Any true to scale 28mm – 1/56 Rail Road freight cars available ???

[a27cromwell]

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 ?

[limburger]

O 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.

[sundancer]

There 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?

 

[torros]

O 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?

[hairybrains]

I did a quick route about the interwebs and came across this STL:

https://wargaming3d.com/product/all-inclusive-28mm-railway-collection-track-system-civilian-train-system-and-armoured-train-system/

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

[somegeezer]

Some 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.

[somegeezer]

Sorry your OP even mentions the MDF stuff. Reading is hard send coffee. Or maybe pillows.

[limburger]

@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.

[torros]

1/76 is OO scale which is probably the most popular railway scale and also equates to 20mm

1/72 used to be 25mm

[a27cromwell]

Guess 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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