'G' or 'O' scale? (1 Viewer)

[waynepoo]

We are perhaps going to do a new dio with the ALH using a train so my question to the learned among you is ....Which model train scale is best to use with 1/30 figures?
I have done a small dio using 'O' track as this looked right with 1/30, where 'G' track looked totally to big (see the pictures). I have not used any rolling stock in any scale, this is of course is the true test, how the rolling stock looks using 1/30 figures. I know many will swear black and blue that 'G' is the answer but I am not convinced. So if you any have pictures using either with 1/30 figures please post them as this will help me to decide which is best to use.
Cheers,
Wayne.

 

[jazzeum]

Wayne,

I used to collect trains and I think G should be the right scale. Think O would be too small.

Brad

 

[waynepoo]

Wayne,

I used to collect trains and I think G should be the right scale. Think O would be too small.

Brad

Thanks Brad, but all I can go on at this stage is that the G scale track looks to big to my eye, if someone can show a picture of some G or O rolling stock using 1/30 figures that would help.
Wayne.

 

[villagehorse]

G all the way for me. Robin.

 

[villagehorse]

G, there are some rails that have thinner wood cross beams that look better. Robin.

 

[TomNT]

Mate, as you know I have seen your dio first hand and even though the "O" scale track looks great and works well with the figures, I think the "G" scale track would be better especially after looking at the pic's that Robin posted. I reckon once you cover the tracks with ballast it will look better scale wise to the figures.

Tom

 

[waynepoo]

Knew you would post pictures Robin, thanks mate saves me trolling through all your zillions of dios to find them, now where did you source those trains from?
Wayne.

 

[villagehorse]

Knew you would post pictures Robin, thanks mate saves me trolling through all your zillions of dios to find them, now where did you source those trains from?
Wayne.

All from Ebay, battery operated usually costing around $50 (4 items). My model maker is currently working on 2 German armoured G trains. Should be finished in a few weeks and I will post, but guessing it will look good. The main issue I have found is with doorways to carriages, always too small up against a figure, however most carriages I use are wagons, flat cars and tankers, so not an issue. What do you think on scale?, I know photos do not exactly show sizes, but I find they look about right. Robin

 

[waynepoo]

All from Ebay, battery operated usually costing around $50 (4 items). My model maker is currently working on 2 German armoured G trains. Should be finished in a few weeks and I will post, but guessing it will look good. The main issue I have found is with doorways to carriages, always too small up against a figure, however most carriages I use are wagons, flat cars and tankers, so not an issue. What do you think on scale?, I know photos do not exactly show sizes, but I find they look about right. Robin

Looks like they work ok, Andy told me the train Gordon and he used was a G scale they modified. Have been looking on ebay at Ehco trains sets that you mentioned awhile back, the locos aren't quite right for what we want to do but will keeping looking at a separate loco and carriages, there is some 1/32 scale about as well but hard to find which would be perfect. The Echo trains seem nice and cheap but the postage is a bother so perhaps a joint effort among ourselves could be in order. Somewhere down the line I would like to do a dio of the Great War armistice carriage as well.
Thanks mate.
Wayne.

 

[WBritain]

Hi all,
What you are seeing in most of the commercially available track is over scale rail height. This is to accommodate the over scale flange depth on almost all of the wheels.
For most standard gauge track the distance would be 4' 8 1/2" from rail to rail. This is what the German companies scaled "standard gauge" for toy trains during the first part of the twentieth century. This went with the 54mm figures that dominated the market that scaled somewhere between 1/32 and 1/34 or even smaller.
We know this as Garden scale or large gauge with many different scales running on the same gauge track today. You will see 1/29, 1/32, 1/24, 22.5, 1/20, 1/18 and even more.

I am working on some American Civil War equipment for myself in my spare time (not very often unfortunately) and I am using good nickel silver rail intended for 1/48 (O ) on hand laid wooden ties to scale to 1/32. This approximates the correct rail height, although it is still very heavy rail for the 1860s, on correctly spaced and sized ties. The overall effect is really quite good.
I hope this helps a bit... I love some of the creative use of existing items that have been kit bashed on this thread!
All the best,
Ken

 

[Poppo]

Great photos " Village", and nice to see a " refueling" scene {sm3}

 

[Scott]

I use G scale Bachmann cars for Civil War.

 

[waynepoo]

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Thanks Scott.