"Trains - 28mm" Topic

Hi Folks

Recently found a cheap toy train that might suit 28mm – I would hazard a guess that these are around 1/72 scale.

Great for those VBCW, Pulp, WW2, WW1 games – basically anything from 1850 onwards – loads of conversion opportunities

For full details on source, cost, and the boxes in the range head here

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cheers

If they're actual scale trains, they're either 1/64 ("S") or 1/87 ("HO") scale, and most likely 1/87. That particular engine looks like it's from the early 1920s or so.

I'd love to find some late-1890s Colonial Brit trains, either African or Indian prototypes. As it is, the HO train I want for just cool and pretty factor is going to set me back about $1,500. USD $500 USD for the engine, and $500 USD apiece for the two sets of passenger cars, all pre-decorated.

Look no further Lion:

tin-soldier.com/trains.html

Or you can watch ebay for old American Flyer train "S" scale. I picked up a non-working engine, coal car plus two other cars for around $80. USD They have appropriate engines for Civil War as well (the ones with the huge stack up front). S scale is the perfect fit for 24/28mm.

ACW era: auction

Later era: auction

Steve

I snagged a broken Thomas track master engine and with a new paint job and the face cut off it will work for an Irish narrow gauge for my Irish wars

There are many variants of these sold as Xmas trains; made by Fenfa and other chinese companies, and sold worldwide under different names.

I bought two different, one month ago. It is not very serious about scale but the engine, tender and wagon look well with 28mm miniatures; passengers cars are much too small. Rail gauge is about 24mm which is fairly good (although the rails are bulky).

With some work they would look well for early-mid 20th century wargame or skirmish game (RCW, VBCW, WW2 Resistance)…

I found also another similar train, late 19th century Wild West-looking, but too big and with larger gauge.

I was going to remark that the proportions look kind of like "old school" toy trains, where gauge and scale were often surprisingly unrelated. 24mm gauge is a good gauge for 28mm, assuming a scale of 1/56, the gauge works out to 4 feet 5 inches, very close to standard gauge! (4 feet 8 1/2 inches)

The locomotives and rolling stock look more like 1/72nd scale, but at the very least the wheels and axles should be reusable. ;-)

I bought one with a similar track system,but here they sell them with 3 wagons and a locomotive…mine looks too big though.

I got the following from Toys R Us at Christmas for $10 USD

and this one

I converted it

close up

Thanks, Flintloque, but I'm looking for 15mm. I might have to get those anyway and swap the axles for N gauge, if I can't find anything else.

Sorry about that. Since the thread title specified 28mm, I just assumed…

I have a one of the versions of the trains. I was thinking it was 1/48 until I got it out earlier today. Then I remembered that I had bought a caboose to go with it at the same time. The caboose is S scale and fits perfectly on the track and matches the height as well.