I've always wanted to try my hand at narrow gauge and have been out of the hobby for quite a few years (deployments to Iraq aren't exactly conducive to successful model building ). But now I'm a student in an apartment with time but no room, so I thought I'd give Nn3 a try, it's been a steep learning curve (all my previous experience was with HO), by this is what I have so far. I almost have the mainline done but it's also slow going as I'm hand-laying it, something ELSE I've never tried before. So after tearing up my first 3 feet and readjust the grade about 5 times I think it's downhill from here as far as the mainline goes.
S that's my little story so far, glad to be a part of the hobby again, been a ton of fun (and frustration ) already Hope I can learn some things from you masters on here looks like a great site!
To TWP, and glad to see you posting with pics!! Very cool! We do have a few here who are pretty good with the stuff, so don't be shy, and stop by often and say Hi!! We like folks who just like trains, and it doesn't matter what scale they are!
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Hello and welcome to the whistle post.
I don't model Nn3 but i do model N but it is like easternroads said We like folks who just like trains, and it doesn't matter what scale so come on in and make yourself at home we are glad to have ya.
to the TWP dNrgw, I model On30 ,Hon3, and soon some Sn3.I've hand laid track in N and On30.if your not completly building your turn outs check out fast tracks for their jigs,they work great.also come into chat just about any night and saturday morning.
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Hey there. Great pic, keep them coming. We love pics at any stage of the build. Sunday night is our scheduled chat, around 8pm eastern time. Like Daryl said though, we are in chat almost everynight, and saturday mornings for the early bird session. Welcome to The Whistle Post from Pierre, SD
Thanks guys, looking forward to workin' with ya'll!
Daryl, I am using fastracks jigs for turnouts, they are definitely the right answer. After doing a couple without their stuff, it's a breeze to build a turnout with their jigs. Tim Warris makes some very well thought out stuff!
Testing out the new wood truss bridge, minus the trusses! (they'll come later)
Newly laid track on the south-west side of my extremely condensed and rearranged version of the Chama Yard . Still mulling over how I want to lay out the round house and track on the north-east side. Track is ME code 40.
I need more track! The yard filled up with my current motive power roster, K-37 #491 and K-36 # 489. "Visiting" Colorado & Southern #9 rounds out the tally. There is no excuse for her being in Chama other than the fact it was such a neat looking kit and I couldn't resist building her!
11-27-2009, 10:46 PM
). But now I'm a student in an apartment with time but no room, so I thought I'd give Nn3 a try, it's been a steep learning curve (all my previous experience was with HO), by this is what I have so far. I almost have the mainline done but it's also slow going as I'm hand-laying it, something ELSE I've never tried before. So after tearing up my first 3 feet and readjust the grade about 5 times I think it's downhill from here as far as the mainline goes.
Hope I can learn some things from you masters on here looks like a great site! 
Welcome to another Narrow Gauger
To TWP, and glad to see you posting with pics!!
We like folks who just like trains, and it doesn't matter what scale they are! 
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