Kevins a pretty smart guy....
I'm not.
Back when I got into the G hobby I seen some of the scale info but, it was simple for me, I like this engine and it looks good with these cars , thus I'm going to buy them. As time and age goes on I have learned alot about scale / gauge and understand it,,,but the principle still applies.
This looks good with this and I like that!!!!heheheheheeh
Is it REAL? or Just 1:29 scale?
Long live Outdoor Model Railroading.
altterrain wrote: That's a great shot, Kevin. More folks should get out to railroad museums to compare the real things. A comparison of minvan sized 4-4-0 to a warehouse sized 2-6-6-6 Allegheny, like they have up at the B&O museum in Baltimore, would certainly be an eye opener (they have a nice garden railway too).The K-37 is a beauty. So, how long does one get to keep a locomotive for "review"? -Brian
That's a great shot, Kevin. More folks should get out to railroad museums to compare the real things. A comparison of minvan sized 4-4-0 to a warehouse sized 2-6-6-6 Allegheny, like they have up at the B&O museum in Baltimore, would certainly be an eye opener (they have a nice garden railway too).The K-37 is a beauty. So, how long does one get to keep a locomotive for "review"?
-Brian
If you want to see a REAL contrast in size...
When I visited Steamtown in Scranton, PA, a few years ago, one of their display locos was the Dayton Typewriter Company's miniature Porter 0-4-0t, reputed to be the smallest standard gauge loco built in the United States.
Immediately behind it was a Big Boy.
Model or prototype, there are small, medium-size and 'pushing the loading gauge' locos. Going purely by photos, the first N&W 2-8-8-2's were scrawny beasts indeed when compared to the Y-6. And then there's the Kiso Forest Railway 0-4-2T (now at the California Railroad Museum) which has an industrial cyclone stack bigger around than its boiler!
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - one scale, three track gauges)
Oh and yes we must remember the little people on our railways......why can I not fit him into the cab of the engine? He is way to BIG....so which little people do I buy? "G" scale?!
I have seen some very talented {sp} men out there do wounders with I think it was eith wax or clay with heat unit...can not remember who?
FJ and G wrote: Robert, that's why have to laugh when I see an ad in GRR for something "G scale". I'm clueless as to what they mean by G scale.
You got it. when I first started examining large scale, I really had to pay attention. It's tough if you're not careful. Hell, it's tough if you ARE careful.
Hi Kevin,
WOW...that thing is huge. Reminds of when I opened the box for my Bachmann 45 tonner. BIG and very YELLOW! Scale? I give up. Later eh...Brian.
Rastun wrote: That's a great comparison Kevin. Thanks for posting it.
That's a great comparison Kevin.
Thanks for posting it.
Short, sweet, to the point. I CONCUR.
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
Nice photo.
It looks like comparing something like G, O, and S. together but on the same track.
Wow. That's cool.
nice! I'm assuming track 3 is the track to the right, as I'm not familiar with 3' gauge locomotives and the Ruby was really bashed to where it's unrecognizeable.
I'm running 7/8n2 and 7/8n18 both 1:13.7 scale. You should see a the comparisons of those; sorry, no side by side photos yet but have some big Maine stuff and little UK stuff
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