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Deciding which scale to model in can be a difficult task for the beginner and experienced model maker. This page aims to provide some basic data about each scale including links to specialist societies and mailing lists. The class 66 diesel locomotive is available in a number of different scales and as examples become available to me I will include photographs to illustrate the differences between the scales.
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Three quarter view of two class 66 diesel locomotives The larger model is Bachmann's OO (1:76) and the smaller one is Dapol's British N Gauge (1:148) |
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Side view of two class 66 diesel locomotives The larger model is Bachmann's OO (1:76) and the smaller one is Dapol's British N Gauge (1:148) |
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Front view of two class 66 diesel locomotives The larger model is Bachmann's OO (1:76) and the smaller one is Dapol's British N Gauge (1:148) |
| Name | Ratio | Gauge | xx:foot | Contacts | Mailing List |
| Z Gauge | 1:220 | 6.5mm | 1.39mm | Z
Club GB Z Club 92 |
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| European / American N Gauge | 1:160 | 9mm | 1.9mm | N Gauge Society - this site! | N
Scale YahooGroup N YahooGroup |
| European Finescale N Gauge | 1:160 | 9mm | 1.9mm | FS160 | |
| 2mm Finescale | 1:152 | 9.42mm | 2.0mm | 2mm Association | |
| Japanese N Gauge | 1:150 | 9mm | 2.03mm |
N Gauge Society - this site! |
JRForum YahooGroup |
| British N Gauge | 1:148 | 9mm | 2 1/16mm | N Gauge Society - this site! | N
Gauge YahooGroup Modern N Gauge YahooGroup |
| European / American TT | 1:120 | 12mm | 1/10inch 2.54mm | ||
| Triang TT | 1:101.6 | 12mm | 3mm | 3mm Society | |
| TM | 1:101.6 | 13.5mm | 3mm | 3mm Society | |
| Finescale TT | 1:101.6 | 14.125mm or 14.2mm | 3mm | 3mm Society | |
| HO | 1:87 | 16.5mm | 3.5mm | British 1:87 Scale Society | |
| Proto 87 (Finescale HO) | 1:87 | 16.5mm | 3.5mm | Club
Proto 87 Proto:87 |
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| Japanese HO | 1:80 | 16.5mm | 3.8mm | Japanese Railway Society | JRForum eGroup |
| British Scale 4 | 1:76 | 18.83mm | 4mm | Scale 4 Society | |
| British EM | 1:76 | 18.2mm | 4mm | EM Gauge Society | |
| British OO | 1:76 | 16.5mm | 4mm | The Double O Gauge Association | OO Gauge YahooGroup |
| S Gauge | 1:64 | 7/8 inch | 3/16 inch | S Scale Model Railway Society | |
| American O Gauge | 1:48 | 1 1/4inch (31.75mm) | 1/4 inch | ||
| American Proto48 | 1:48 | 1.176inch (29.87mm) | 1/4 inch | Society of Proto-48 Enthusiasts | |
| European O Gauge | 1:45 | 32mm | 6.77mm | Arge Spur 0 | |
| British Scale 7 | 1:43.54 | 33mm | 7mm | ||
| British O Gauge | 1:43.54 | 32mm | 7mm | Gauge O Guild | |
| Gauge 1 | 1:32 | 45mm | 10mm | ||
| American G Scale | 1:29 | 45mm | 10.5mm | ||
| European G Scale | 1:22.5 | 45mm | 13.55mm |
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