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Euro scale 1/20th ???

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GN_Rocky
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Question to all. I'm looking to add some rail service to my WWII dio.s .
I model 1/18th scale so I'll need to find or scratch build some 1/20th or 1/18th Euro scale track and a few freight cars that are correct to use for Europe in the 1940s. A few boxcars and flat cars and maybe if I'm real crafty, a steamer to pull them. But I'll need to know what the spacing is between the rails(inches or mm in scale) . I'm not sure if the Euro track is a standard or narrow gauge. Anyone got any info. for me ??? BTW, a 1/19th scale tank foes NOT fit on a 1/29th flatcar /DesktopModules/NTForums/themes/mls/emoticons/ermm.gif Thanks, Rocky
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Robert,

The standard gauge locomotives and rolling stock that you are looking for is GAUGE FOUR... This has been extinct for several decades, (yes I did think very heavily about it!!!), the scale is 19.2 : 1 -as near as damn it 16mm to the foot. Any of the 16mm stockists here in the UK are suitable hunting grounds. 75mm would be a good bet for std gauge track.

You could try the "F" scale std gauge track which might be easier?

regards

ralph
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Robert,

Let me save you a little "digging" and point you in a few directions...

This would have been the typical locomotive that would have worked on Axis rails:
http://www.argyleloco.com.au/a_br52.htm

This is a section on "Loading Gauges"
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/loadgauge/loadgauge.htm

regards

ralph
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Robert,

I actually have all the wheel profiles and track details for Gauge 4 -should you need them... I have a store house of old reference books with "period" information -including how to make track from old umbrella spines, (would I lie to you???) Your fundamental problem is going to one of sourcing parts. I would advise you to go for 16mm scale (19.1:1) rather than the correct scale of 19.2:1.

Brandbright and Cambrian Models both stock parts that could be modifed with a knife to be what you are looking for. The Gauge 3 Society and the National 2 and Half inch Gauge Society plus a few other places would be sources for wheels (cut the axle in half and fit a spacer tube). The trackwork is going to be very different to what you are used to -white metal chairs and wood sleepers. The technique for hitting a chair correctly onto the rail requires some practice -a bag of frozen peas is faster than anything else to ease the pain in your thumb!!!!

In the "Large Scale Events" forum I have posted a thread about the Gauge 3 get together. Have a look at the shots there. The locomotive you are going to have to build will be LARGER than those there.

regards

ralph
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