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Re: Need some help with some Train specs
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 11 Dec 2000 11:04:08 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Zhengrong Zang writes:
> These data are from a handbook of TRAIN model, you will see the gauge is not
> only by width between rail, also by scale of model.
Gauge is -nothing- to do with scale. The proof can be had with N scale (or 2mm
scale, if you use UK conventions) Why? Because, 2mm scale, Standard gauge,
works out to 9.42mm track gauge. Not 9mm. So, if you are running you "scale"
1/148th engine on 9mm track, then you are running it on track that is under
scale gauge (in this case, to 4'6", rather than 4'8.5")
OO is even worse, there are 4 "OO" gauges, from 16.5mm to 19mm
You could also be modeling the R&ER, or other narrow gauge lines. (tradition
is to model OO9, and ignore diffences in gauge, such as the 4.5" difference
between some of the welsh slate lines...it does allow for interoperability, at
the expense of some slight realism)-so, you end up using 9mm gauge, but 1/76th
scale, ergo gauge is NOT dependant on scale
James
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 | | Re: Need some help with some Train specs
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| These data are from a handbook of TRAIN model, you will see the gauge is not only by width between rail, also by scale of model. Zhengrong Type Width of Rail Scare in Japan in USA in Europe in UK 1 45mm 1/30 1/32 1/32 1/32 O 32mm 1/45 1/48 1/45 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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