1:32 scale

Kev, you haver stumbled on the wonderful world of "G scale"! It has been discussed on here many many times. Try doing a search or someone will be along soon to tell you. I would but I have my orders to get my arse into the garden to help SWMBO!
 
Hal Farsed said:
Kev, you haver stumbled on the wonderful world of "G scale"! It has been discussed on here many many times. Try doing a search or someone will be along soon to tell you. I would but I have my orders to get my arse into the garden to help SWMBO!
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I’ve been getting to grips with G Scale since March last year, thought I was cracking it and Piko G Scale buildings I google for show 1:22.5 so not sure what’s going on with the others I’ve found
 
G scale (sic) is quite eclectic /elastic..

So.......
The gauge of the track, suggests 'gauge 1'.- Which could be 1:32, or could be 1:29.

The models, could be 'standard gauge' - representing a 4' 8 1/2" prototype.
Or, European metre-gauge, which comes out at 1:22.5

Funnily enough, 1:22.5 also gives you 4' 8 1/2" standard gauge, on gauge 3 track.

So.....
'it's complicated' :D

PhilP
 
Basically, in some areas you can mix different scales without creating problems. For example, using 1:32 scale vehicles in the background on a layout can work because they give a feeling of depth to the viewer, but using them alongside 1:22. railway stock, they would look far too small.
 
Tis all what you are prepared to accept. Acres of mega bits have been seen in the forum discussing the merits of G scale and the sundry scales that can be used within the Genre. I use Piko wagons on my LGB Rollblocks as SG wagons with the axles shoved out to Gauge 3, but I also use a Piko 2-10-2t that is based on a Standard Gauge (SG) prototype, a few tweaks with centre couplings make it look like a Narrow Metre (NG) Gauge loco. The Piko Kamel is available in SG and NG forms same scale but BoBo and CoCo, I have the NG CoCo one for my Harz setup, but it is clearly under scale however I can live with that.

G scale is a bit of a mess but great if you are a bit selective and use things with sense, 1:32 buildings can make great effects by making your space look bigger with forced perspective if used just a little further back on your line (if you can) but will clearly look odd if next to 1:24 trains.
 
the germans are to blame!

when LGB made a new line of toys in 1968, they called them "Gartenbahn" and "Grossbahn" (English: "Gardentrain" and "Largetrain" )
the rest was pride and confusion.
the British influenced world named that stuff "G Scale".
the US influenced world settled for "Largescale".
both misnamed.
because the world of "G" scales consists of many scales. but just one "Gauge" ("Guage" for the Northamericans).

in short, the German word "Gummi" translates as "Rubber".
so, "G-scale" = "rubber-scale".


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At one time Piko did a range of guage 1 buildings. Most of the bits were the same as g but a bit lower, bits missing from the bottoms of walls. The doors had lintels above to make them smaller.
(If I have spelt the bits over the door wrong it's this spell checker which doesn't like l i n t e l s & keeps changing it)
 
You have to be a bit careful, but it's your layout, so if you like what it looks like there's no problem. If you believe it looks to small, place it towards the rear of the layout and with a bit of clever planting, it'll blend in fine
 
dutchelm said:
At one time Piko did a range of guage 1 buildings. Most of the bits were the same as g but a bit lower, bits missing from the bottoms of walls. The doors had lintels above to make them smaller.
(If I have spelt the bits over the door wrong it's this spell checker which doesn't like l i n t e l s & keeps changing it)
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Why not turn the spell checker off!
 
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