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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2018, 10:31:44 AM »
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If those "N scale" plants aRE really to-scale, then they are really inpressive models.

Unfortunately, making an N scale model of my wife's garden with this product would cost more than the 1:1 protoype.

At least it won't rot each winter.

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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2018, 10:45:09 AM »
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Did you see the corn stalks?  Also expensive... but wow.  I've seen some pretty nice approximations of corn fields in N, but I think these things are the first ones I've seen that individually really look like corn stalks.

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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2018, 10:50:14 AM »
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They could be 1:148 (British N Gauge). that little bit of bigger makes all the difference.
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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2018, 01:30:57 PM »
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They could be 1:148 (British N Gauge). that little bit of bigger makes all the difference.

Yea, but we grow bigger broccoli than the Brits do here in Cali, so that makes up for the scale differential :D
Actually, many of the section houses and small TO offices had little fenced gardens during the steam era, so this could be a useful product for me.
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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2018, 03:22:46 PM »
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Flowers???

While the roses look way big some of the other flowers look really nice... finally I can enjoy having flowing plants without the Zyrtec!!!  It would practically be worth the cost to me... save some money, get some joy!!!  (The plant I believe that they are calling "Hostas" is actually called "Tarul" more commonly known as "elephant ear" plants.  Hated those things... had four growing wild and could not kill them even cutting them down to their roots.  Saw some folks deliberately grew and they were so well controlled and beautiful... mine would grow to 8 - 9 feet in a summer, blocking the vista view we had from my old home... that's one I won't be planting... I wouldn't be able to see the other flowers...)
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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2018, 10:24:57 AM »
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They could be 1:148 (British N Gauge). that little bit of bigger makes all the difference.

Are we going to reopen the prototype corn height debate?

That was one of my favorite Railwire moments from the past five years.

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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2018, 10:26:44 AM »
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Are we going to reopen the prototype corn height debate?

That was one of my favorite Railwire moments from the past five years.

"Mine is Taller.  Much Taller.  And its gonna be the best corn ever.  You'll see.  I'll grow the best corn with the best people."
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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2018, 11:04:28 AM »
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"Mine is Taller.  Much Taller.  And its gonna be the best corn ever.  You'll see.  I'll grow the best corn with the best people."

The Children grow it best....


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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2018, 01:30:27 PM »
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The cows don't look n scale. Way too proportional (look at the tail).

Good Christ, I'm looking at the a$$ end of model cow.
There's a shyness found in reason
Apprehensive influence swallow away
You seem to feel abysmal take it
Then you're careful grace for sure
Kinda like the way you're breathing
Kinda like the way you keep looking away

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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2018, 08:20:39 AM »
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They must be GMO corn.

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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2018, 11:03:54 AM »
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Are we going to reopen the prototype corn height debate?

That was one of my favorite Railwire moments from the past five years.

I'd love to!   :trollface:

Well, the website says these corn stalks are about 22mm high, which is 11-1/2 feet in N Scale.   That seems darn good to me for a corn stalk.

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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2018, 11:56:12 AM »
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They make an N scale border collie!

I've been wanting to have an N scale model of my dog Ranger...!

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Re: British N-scale scenic company
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2018, 10:17:54 AM »
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Note that these are apparently 1:148 scale, according to the title page for the section.  I missed that when I posted the link.  Doesn't mean we couldn't use stuff which varies in size in real life, though. 

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'N' Scale is the most common of the smaller scales based on 1:148 scale,  otherwise known as the British 'N' Gauge scale.

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