jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick) (10/02/85)
> To all interested: > I can provide information on British railways...... > Geert K. Marien <GEERT@BITNIC> OK, here's one: does any manufacturer produce models of British prototypes in HO scale? One of the New York dealers blandly advertises "HO scale" (1/87) British equipment, which is actually made by Hornby in OO scale (1/76). Even though British OO tracks are misgauged so that the trains will run, after a fashion, on HO gauge track (you can make the wheels fit the NMRA gauge by reducing the flange depth and thickness on the back of the wheels) they simply don't look right next to true HO eqipment. Instead of having a diminutive appearance, the British trains come out to be about the same size as American trains, but with an oversized, clumsy air about them. I have two GWR locomotives ("Devizes Castle", by Wrenn, and a kit-built 0-6-0 pannier tank), and four Hornby coaches in the GWR's chocolate-and-cream livery, but I seldom use them as they look so odd next to HO scale trains. Any ideas? No, I haven't the patience to do much scratch-building.
dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) (10/07/85)
I have quite a it of Hornby OO from 25+ years ago when I was a child
living in the UK. Is it, or something compatible, still available??
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