hey i was wondering how close HO scale trains are to 1/72 scale figures......like would the buildings look out of scale if i were to use 1?72 buildings and figes but an HO scale train? thanks for your help......

Not particularly, however, HO is actually a lot smaller than 1/72nd. Probably with distance from an object, it would be hardly noticeable.

The problem is that HO (and 00) were developed with no thought of the future - HO was a 'stand-alone' scale.

There are a considerable number of vehicles made specifically in HO scale - what springs to mind are companies like Preiser, Wiking and a number of others..

HO was always designated as 'continental' scale, OO was a purely British creation (we Brits always have to be different ) - it started with Marklin in Germany and Hornby-Dublo in the U.K. (which was eventually taken over by Tri-Ang in the 1950s)...It's a complex subject! Jim

HO = 1:87 - the difference is too big.

Roco makes a lot military in HO scale.

As MrMox said HO is 1:87, putting this together with 1:72 does not in my opinion look very realistic, they're just to different in size.
Preiser has a whole military 1:87 line (figures and vehicles).

But buildings for 1:72 have to be scracthed I think.

Pascal

Adam,

I tried this (combining 1:76 military stuff with 1:87 RR) and it lookded quite ok for the tracks, some buildings and even some freight cars. To be perfect in scale, I have to admit the others who propose Preiser (for 1:87 figures) and ROCO (who nearly have every piece of armor -WW2 and modern- in 1:87).
Aifix did some RR stuff (engines and cars), but don't ask me for the scale. Does anybody know ?

Cheers

Frank

Airfix did a large amount of wagons, coaches and even locomotives along with a number of buildings. All were 00 Scale (1/76th) and none have been in production for many years.

All the buildings and railway accesories were of British subjects...Jim

depends where you want to use the H0 stuff...
In the Background and without a 1:72 Model or figure standing directly next to it it would be ok.
But putting a H0 figure next to a 1:72 tank looks stupid

greets,

ekke



PS: there are very few models exactly 1:72 or 1:87, so if you use a large 1:87 house with a small 1:72 vehicle that could also be ok

Here is BP-44 Panzerzug ... It's 1/72 scale, BP-42 armoured train.



And diorama :
http://www.xs4all.nl/~tozu/bp44/bp44.htm

is it ok ?

Most (if not all) of the old Airfix range of railway stuff is now produced by a company called Dapol

http://www.dapol.co.uk/

Thanks for that David - wow! a real trip down memory lane there...Jim

thanks guys.....my girlfriend wants me to make a christmas village for our decorations and i was hoping to be able to use the 1/72 buildings with the 1/87 scale train to have a train that actually went through the town....so its not really a dio im doing but kinda is at the same time.......are there any 1/72 non military trains out there on the market that i could use?

Hey dont worry too much about that, noone will look at your christmas-decoration and say "uuuhh, thats out of scale"

American HO is 1/87

British HO/OO (British prototypes) is 1/76, It operates on HO gauge track. There are a number of manufactures in this scale. There is a lot of 1/76 scale civilian prototype rail equipment available but as far as I know no American prototype.

HO model railroaders have successfully used British OO scale building.

Some of the Airfix 1/76 military models have been re-issued, but are now labled 1/72 scale.