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My Hometown Dream and design
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Popops Helper

When I was a little girl, my grandfather would let me work on his layout.  Choosing and building kit homes... cleaning track... landscaping, etc.  His recent passing has me all sentimental.  I would like to begin a layout of my hometown. 

I am looking for help with my design.  I want to do this in 'N'scale, but I don't know the conversion rate. (miles to inches).

Thanks for your help and advice.

Popop's Helper, Michelle.
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feldman718 Prolific poster 1,358 posts
feldman718

N-Scale conversions

Since N-Scale is 1/160 of the prototype, you would convert real miles to N-Scale mles by dividing them by 160 and then multiplying by twelve to get the number of inches.

Here is example of how this works. I am building a carfloat the is 360 feet long and 52 feet wide. If we divide 360 by 160 and multiply that answer by 12 we get 27 inches. If we have a plan for something in HO Scale, it can be converted to N-Scale by reducing it by 54%.

Irv
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Popops Helper New member 2 posts
Popops Helper

Thanks for your quick reply, Irv. I appreciate it!

Popop's Helper, Michelle.

 
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