15. Close-up shot of the layout, with the large out-of-
scale "catapult" turnout ground throws very apparent in
the scene.
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as well as a 3-way turnout. The sharp curves and short locos neces-
sitated powering the frogs which I did by installing slide switches on
styrene sections secured under—and actuated by—the throw bar.
One challenge was the N-scale ground throws: they're a bit big, and
the camera makes them seem even bigger. I call them my "catapults".
I really wish Caboose Industries would make some real N-scale
ground throws (their "N Scale Ground throws" are still too big for
HO), but they don't. Darn physics.
So it's a trade-off: I and my kids really like flipping them with our fin-
gers, and I can ignore the hugeness, but they sure do look enormous
in photo close-ups. As I get more and more into more "realistic" look-
ing layouts, and especially photography (a very recent interest), I'm
becoming more and more aware of those scaling issues and totally
appreciate getting called out on them.
