Alexander Scriabin

I'm aware that some readers will have come across this blog only recently and will have no background knowledge of model railways let alone French model railways.

Since I cannot do much with my layout over the next few days I thought I would reprise some of the general issues involved.

Firstly, N scale vs HO scale.

Or, in French, echelle N vs echelle HO.

HO scale is equivalent (more or less) to the British OO scale of Hornby and Triang fame.

"The name HO is derived from the fact that its 1:87 scale is approximately half that of O scale which was the smallest of the series of older and larger 0, 1, 2 and 3 scales introduced by Märklin around 1900. In most English-speaking markets it is pronounced "aitch-oh" and written with the letters HO today, but in German it is pronounced "hah-null", and still written with the letter H and numeral 0."
Wikipedia.

I didn't know that; perhaps, when I look up HO related items on the internet I should also search for H0 (aitch zero).
N scale is the much smaller 1:148.

Here is an HO scale and an N scale French carriage.

The advantage of N scale is that one can run 8, 9 or 10 coach passenger trains on a layout at home whereas space usually prohibits doing the same for HO scale.

The disadvantage of N scale is (in my opinion) that it is far too small and finicky.







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Alexander Scriabin 1872 to 1915

Apparently, Boris Pasternak, called the early years of the 20th Century, "the era of Scriabin".

In an earlier blog I stated my intention to explore Scriabin's music.

Today, I have taken the plunge and downloaded Ollie Mustonen's recently released album of Scriabin piano pieces.

A photograph of the eccentric Russian, Scriabin.

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Easter Saturday

Did absolutely no fasting this Lenten period.