I am still getting the hang of the "scale" on my railroad. I understand the basics and not much beyond that. However, I found this link on another forum and it helped me with the conversion to my scale (1:20.3)
http://www.printmini.com/calc.shtml
I don't know if this will do the trick but its a nice one to have bookmarked and I bookmark everything!
Thank you for your response. It's nice to know that there are helpful and caring people out there...and I am learning that an awful lot of them are garden railroad people.
That particular loco is not of any specific locomotive, but it's built nominally from parts identical to those found on the Bachmann 4-6-0, which is 1:22.5. I've used parts from the Bachmann loco on 1:20.3 models as well, so it's definitely plausible in that scale.
Scale--especially in narrow gauge locos--is particularly hard to determine just by looking. All three of these locos are 1:20.3, yet all three very different in size. The best way to guess the scale is to put a figure in the cab and see how he "measures up."
Later,
K
This is a Buddy L 2-6-2 Santa Fe Railway Engine and Tender, 1 in 1000. I have another engine that I know is a 1:20.3, and the Buddy L is the larger of the two.
If the model has a specific prototype, and you know a certain dimension of that prototype (length, driver diameter, etc.) then you can divide the size of the prototype (say a 40" driver) by the size of the driver on the model (say 2") to arrive at the scale (in this example, 1:20). Failing that, if it looks appropriate, run with it.
What's the brand/wheel arrangement of the locomotive in question?
I recently purchased a new locomotive and tender for my garden layout. But there are not markings on the box or enclosed paperwork to tell me the scale. I have another train that is a 1:20.3, and this new one is bigger, but I don't know exactly how much. Is there a formula to calculate scale?
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