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[quote user="cmulligan01"] I believe the Japanese model makers use a different scale on the same gauge because most of Japan's railroads are 3' 6" gauge. I'm only aware of 4' 8 1/2" being used in Japan on the Bullet Trains. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] That´s quite correct. Japanese Ho scale is 1/80 and Japanese N scale is 1/150, the latter being incorrect for 9 mm gauge. The Japanese chose do to so to be able to run standard gauge Shinkansens next to narrow gauge trains. To make things even more complicated, British OO gauge is 1/76, but running on HO tracks, and British N gauge is 1/144, running on 9 mm tracks. Both is incorrect.
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