Why the Interest in N Scale Model Trains?
N scale devotees are quite vocal in their support for N scale model trains. Most of them swear up and down that they’d never work with anything else. Why all the love and devotion for N scale? Unlike tinier scales (i.e. Z scale), N scale trains allow the modeler to work on fine details. For example, painting the lining of the locomotive’s window would be a hard job for someone working with Z scale–you’d need a pretty fine paintbrush and a magnifying glass. N scale trains are just large enough to allow the modeler easy access to such details. Another reason N scale model trains have so many fans is that they are still small enough to fit in confined spaces. If you live in a cramped house or apartment, you probably don’t have room for an HO scale train. An N scale train, on the other hand, can have its own place in your home without taking the whole place over.
