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1:32 vs 1:29 What are the actual measurements of the cars?

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1:32 vs 1:29 What are the actual measurements of the cars?
Posted by skippygp123 on Friday, July 27, 2007 4:36 PM

I'm wondering if a few of you might be able to tell me what the measurements are of your 1:32 and 1:29 rolling stock?  I'm curious if these two scales can be used together, or if they will look too different to be put in the same consist. 

I realize that most of you run one scale but, hopefully, someone with 1:29 stock could send me a few measurements say, from a box car and a flat car, and someone with 1:32 stock could send me their measurements so that I could compare the information of similar cars.

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Posted by GearDrivenSteam on Friday, July 27, 2007 7:18 PM
I don't know the specific answer, but I will say that in my experience so far, 1/32 almost always works out to be too small for use with any G scale format.
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Posted by S&G Rute of the Silver River on Friday, July 27, 2007 7:25 PM

For the mesurements no clue. but what several older posts have covered in fantastic dietal is that several people buy what they want (within a range) and run it. Many sizes are close enough that they look good together. That and one can't find evrthing in one size. And to play prototypical not evry rail car is X high, Y wide... they very greatly. Hope this eazes any wories. Whistling [:-^]

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