"Railways - is scale THAT important?" Topic

Looking at this I think we can afford to be more relaxed over questions of scale when it comes to 28mm figures, don't you?

And, yep – this was a serious part of the plan to thwart a German invasion in 1940. Optimistic bunch, aren't we?!

Yes, but they thought the German opposition looked like this:

Good one Ochoin.

Bozkashi, that's a narrow gauge railway. They are not that unusual, especially in mountainous regions and areas with heavy mining. You still need to have the narrow gauge railway in proper scale to the figures, though. ;oP

The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is really a one off. Strictly speeking its not a narrow gauge railway but a miniature railway ( similar to a model railway). All the locomotives are miniature versions of full size main line locos.

Their claim to fame during WW2 is that they shot down a Stuka with the armoured train. Another theory of this is that the Stuka crashed having got too close thinking it was a full size railway and was unable to pull up in time. Whichever version is correct they are great stories .

For anyone holidaying in the UK its well worth a visit .

This was , however, a miniature railway, not an industrial system. It was meant as a toy, of sorts, and turned out to have practical purposes after construction. It is, in fact, a particular railway and therefore must in itself be in scale with miniature figures, or in relative scale if you prefer, as any other vehicle. Since most railway scales do not match miniatures scales, however (not the most commonly played ones, anyway) we have to resort to "looks right", and if it looks right for any of the British miniature railways, or US park railroads, we're going to have problems telling ourselves it's supposed to be the old Ghan, let alone a PRR or UP train in the interwar period. The loading gauge of Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch trains is going to be vastly different to that of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, and look like it too. You won't have to look too closely to see the difference.
PS see also: Great Railway Adventures with Dan Cruickshank.
PPS There is a 20mm miniature available for the above train.
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You call that a tank?! THIS is a tank!!!

tkdguy: I love the reactive armour!

Glad you liked it. I was trying to find the one you posted but found this one instead.

hehe – have fun modelling THAT in 20 mil!