Sorry TC, I've spent too much time with both architectural and plastic modellers who work in 1:24, 1:35, 1:72 and 1:144 'scale' (amongst others). Model railroading happens to be the only hobby that has adopted the use of letters (and originally numbers) to assign a "name" branding to a proportional relationship - this was laid down by the noted engineer Henry Greenly who worked for Bassett-Lowke in England, based upon track gauges already established by Maerklin in Germany. I just happen to model S scale (1:64) prototypes in 3 different gauges (24", 42" and standard). The Oxford English dictionary still defines 'gauge' as the distance between railheads, and 'scale' as the proportion of a representation to its original; they remain sufficiently accurate descriptions for me.
ChrisA --- In [email protected], Talmadge C 'TC' Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris and Friends; > > When ever you have a named gauge it is the gauge used to represent > "standard gauge" in that named scale. Notice i said represent not > "IS". For instance ) gauge is 5' in O but 56.5" in 0 (7mm) > > H0 Gauge is 16.5mm. In H0 it represents 56.5" standard gauge. In > "O" (or 0) it representa apx 30" gauge. And in "S" (H1) it > represents 42" (3.5') gauge. > > Any questions. > TCC:} > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
