Why is the HO-scale Timber Ridge so much more expensive than the N-scale layouts?
The N-scale layouts consist of single panels measuring 4 feet by 2-1/2 feet each. The HO-scale Timber Ridge uses four panels, each measuring 4 feet by 2-1/2 feet in order to result in a layout of 5 feet by 8 feet. Since there is four times as much plastic in the HO layout (and four times the paint and almost four times as much work), the price could have been four times that of the N-scale single layouts. We found ways however of keeping the price below that level.
