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British Equiptment in American HO Scale.
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by BR60103</i> <br /><br />The British do it all a bit differently. <br />They model O scale at 7mm =1' or 1:43. <br />So HO is half of their O. <br />They make OO scale (4mm=1') or 1:76 but run it on 16.5mm track. Almost all the British ready-to-run is in this combination, which may also be called OO/HO. <br />A large number (but small proportion) of 4mm modellers use a widened gauge, either EM (18.2mm) or Scalefour/Protofour at 18.83mm (dead scale). (Equivalent to Proto87 modelling for HO). <br />A few masochists are modelling British HO. There is slightly more support for this than for American OO. [xx(] <br />So the outcome of this is that you can run British OO on HO track. Some of the older equipment will not go through NMRA standard switches, but I expect that everything made in the last 10 years will. <br />British modellers use the same Peco track that is available here as HO. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />The British models being 1:76 look rather normal compared to our HO until you realize that they are larger than their real size would be if they were in 1:87 like our models. <br /> <br /> <br />The Code 100 Peco turnouts can be used but have slightly different measurements than the new Peco Code 83 line. The new line is built for American HO use and the older Peco Code 100's are built to Euro standards. I believe the difference is in the frogs tolerances. It is slightly off from ours and will cause some problems at times. I know of severa clubs that use the older Peco and they normally run OK, but they pu***he limit of the standards. <br /> <br /> <br />
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