What scale would you recommend

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having decided to build a few buildings and doing some rough drawings in different scales 1.22.5 1.29 and 1.24 and i was wondering which scale would be best as i run different scales.Also supply of accessories is another thing to consider.I would realy love to know your opinion.looking at the drawings i am leaning towards 1:24 but still not sure8|
 
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Ah, a very good question there Nico. I have built in all scales but the one that suits best with all of my scales of rolling stock 1:29, 1:22.5 and 1:20.3.... is.... 1:24. Most vehicles are in either 1:24 or 1:25 and figures are either dead on that scale or at either end (1:29 to 1:22.5 to 1:20.3) so allowing for the fact that humans are of different sizes, 1:24 allows for that variation in proportions.
I now tend to build scratch or kitbash to that scale when I can. They sit quite happily alongside Pola and Piko stuff (which is mostly 1:22.5)
 
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use the scale that fits with most off your buildings/cars/figures.. as mike says.. 1/24
me i use a figure ..
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I'm a simpletonn=, and old fashioned, and work to rough 1mm = 1 inch so roughly 1:25. I work on average door sizes to get a feel for what looks ok.
Hope that helps
 
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bazzer42 said:
I'm a simpletonn=, and old fashioned, and work to rough 1mm = 1 inch so roughly 1:25. I work on average door sizes to get a feel for what looks ok.
Hope that helps
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Us simpletons must form a club.......:bigsmile:
 
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beavercreek said:
bazzer42 said:
I'm a simpletonn=, and old fashioned, and work to rough 1mm = 1 inch so roughly 1:25.  I work on average door sizes to get a feel for what looks ok.
Hope that helps
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Us simpletons must form a club.......:bigsmile:
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There is one,its called Government
 
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Always use a scale the same or smaller than your trains as a larger scale will look even bigger looking down on them.
 
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I agree with the above comments re: a model person and make it look right. 1:25 is probably about right for a small building. It get more interesting with large buildings, a church for example, or even a good sized house. The typical town church is over 8 foot long at 1:25.
These are usually built undersized but made to look right by adjusting door heights etc.
A cardboard mock up might be a good idea. A box for 6 wine bottles is small for a house, but take a look - its pretty huge.
 
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Yes, as Stockers says, if a scratch-build is totally kept true to scale of a real life prototype then the size of the build can be very dominating, even at 1:24 or 25th. But using compression and alteration to some proportions of features, convincing results can be achieved. Also the positioning of buildings can help with ones that are of different scales. I have some old 1:29th scale Piko/Pola ones that I put at the back of scenes ( together with 1:29th figures and 1:32 vehicles) to 'force' perspective.
 
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stockers said:
I agree with the above comments re: a model person and make it look right. 1:25 is probably about right for a small building. It get more interesting with large buildings, a church for example, or even a good sized house. The typical town church is over 8 foot long at 1:25.
These are usually built undersized but made to look right by adjusting door heights etc.
A cardboard mock up might be a good idea. A box for 6 wine bottles is small for a house, but take a look - its pretty huge.
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never though of the box for wine good tip:thumbup::thumbup:
 
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Following on from the cardboard wine box, wooden wine cases are good for use for the basic structure (with details added and windows cut in etc) as they are small enough to be useful and would be easy to treat to make them last in the open. Just add strips of wood to the sides or Plastic Products 3d texture sheets (great variety and really good), made up or bought windows doors add a roof and eves and simple building takes shape at the scale that you want...it all depends on the size of doors, windows and details like roof material siding etc..
 
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of course this simply depends on how fussy you wish to be
i model as a characture-to give a 'feel' or 'atmosphere' and dont give a hang about reality-otherwise my passing tracks would need to be thirty feet long etc -and i model narrow gauge or, rural, -i use buildings for interest and 'punctuation' , a purpose for a siding , depot, etc
there are som many possibilities-beavercreek uses a lot to create life, pcitures i recall of Tags line, are relatively spartan and subdued

nico straight and simple ; imho 1:24 (presumes you dont have an acre of railroad-like the guy with the 10000 sq ft 1;20 indoor set up-which looks real and great)
(and this is from a dyed in the wool LGB/POLA guy)

heres what i have noticed, along with others,

smaller buildings simply take less space, (which makes sidings, yards, engine facilities, and depots etc look longer ) emphasize the trains and compliment rather than overwhelm-

i see entire towns of POLA , all lined up that simply look, to my eye, huge compared with the typical garden rr -they dominate and sometimes overwhelm the railroad IMHO
1:24 is just a bit smaller, but like a R1 switch, the compression really helps if you need it


1:24 is a nice compromise too, if you do like to use POLA-it works, as you can see in my thread "tour of delford" in the g scale pictures section-all the non PIKO POLA structures are 1:24 -and they are based upon small structures in reality
 
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Thanks men for all your views on the subject I have to say its an interesting topic. I have decided to go with 1.24 scale :-) :-)
 
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No No No 1:20.3 is the way to go...............only joking
1:24 is on it!
 
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