be a better way to convince someone that N is not a toy. My prime example would be The Cumberland Valley of Bill and Wayne Reid. I almost gave up on N scale back in the day when I happened to meet and become friends with them.  I was convinced to keep going in N scale many years ago and they still inspire me.

[peteski]

Bill, thanks for the info on how your photo was taken. So there was more to the scene than meets the eye - my eyes weren't deceiving me.    No matter how it was done, the result was excellent!

[milw156]

I think there is more than enough EXCELLENT material her for the 2015 official The Railwire calendar!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys are my heros!
Rick

[Nato]

      Wow ! I had forgotten how great Bill's Milwaukee Road shot is. A quick note, the best Hobby Shop in the Salt Lake Valley M.R.S. Hobby in Sandy, (a burb) was owned by Joe Clements, then his son. Joe is an N Scale Modeler so the shop which also sells other scales and RC has always been loaded with N.Go to www.Hobby-On.com for their online store. On the other hand the shop the Pud visited I' am sure was " Douglas Models" gone now for about 15 or 16 years. in the early 1950's they were the distributor for the entire Intermountain West for plastic model kits found in Drug Stores as well as Globe later Athearn kits in these stores (bought my first HO Globe UP F-7 diesel (dummy) kit at my neighborhood Drug Store. They had a store downtown for many years that only opened on week days in the afternoon when kids were out of school. They had the first Black store clerk I had ever seen, who came from San Francisco and had been a Grip Man on cable cars. While they carried N gauge (later called scale) in the mid 1970's early 80's the later owner was pretty much anti N even though they had a multi scale layout in the store window and you put quarters in to operate timers that ran various loops in the different scales. Second best hobby shop in Salt Lake right now is "The Train Shoppe". Carries all scales, supplies , kits etc, very friendly management. Ok back to all the "Great" photos. Nate Goodman (Nato). Salt Lake, Utah.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I have a few that are better, but can't find them online at the moment.

[basementcalling]

You guys have got to stop trying to pass off prototype photos as N scale. 

[rochsub]

[LIRR]

[strummer]

I see this thread headed for the "Best Of" archives...

Mark in Oregon

[GaryHinshaw]

I feel no compulsion at all to defend N scale, but I do feel a need to make sure that people don't forget Rich Yourstone's work:





This is modeling that positively reeks with atmosphere.

There are many other excellent examples here too!

[strummer]

...holy sh*t...

This just keeps getting better...

Mark in Oregon

[DeltaBravo]

This might not look as good as some I have seen, here but it still show what can be achieved in NScale.https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/1hHwN6UaOEXJ8mZRumkIQRZaRJY2NjYR_gtnNKv9S20=w427-h283-p-no

[Bsklarski]

These are some awesome shots of awesome work. With that guys logic, ALL scales are toys. Seriously. 50 years ago O scale was it, as people had more time, money and space. The last 20 years its HO as people have less time money and space. Soon with people living in small houses, condos, whatever, and not much time for hobbies, I think you are going to see a push toward N Scale. This may take another 10 - 20 years but its coming. You guys are on the leading edge of it and Im happy that I am here with you.