beavercreek
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Will get into the garage tomorrow mate and measure up.
Don't forget it is 1.22.5
Don't forget it is 1.22.5
Scale conversion help
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beavercreek
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Here are the measurements Nico
beavercreek
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Hi Nico
B is the top two sections of the middle vertical in total. So if you want the middle section of the vertical take A from B..if that makes sense
B is the top two sections of the middle vertical in total. So if you want the middle section of the vertical take A from B..if that makes sense
Gizzy
A gentleman, a scholar, and a railway modeller....
OO is 1:43. OO9 is same but narrow gauge.
G can be anything from 1:18 to 1:32 but as your wagon is narrow gauge, I would try 1:22 and work from there....
SevenOfDiamonds
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Surely that's O gauge. OO (and 009) is 1/76 scale. So to scale that up to 1/22.5, increase each linear measurement by 3.4 or thereabouts.
Gizzy
A gentleman, a scholar, and a railway modeller....
I stand corrected, cheers Dave....
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there we go again - scales....
to be not only German, but Prussian:
0 scale( "zero-scale" or "Ou-scale" ) depends on your geografic location.
in GB O scale is 1:43.5
in Germany O scale is 1:45
in US O scale is 1:48
take your pick, gentlemen! (and take in mind, that there is a 11% size difference between GB and US O scale)
OO scale is 1:76.2 in GB (OO9 scale is the same on 9mm/N-scale standard track)
(outside GB seemingly nobody cared to specify OO scale)
ps: i'm happy, that i live in south america for the last half century.
here i can mix 1:22,5 trains with 1:24 automobiles and 1:32 figures - without getting scolded.
to be not only German, but Prussian:
0 scale( "zero-scale" or "Ou-scale" ) depends on your geografic location.
in GB O scale is 1:43.5
in Germany O scale is 1:45
in US O scale is 1:48
take your pick, gentlemen! (and take in mind, that there is a 11% size difference between GB and US O scale)
OO scale is 1:76.2 in GB (OO9 scale is the same on 9mm/N-scale standard track)
(outside GB seemingly nobody cared to specify OO scale)
ps: i'm happy, that i live in south america for the last half century.
here i can mix 1:22,5 trains with 1:24 automobiles and 1:32 figures - without getting scolded.
00 scale is definitely an oddity. There was a good reason for it, something to do with loading gauges?
As ever with scale we really need to understand what the asker is asking.
So 009 is a scale representation of 2ft3in on 9mm gauge track. Most slate lines were 2ft gauge thus should be 8mm gauge but Tallylyn and Corris were 2ft3in gauge.
45mm track gauge is often used for 3/16 scale at 2ft gauge.
casey jones snr
shows us pictures of his pieces regularly, next to so called ‘G’ scale they will be quite large.
Thus the compromise proposed by
ge_rik
should be an acceptable compromise.
So 009 is a scale representation of 2ft3in on 9mm gauge track. Most slate lines were 2ft gauge thus should be 8mm gauge but Tallylyn and Corris were 2ft3in gauge.
45mm track gauge is often used for 3/16 scale at 2ft gauge.
casey jones snr
shows us pictures of his pieces regularly, next to so called ‘G’ scale they will be quite large. Thus the compromise proposed by
ge_rik
should be an acceptable compromise.
maxi-model
UK/US/ROW steam narrow gauge railways 1:1
What are you running your slate wagons with ? With OO9 "scale", the clue is in the name. OO (British anomaly) = 1:76 + 9 mm (N gauge) track gauge. OO9 covers a multitude of prtotypes, ranging from. 2' - 2'6" mostly (some 3 ft gauge has been known). Do you have measurements of the original wagon ?
Typically your slate wagon, if from North Wales originally, would have run on a 2 ft line, or thereabouts. In the UK locos and stock produced to represent the types of prototypes that ran on gauges 2' - 2'6" are produced mostly in 1:19 scale. Hence the question about what is/are the loco(s) you want to use ?
To tap into the largest market possible manufacturers here make product based on these locos and stock that can be run on both, or specified for, 32 mm & 45 mm track gauges. Sneaky, but the market is happy with it. I should know, I run 1:19 scale 2'-2'6" gauged prototypes on 45 mm gauged track. Unless I'm visiting other lines that use 32 mm, then I get an Allen key out and change my locos' gauge to match.
To play devil's advocate - if you were to thinking of using the Bachmann' fixed 45 mm gauge 2-4-2 Baldwin tank engine, you are looking at a 1:22.5 scale representation. It's anglicised "Southern" version was marketed as 1:20.3 scale to sell into a market where everything else was 1:19 scale. Total confusion but still a well loved little starter loco by all just the same. Max.
Typically your slate wagon, if from North Wales originally, would have run on a 2 ft line, or thereabouts. In the UK locos and stock produced to represent the types of prototypes that ran on gauges 2' - 2'6" are produced mostly in 1:19 scale. Hence the question about what is/are the loco(s) you want to use ?
To tap into the largest market possible manufacturers here make product based on these locos and stock that can be run on both, or specified for, 32 mm & 45 mm track gauges. Sneaky, but the market is happy with it. I should know, I run 1:19 scale 2'-2'6" gauged prototypes on 45 mm gauged track. Unless I'm visiting other lines that use 32 mm, then I get an Allen key out and change my locos' gauge to match.
To play devil's advocate - if you were to thinking of using the Bachmann' fixed 45 mm gauge 2-4-2 Baldwin tank engine, you are looking at a 1:22.5 scale representation. It's anglicised "Southern" version was marketed as 1:20.3 scale to sell into a market where everything else was 1:19 scale. Total confusion but still a well loved little starter loco by all just the same. Max.
ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
There were a couple of three foot gauge railways in the UK serving slate mines/quarries ( Porthgain and the Gorseddau tramway) and, of course the Nantlle tramway (which was 3'6" gauge) but as has been said, most slate railways were 2' gauge. I've not yet found any photos or drawings of 3' gauge slate wagons but I would imagine they won't be too different from 2' gauge versions.
But then again, I think modellers' licence and the ten foot rule is more than applicable here.
Rik
But then again, I think modellers' licence and the ten foot rule is more than applicable here.
Rik
tac foley
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Nope. It was the inability of UK manufacturers to produce a viable electric motor small enough to go into a basic design of British locomotive of the day. Even the very first Horny-Dublo trains were clockwork. I had a clockwork 'Sir Nigel Gresley' loco and two coaches from 1939, now probably worth >£1000, stolen along with my collection of H0 brass Canadian stuff after a model train show.
ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
........There's some smug ####@rd sitting there looking at them as we speak. Presumably, he can't sell them on as they are so unique.
Rik
tac foley
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There's some smug ####@rd sitting there looking at them as we speak. Presumably, he can't sell them on as they are so unique.
Rik
'Stolen to order', as you hint at. My pride and joy was the special H0 scale Tenshodo edition of the Canadian Pacific Royal train of 1939, with the gorgeous blue and stainless loco, #2860, and six special livery cars.....I've only ever seen mine, and never another since. The unusual 'Jubilee' 4-4-4 loco - Tronna to Montreal businessman's express, was another.....