normsmith | 31 Jul 2016 4:05 p.m. PST |
In the UK, HO/OO is plentiful and 'O" harder to get hold of. I have just bought 6ft of 'O' to go with 28's, plus a wagon just as a scenic element, but they seem over-scale to my eye. I just wondered what others with 28's are using? |
Joes Shop | 31 Jul 2016 4:19 p.m. PST |
The closer scale track would be S Scale (1/64). Since your in the UK I would go with Peco On30 Track which is O Scale but for Narrow Gauge locomotives and rolling stock (goods wagons). Peco: peco-uk.com Peco On30 / 16.5 Track: link What you're looking for is SL-500 Flex Track. |
PaddySinclair | 31 Jul 2016 4:22 p.m. PST |
Of the scales/gauges S (1:64 scale) is the best match for 28mm, but you're pretty much talking US outline only, and even then it's rare. What era/genre are you trying to match the wagons to? UK 0 gauge is 1:43.5 scale, European is 1:45 mostly, and US is 1:48 so theoretically, US outline models will look closer to scale with 28mm, but US stuff won't pass for European or UK in the main; But you might do better by going for narrow gauge stuff 0e/016.5 which is 0 scale, but uses H0/00 track. So wouldn't look as overscale, especially if what you're after is a generic train type thing. A whole list of scales and the like here… link |
PaddySinclair | 31 Jul 2016 4:27 p.m. PST |
Also the Bachmann (NOT Hornby) Thomas the Tank Engine license range might provide some suitable overscale for H0/00 items but running on H0 track – you'll need to hack the faces off of some things and repaint obviously, but you'll get a decent cross section of UKish locos, wagons et al. Hornby's range is based off of their 00 range so smaller. |
miniMo | 31 Jul 2016 4:35 p.m. PST |
Definitely S-scale is the best. O just looks way too wide next to any vehicles. |
Mr Elmo | 31 Jul 2016 4:47 p.m. PST |
Don't forget that Soviet guage was 6' compared to 4' 8.5" |
normsmith | 31 Jul 2016 10:22 p.m. PST |
Thanks all. The track will mainly go down for WWII city fights, though I would use in for the opening hours of Gettysburg to represent the rail construction at McPherson Ridge. So I would only be using wagons for WWII. Part of my problem is that I have been using N gage with my 10 /12mm, which is fine, just looks massive by comparison on the same table and I know part of it is that I just need to get used to that, but a sleeper in 'O' gauge is 60mm long, which is getting on close for being twice the size of a 28mm (32mm) figure, How long is a real sleeper, I always thought about 6 – 8 feet but am probably;y wrong. |
PaddySinclair | 01 Aug 2016 2:11 a.m. PST |
The most common (UK) size is 8'6" or 2.6m long, by 10" wide for wooden sleepers under bull head rail. Other countries and rail types will vary. |
Ewan Hoosami | 01 Aug 2016 3:46 a.m. PST |
Isn't On30 just the same track width as HO? |
Joes Shop | 01 Aug 2016 4:16 a.m. PST |
Yes. Track width is the same. Ties / Base in O Scale. |
freerangeegg | 01 Aug 2016 5:24 a.m. PST |
Sarrisa do trains and track designed for 28mm now link |
normsmith | 01 Aug 2016 5:59 a.m. PST |
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Delta Vee | 01 Aug 2016 10:12 a.m. PST |
and the fact that euro O guage is 1:43, you want US O gauge at 1:48 to get closer to the large "28"mm figs I had a look at this recently to see if I could get some cheap locos / rolling stock |
MajorB | 01 Aug 2016 11:51 a.m. PST |
Just use OO gauge track and call it narrow gauge. |
Delta Vee | 01 Aug 2016 12:03 p.m. PST |
the problem there is which narrow gauge? there were lots of variations. |
MajorB | 02 Aug 2016 10:56 a.m. PST |
the problem there is which narrow gauge? there were lots of variations. Does it really matter? FWIW if you assume a nominal scale of 1/56 for 28mm figures, then the 16.5mm gauge of OO track works out at pretty close to 3ft. |
Delta Vee | 02 Aug 2016 1:32 p.m. PST |
it depends on what your building I suppose, certain designs only ran on certain railways, double Fairlys would look wrong in other settings, and Garrets ran on some lines but not on a lot of others, ( though you could do one on Australian 3 rail ), to some in the grand scheme of things it wouldn't matter, too others it would be a bigger sin than having early WW2 troops with Panthers, Lowes, centurions etc. |
Paint it Pink | 03 Aug 2016 12:39 p.m. PST |
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Old Contemptibles | 12 Aug 2016 2:50 p.m. PST |
O scale is what I use for 28mm. |