Model Forum / General / Railroads / January 2007

as, i think, many newbie modelers i'm trying to decide the scale. i'd
prefer to go with n models because of the usual reasons; however i was
able to find just a couple of catalogues of models in n scale and,
which is the real problem, almost nothing regarding accessories:
houses, people and so on. i'm not sure i'm able to build my own
houses, street lights, traffic lights and so on and buying them would
make things faster and better.

can you please point me to some manufacturer of such accessories in n
scale? i've found woodland scenics catalogue, but their items are
almost impossible to find here in italy. i can import them, but would
like to have some alternatives.

about rails: peco ones are easy to find, as fleishmann are. the
latter, however, cost about twice and a half as peco: is there such a
big difference? i don't want to waste money, but i won't be able to
clean rails every 10 days, then if fleishmann require much less
maintenance i'll go for them.

any other suggestion will be appreciated. i didn't find much in the
latest posts of the newsgroup.

thanks in advance.

regards,