I have been working on locating good G scale rulers 1:32, 1:29, 1:20.3, and 1:22.5 are the ones I am looking for. I found the site called therailscale.com. Unfortunately he is closing and not taking orders. He did custom made aluminum rulers. So Now I am on the hunt again. Anybody here know where I can get them? Thanks
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I would suggest a large scale show. They can be found at most all the larger shows.
Tom Trigg
I was going to suggest Ozark Miniatures because that's where I purchased a 1:20.3 scale ruler a few years ago. The one I have is 12 inches long and is heavy metal.
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com
The only ones they currently list are called 'pocket pals' scale rulers in various ratios.
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/downloads/all%20precision%202012.pdf
NVSRR, Try Rulers of the World:
www.rulers-of-the-world.com
They offer rules in many scales.
Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
The only one that I know of is the LGB10015 which is a plastic template. While it is not in a variety of scales -- that doesn't matter since the scale differences are in the rolling stock not the track.
The downside of this is that the vendors think they are selling a template made of gold, not plastic, and want between $ 50 and $ 60 for one.
I have one (I didn't pay anything like this, years ago). But as a practical matter i wind up laying the actual track for a section area in my living room and getting a feel for how things will fit together - particularly where wire and insulators will attach, roadbet widths, how rolling stock overhangs on the proposed section. I would suggest free handing it first and then using the ASBUILT method -- I know of no one who built more than a loop who didn't feel the need for variation from the original plan after seeing it on the ground.
The reason they are so expensive is because LGB the independent company is long gone. The name and some of the product line is owned by Marklin now. So anything from the period of when the company existed is expensive. Parts are extremely tough to come by.
try www.fn3inc.com
Mate I had the same problem. I was put onto rulers of the world.
Bought some and was a little dissapionted as they werte plastic - I would have preferred metal. They do the job though
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