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October 6, 2021 at 4:48 am #1684847
While I know there are some pieces of rolling stock available from Sarissa & Company B , they are either undersized IMO , or a mix of 1930s British and Wild West American style cars . I’m looking for German 4 and 6 axle flat cars on which to display my tanks as well as to use as scenery pieces for troops to fight around in a railyard . Hopefully someone will bring some out in a pewter/resin kit or maybe even plastic ( Rubicon ? ) , I’m not really loving the look of the mdf cars . Anyone have any ideas ?
October 6, 2021 at 6:50 am #1684851O scale in trains is 1:48 … so your trains would probably be a bit out of scale compared to the tanks and vehicles.
A quick google didn’t show a lot of product in that scale though and I noticed that Marklin only does H0 (1:87) scale at best.
I suspect the tiny trains are easier to sell given the small footprint.OTOH .. it’s not like wargame manufacturers actually care about scale, with the possible exception of the 1:56 scale Italeri tanks that Warlord sells.
Don’t expect it to be cheap.October 6, 2021 at 7:55 am #1684852There was a Scale S (1:64 if memory serves) which was much closer to what you wanted but that is all but desserted.
Maybe “normal” model kits have things in 1:54 scale? Have you tried looking at those?
October 6, 2021 at 8:20 am #1684854O scale can be 3 different sizes depending where you live in the world. S scale as @sundancer says will be the closest. Sadly 1/56 railway modelling wise just isn’t a thing.
I hate saying it but do you know anyone with a 3D printer?
October 6, 2021 at 11:19 am #1684871I did a quick route about the interwebs and came across this STL:
I haven’t used them myself but there is a guy on ebay producing them under licence in the UK if that is any help
October 6, 2021 at 1:58 pm #1684908Some of the MDF manufacturers do railway gubbins in wargame scales. The scale is closer but at the cost of detail. Personally I’d be more inclined to use O gauge stuff.
October 6, 2021 at 1:59 pm #1684909Sorry your OP even mentions the MDF stuff. Reading is hard send coffee. Or maybe pillows.
October 6, 2021 at 6:57 pm #1684970@sundancer common scales for models are 1:35 – 1:48 – : 1:72 (and for some reason 1:76). There are more, but they’re usually for things like ships and airplanes which would be too big (and expensive).
The 1:56 is unique to wargames and possibly toys as far as I know.
I think Revell has an X-wing in 1:56-ish scale and I think that air speeder is similar, but that stuff is kind of non standard for whatever reason that I can’t understand.https://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2013/04/s-scale-vs-on30-for-calamity.html
I’d prefer the O scale over the S scale mentioned in that article to be honest … but it will depend on what minis you do have.
Big chunky ‘heroic’ scale minis won’t look bad against O scale, but they’d look ridiculous next to the S scale train.October 6, 2021 at 10:19 pm #16850301/76 is OO scale which is probably the most popular railway scale and also equates to 20mm
1/72 used to be 25mm
October 7, 2021 at 1:06 am #1685057Guess I’m out of luck then . I really thought you guys in the UK and Europe would know of some guy working out of his garden shed making this stuff . Model RR stuff is too pricey and its getting hard to come by now , what with a lot of stores closing . A few years ago ( ok maybe 20 ) when hobby swap and shops were held monthly at the local Church or Scout hall , you could pick up Atlas or Marx O scale cars for $5 . These days your lucky to get train shows once a year pre covid . Maybe Rubicon will dip their toe in and release one , they do have some ” weird ” things in their shop , a LCT , 16 ton travelling crane , the 60cm gun Thor . Thanks guys
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