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JMilano
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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 11:42 AM UTC
This might seem like a stupid question but I am going to ask it anyway. I am planning a 1/35 armor dio and was wondering if any of the railroad scales correspond to 1/35 scale. HO N scale ????
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Posted: Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 11:45 AM UTC
G - 1/22.5
O - 1/48
S - 1/64
HO - 1/87
N - 1/160
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 02:43 PM UTC
Gauge 1 is an exact 1/32 scale, aka 3/8 =1ft, aka 54mm. It is the absolute closest you can get and works vert well. Many European Trains run on this like Marklin.. Hope this helps
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 03:11 PM UTC
Joe,

If you are flexible with scale, 1/48 = model railroad's O scale. Both are quarterscale.

jimb is correct. However, in model RR world, G ("Garden") scale can be anything from 1/20 to 1/32. It has to do with model companies making their models different sizes but gauged to run on the same size track.

See Model RR scales
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Posted: Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 03:51 PM UTC
Most G Scale ("Garden Scale") trains sold in the USA are 1:22.5 scale, but some are made in 1/32nd. That said, there are 1/35th scale trains and tracks available from several manufacturers, now, notably Dragon and Trumpeter, and Maquette offered some scale tracks (if you can find them) and Verlinden also did some resin railroad tracks. Ironside in France also did some flatcars in resin. Rail versions of standard armored cars have also been offered, based on Russian, French and Italian armored cars, and dedicated armored patrol trollies have been offered by Dragon, which could operate independently, or as part of an armored train. Trumpeter has a standard German steam engine, and will release a smaller diesel engine shortly. Unless you plan to fill an entire room, you probably don't need more than one or two cars and some tracks.
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