Carl,
Welcome aboard. I hope you won´t mind if I chip in my two cents on
modeling.
In order build a good layout, a whole bunch of decisions must be made,
many of which are compromises between desires. It can be real hard to
make those choices early on - hence may advice : don´t try to build
something that will last forever right off the bat. Don´t try to make
all those decisions up front.
Recognize that the first effort is exactly that - and that you will
later see things that could be improved, things where your own skills
have improved, etc. Rather than studying too long, trying to hit a
home run, dive right in and get your hands dirty.
A couple of easy starting points would be to build a few car kits, or
building kits, or whatever strikes your fancy. Buildings are often a
good start, since they are relatively simple - but if a boxcar floats
your boat, go for it. A freight car is easy to choose, since it will
be usable on many different sorts of layouts, while a building may
only be suitable for a few.
Your local hobby shop staff(if it is a good one) will be happy to help
you pick something out, and make sure you have the right tools,
paints, etc.
You can also build a module or two, something of moderate size, in
order to get some experience.
And if after fiddling about in one scale, you decide to go to another
scale, or era or region, you will have a limited monetary expenditure
- and a great deal of learning - to show for the first few projects.
This will allow your planning to be that much better informed.
That is not to say study will not pay off, just trying to encourage
you to do a bit of hands on learning...
have fun
Steve
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@...> wrote:
>
> Carl-
>
> I got into N Scale to AVOID modeling the CB&Q!!!
> I was driving myself crazy in the mid-sixties trying to model the Q
in HO....I had a LMB O1a which had been rebuilt by friend Pat Egan
SNIP
> Bottom line I'd determine for yourself if the scale is more
attractive to you..... it does offer the possibility of modeling more
in the same space,
> but HO still has advantages in Q-specific rolling stock (Waycars,
resin kits for Q equipment, brass passenger cars, etc..) that N still
has to catch
> up on. We do have most of the major diesels (even E5s if you are
willing to start with a resin shell) and some major prewar and postwar
Budd
> cars, the CZ, and Pioneer Zephyr in plastic.
>
> Charlie Vlk
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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