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[Old 66]

found some cool models and were wondering if you can use 1:50  or  1:144 scale on garden scale trains 1:32 1:24 scale trains and cars

 

                         cheers 

[dwbeckett]

Model's of what? It's your RR, do what you like.

Dave

[altterrain]

 There's a pic out there somewhere where someone set up a Z scale train in their garden railway to represent a garden railway in their garden railway. The Z scale works out to be about a 1/10 scale train set with our trains.

-Brian 

[Old 66]

thanks guys guess your right it is my RR  so 1:72 would work to? neat

 yaeh i heard about that z scale train in a g scale world neat

 

               cheers 

[kstrong]

You can get the "scale" scale by dividing the smaller scale by the larger scale. For example, if you're running 1:29, and want to find out how 1:87 train scales, just divide 87 by 29, which works out to 3. So, an HO scale train running on a 1:29 garden railroad would represent a 1:3 scale train.

 

The same math can be used to scale drawings from one to the other.

 

Later,

 

K

[g. gage]

My railroad meanders around the garden/yard and is usually viewed from one side at a time. I model 1:29 trains and use perspective to imply distance, 1:32 vehicles behind the tracks and 1:25 or 1:24 in front for example. But the main thing is to have fun.

Rob

[Old 66]

kstrong

You can get the "scale" scale by dividing the smaller scale by the larger scale. For example, if you're running 1:29, and want to find out how 1:87 train scales, just divide 87 by 29, which works out to 3. So, an HO scale train running on a 1:29 garden railroad would represent a 1:3 scale train.

 

The same math can be used to scale drawings from one to the other.

 

Later,

 

K

thanks very interresting your never too old to luarn something new 

 

               Cheers

 

[ttrigg]

altterrain

There's a pic out there somewhere where someone set up a Z scale train in their garden railway to represent a garden railway in their garden railway. The Z scale works out to be about a 1/10 scale train set with our trains.

-Brian

Brian: that "idjut" was me (or at least I'm one of a few that have done it. It was fun to do, a great kick to watch it run, but a very serious pain in the tail feathers to keep it clean enough to run!)

Someone said it could not be done, and that is a direct challenge to me. I'm here to say, YES it can be done, it may not be very practical, but it can be done. Problems are UV and rust, the rails and ties rot out rather quickly. OK the ties rot out quickly; the rails disappear in the dog fur just as quickly.

Old 66:

You can use different scale accessories anywhere you want. If you have some 1:50 trucks that you want to use in a "sub-diorama", then go for it. I have some ~1:50 Christmas decorations (carousel and Ferris wheel) that I use in my GRR. Word of advice: keep them back a bit from the tracks, makes them look farther into background. You want to use some 1:144, make a diorama within a diorama (as with my z scale train as a garden railroad.) Above all, remember RULE #1: It is your railroad, so do what you want.