Folks,
I'm new at this so bear with me. I'm looking at a two truck shay ON30. Where can I find data related to lenght, width and height of this engine ? Also, is 1:43 the corretc scale associated with vehicles for an ON30 lay-out ?
Thanks
Backseater
Dear Mr rustic - the On30 Shay measures
Length - 7.5 inches - 190mm over couplings
Width - 1.9 inches - 48mm
Height - 3 inches - 75mm
And as most model cars are in 1/43rd scale, you'll have to compromise with that mis-match in scale. American 0 scale is 1/48th 1/4inch to the foot].
Hope this helps.
tac
www.ovgrs.org
Thanks folks. This gives me a better idea to lay out my space requirements. By the way, I'm form Montreal and have been in the states for over 40 years.
Merci
I tried the 1:43 scale vehicles and found them to be too large and over-scale.
I have since been buying either 1:48 or 1:50 scale vehicles which are much closer in scale and look a lot better.
I sold all my 1:43.
Same with figures. Look for 1:48 or 1:50 for a better fit with your On30
Good Morning All,
In my experience, the people I find most readily available to me and in a price range I accept, are a bit big for the 1/50 scale vehicles I have. But, that does not keep me from using both the 1/50 and 1/43 scale vehicles together on my railroad.
I have a pretty large collection of the 1:43 vehicles, mostly because they fit my early 1950's era, and there are almost no 1:48 vehicles that are suitable. The trick is to not mix any 1:43 and 1:48 vehicles in the same scene, because the difference will stand out. I haven't gotten quite this far with the layout yet, but I'm thinking of keeping the 1:48 vehicles with the narrow gauge parts, and the 1:43 with the standard gauge area, where the slightly larger size doesn't seem to be as visually noticeable.