Posted By Mr Awesomer on 02/28/2009 12:17 PM
Hello everyone,
Long time listener, first time caller.
Quick question... and hopefully not to dumb of one... but does anyone know if the Bachmann skeleton log cars (98490)... along with the Bachmann logging caboose (93170) are in 1:20.3 scale?
I'd like to get a bunch of them for the Bachmann 36ton Shay I just got to pull, but I want to make sure they are in the same scale... and no product listing for these cars lists their exact scale.
Thanks in advance.
Hmmmmm. Let's put it this way - I made a scad of the skeleton cars from plans in GR at 1/20.3, and they are about an inch longer than my half a dozen or so Bachmann cars. The width is around the same, and the proportions are about the same, and Bachmann advertised them at the time of their introduction by showing a nice long train of them behind one of their Shays...
On the other paw, having seen the real thing oodles of times, I seem to recall that THEY were all built to slightly different scales, even on the same railroad.
IMO, I don't think anybody would criticise you for running Bachmann's own log cars behind one of Bachmanns' own Shays.
The logging caboose, a bobber-style orginally found in 'Big Haulers' sets, is NOT 1/20.3, but a generic 1/24th-ish. Only AccuCraft make RTR 1/20.3 cabeese, AFAIK.
Again, I don't 'spose you'd get onlookers writing their congressman if you ran it behind the log cars, especially if you had enough of them that you couldn't see the loco at the same time...
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And welcome to the best LS forum of its kind, too!
Best wishes
tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
Hello everyone,
Long time listener, first time caller.
Quick question... and hopefully not to dumb of one... but does anyone know if the Bachmann skeleton log cars (98490)... along with the Bachmann logging caboose (93170) are in 1:20.3 scale?
I'd like to get a bunch of them for the Bachmann 36ton Shay I just got to pull, but I want to make sure they are in the same scale... and no product listing for these cars lists their exact scale.
Thanks in advance.
Hmmmmm. Let's put it this way - I made a scad of the skeleton cars from plans in GR at 1/20.3, and they are about an inch longer than my half a dozen or so Bachmann cars. The width is around the same, and the proportions are about the same, and Bachmann advertised them at the time of their introduction by showing a nice long train of them behind one of their Shays...
On the other paw, having seen the real thing oodles of times, I seem to recall that THEY were all built to slightly different scales, even on the same railroad.
IMO, I don't think anybody would criticise you for running Bachmann's own log cars behind one of Bachmanns' own Shays.
The logging caboose, a bobber-style orginally found in 'Big Haulers' sets, is NOT 1/20.3, but a generic 1/24th-ish. Only AccuCraft make RTR 1/20.3 cabeese, AFAIK.
Again, I don't 'spose you'd get onlookers writing their congressman if you ran it behind the log cars, especially if you had enough of them that you couldn't see the loco at the same time...
And welcome to the best LS forum of its kind, too!
Best wishes
tac
http://www.ovgrs.org/
