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i was looking at a diffrent forum when i came a cross this
a live steam stainz i thing they are being produced by regner
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a live steam stainz i thing they are being produced by regner
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what about a kit ruby and make it more british looking at 300 pound you can't realy beat one and whats wrong will 45mm i run on it i find and i think is better than 32mm as the locos and rolling stock is more stable
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But you can get away with that when it's well ballasted and the tracks well weathered and theres some sort of distraction away from the track such as a nice steam trainSillyBilly wrote:The rails are too far apart when you're running models of 2ft gauge locos.PCLR wrote:whats wrong will 45mm
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Just as well the prototype is metre gauge then really isn't itSillyBilly wrote:The rails are too far apart when you're running models of 2ft gauge locos.PCLR wrote:whats wrong will 45mm
It's not actually in production anymore, it wasn't *that* expensive for what it is, i.e. an accurate scale model to a very high spec. Can't remember the exact figure but although far from cheap it wasn't as much as I'd have expected.
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The Ruby does make good conversions, but apparently they can be tempermental locos. I've like the Gauge 1 British standard gauge conversions though!PCLR wrote:what about a kit ruby and make it more british looking at 300 pound you can't realy beat one and whats wrong will 45mm i run on it i find and i think is better than 32mm as the locos and rolling stock is more stable
And if the train is unstable, your obviously driving too fast
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Pete you drive like a maniac! I've seen the speeds you do, and the speeds that your trains go at is far faster than my little 45mm line too!
Each gauge is good at modeling the prototype it was designed to do. And if you cross em over who cares- that was the first model before production started hence that locomotive was to a different gauge and not in the records of the company. Thats my theory anyway! You only live once!
Each gauge is good at modeling the prototype it was designed to do. And if you cross em over who cares- that was the first model before production started hence that locomotive was to a different gauge and not in the records of the company. Thats my theory anyway! You only live once!
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Three foot isn't a metre. It's a yard, which is roughly 900mm IIRC.Hancockshire wrote:Hang on...Endless, Nameless wrote:Just as well the prototype is metre gauge then really isn't it
there is 3ft in a metre so why can't they just call it 3ft gauge? Damn Germans. NOT NORMAL (Al Murray Moment or AMM)
Bet you get taught in metric at school don't you...
I admit I prefer imperial though- got into trouble for doing my GCSE DT project in inches...
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interesting, a gauge argument that Andy hasn't posted in yet, is he ill ?
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1 yard = 914mmEndless, Nameless wrote:Three foot isn't a metre. It's a yard, which is roughly 900mm IIRC.Hancockshire wrote:Hang on...Endless, Nameless wrote:Just as well the prototype is metre gauge then really isn't it
there is 3ft in a metre so why can't they just call it 3ft gauge? Damn Germans. NOT NORMAL (Al Murray Moment or AMM)
1 metre = 1.0936 yards
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everything!PCLR wrote: whats wrong will 45mm
well, i am highly against modelling our kind of narrow gauge stuff on 45mm, 32mm is the one and true.
But Gauge 1 british standard gauge stuff, i love.
glas lgb is different gauge, i dont want to mix two totally ifferent things. good narrow gauge models, and crappy plastic stuff.
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I couldn't be bothered to look it up I made my point anyway, you just made it better.MTA wrote:1 yard = 914mmEndless, Nameless wrote:Three foot isn't a metre. It's a yard, which is roughly 900mm IIRC.Hancockshire wrote:Hang on...Endless, Nameless wrote:Just as well the prototype is metre gauge then really isn't it
there is 3ft in a metre so why can't they just call it 3ft gauge? Damn Germans. NOT NORMAL (Al Murray Moment or AMM)
1 metre = 1.0936 yards
If one wants to be pedantic
And Andy, it's a model of a METRE GAUGE ENGINE hence it's on 45mm. I see your point regarding fings like quarry Hunslets, but the W&L locos look good on 45mm (although I admit not on LGB track), being 2' 6" they scale out to being half way between the two, but in my opinion (and that of a certain Mr Gorton, we were discussing the matter today) they look better on the wider gauge; so long as a scale rail profile is used. Same is also true of some of the other bigger Accucraft locos such as Lawley- which has a definite Irish 3" gauge feel to it.
Some people can be very blinkered in such matters. I'm quite happy on 45mm or 32mm so long as it looks right- some things look wrong on 32mm, others look wrong on 45- moodswings and roundabouts.
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