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193: 201: 25: 1026: 617:-inch scale at 1:24. They also build 1:29-scale North American models in live steam and electric under the AML brand, as well as British live steam and electric models in 1:19 scale (also called 16 mm) and Isle of Man live steam and electric models in 1:20.3 scale. The Isle of Man scale uses three-foot gauge track, the same width as the dominant U.S. Colorado narrow gauge. 391:
G model railways depart from this and always use the same gauge with the trains instead built in different sizes depending on whether they are intended to represent standard-gauge or narrow-gauge trains. Because of this it might be more correct to speak of "G gauge" rather than "G scale" since the
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16 mm scale: 16 mm-to-the-foot (1:19.05). Originally intended for modelling 2-ft gauge prototype railways on 32 mm track (SM32). The models are often re-gauged to also run on 45 mm track. This scale has also been used to model
855:(Large Scales) is used to refer to range of scales developed to be able to be operated together, typically in an outdoors setting, for example a garden. LS models all use the same wheel and track profiles to facilitate interchange. 293:, "Lehmann's Big Train") was introduced in 1968 by Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk in Germany. LGB products were intended for indoor and outdoor use; so the "G" became interpreted as "garden scale". 1048: 475:
1:29 scale or A scale: 1:29. First used by Aristo-Craft to model standard-gauge prototypes. Incorrect scale/gauge but proportionally similar to other popular brands of the time.
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Aristo-Craft (REA), which closed in 2013, made two scales: 1:29 and the "Classic" series (generally 1:24 but some models were closer to 1:32 scale).
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Buddy "L" (Keystone) (modern): 1:22.5 scale (almost identical to Bachmann, except cab is taller), older (legacy) equipment runs on rails spaced
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F scale (fifteen) 15 mm-to-the-foot scale, (1:20.32). Correct scale/gauge typically used to model North American narrow gauge trains on
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Like other scales, large scale is sometimes used for model trains that run indoors on a track mounted against the wall near the ceiling.
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because of its size and durability. G scale trains use a fixed track gauge of 45 millimetres (1.75 in) to accommodate a range of
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or "gauge one" which was first used in Europe and Britain and used to model standard gauge trains in the scale of 1:32.
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Wrightway Rolling Stock: 1:32 and 10 mm scale custom-built British North American and European passenger stock.
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Aster (C&S Mogul): 1:32, 1:30 for Japanese prototypes and 1:22.5 for European and Japanese narrow gauge.
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trains while a narrower-gauge track such as 9 mm N gauge is used to represent real narrow gauge.
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Hartland Locomotive Works products: 1:29 standard-gauge equipment, 1:24 scale narrow-gauge equipment.
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45mm gauge track (1:32, 1:29, 1:24, 1:22.5, and 1:20.3) without regard as to whether the trains are
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Delton/Caledonia Express: 1:24 (operated from 1983 to 1990 as Delton; until 1993 as Caledonia)
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Model trains are built to represent a real train of standard or narrow gauge. For example,
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which can remain outside in all weather. Track can also be obtained in less expensive
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Northern Fine Scale Stock: 10 mm scale. (British-only freight stock in kit form)
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track has a spacing of 45 mm between the railheads (tracks) (c.f. 44.45 mm for
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at 4 mm to 1 foot) models all use 16.5 mm gauge track to represent
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inches), is a track gauge for model railways which is often used for outdoor
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Hartford Products: 1:24 (except SP boxcar and stock car, which are 1:22.5)
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track. This scale-gauge combination is called "scale IIm" according to
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Kalamazoo Toy Train Works: 1:24 (operated from 1980 to the mid-1990s)
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external links, and converting useful links where appropriate into
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Large Scales … covers all common commercial scales running on
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Accucraft has five scales: Fn3 at 1:20.3, gauge 1 at 1:32,
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G scale: 1:22.5. Used to model European trains that run on
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inch to the foot). Used to model standard gauge trains of
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Precision scale: 1:32 standard-gauge, 1:24 narrow gauge
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as well as oxidation-resistant, though more expensive,
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History of G gauge & other gauges (N, Z, OO, etc.)
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Model Die Casting: 1:32, except caboose, which is 1:24
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1:29 G scale boxcar by Aristo-Craft on G gauge track
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G major
Geomagnetic storm scale
Scale ratio
LGB
NEM
NMRA
NMRA
metre gauge


garden railways
rail transport modelling scales
narrow gauge
~1:13
1:19
1:20
metre gauge
1:22.5
Playmobil
~1:24
standard gauge
1:32
G-scale LGB
brass
aluminium

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