True proportion G scale ?
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beavercreek
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Scales all all relative....
Most of what is run as 'G' scale, by most of us, is really a compromise on real scale dimensions of the actual 1:1 scale items (take LGB's rubber ruler for example).
If you run the bang on scale rolling stock eg 1:20.3 and you want to be bang on for lineside detail (buildings etc) it generally needs to be to be scratch built to match as most of what is commercially available is 1:29 to 1:22.5.
Most of us use the off the shelf buildings and figures (maybe with the addition of some kitbashing and scratchbuilt items etc) so we already begin to compromise scale etc. Even true scale scratch built items might have to have their dimensions curtailed so as to not take over a whole slab of real estate!
As has been mentioned, we do it for fun.
Some of us are more conscious of scale in all things and strive to come to terms with the fact that we model outside and have an 'out of scale' environment to contend with (even with careful selection of plant leaf and blossom size etc).
Others are totally at home with a mixture of scales, in fact maybe not even conscious of the situation, and just want to have enjoyment running trains.
I myself oscillate between the two with multiscale trains running on open days and family events and generally more 'restrained' scale practice on other occasions.
As to scenic detailing..well it is always there, placed in the garden, no matter what is running, so then it is the brain that has to 'morph' the whole scene into a little slice of model world reality.......
If I want to just not notice anything scale-wise I just take me glasses off...everything fits beautifully!
Most of what is run as 'G' scale, by most of us, is really a compromise on real scale dimensions of the actual 1:1 scale items (take LGB's rubber ruler for example).
If you run the bang on scale rolling stock eg 1:20.3 and you want to be bang on for lineside detail (buildings etc) it generally needs to be to be scratch built to match as most of what is commercially available is 1:29 to 1:22.5.
Most of us use the off the shelf buildings and figures (maybe with the addition of some kitbashing and scratchbuilt items etc) so we already begin to compromise scale etc. Even true scale scratch built items might have to have their dimensions curtailed so as to not take over a whole slab of real estate!
As has been mentioned, we do it for fun.
Some of us are more conscious of scale in all things and strive to come to terms with the fact that we model outside and have an 'out of scale' environment to contend with (even with careful selection of plant leaf and blossom size etc).
Others are totally at home with a mixture of scales, in fact maybe not even conscious of the situation, and just want to have enjoyment running trains.
I myself oscillate between the two with multiscale trains running on open days and family events and generally more 'restrained' scale practice on other occasions.
As to scenic detailing..well it is always there, placed in the garden, no matter what is running, so then it is the brain that has to 'morph' the whole scene into a little slice of model world reality.......
If I want to just not notice anything scale-wise I just take me glasses off...everything fits beautifully!
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Scales all all relative....
Most of what is run as `G` scale, by most of us, is really a compromise on real scale dimensions of the actual 1:1 scale items (take LGB`s rubber ruler for example).
If you run the bang on scale rolling stock eg 1:20.3 and you want to be bang on for lineside detail (buildings etc) it generally needs to be to be scratch built to match as most of what is commercially available is 1:29 to 1:22.5.
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Oh I don`t know Mike. 12in/ft people vary considerably in size as do buildings... If buildings close to the track are about right (and door heights are the thing to check) then all should look pretty good. I have scratch built my railway buildings – but the other stuff is largely micky mouse commercial, there to provide a certain ambience... Things like trees and general greenery can be scaled by simple stuff such as a telephone box, road sign or other comparatively cheap stuff... I am lucky in that my domestic authority is not one of life`s horticulturists and therefore everything is garden railway size. Items such as begonias (what ever they look like) and daffodils are regarded as weeds, being considerable and obviously out of scale...
Scales all all relative....
Most of what is run as `G` scale, by most of us, is really a compromise on real scale dimensions of the actual 1:1 scale items (take LGB`s rubber ruler for example).
If you run the bang on scale rolling stock eg 1:20.3 and you want to be bang on for lineside detail (buildings etc) it generally needs to be to be scratch built to match as most of what is commercially available is 1:29 to 1:22.5.
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Oh I don`t know Mike. 12in/ft people vary considerably in size as do buildings... If buildings close to the track are about right (and door heights are the thing to check) then all should look pretty good. I have scratch built my railway buildings – but the other stuff is largely micky mouse commercial, there to provide a certain ambience... Things like trees and general greenery can be scaled by simple stuff such as a telephone box, road sign or other comparatively cheap stuff... I am lucky in that my domestic authority is not one of life`s horticulturists and therefore everything is garden railway size. Items such as begonias (what ever they look like) and daffodils are regarded as weeds, being considerable and obviously out of scale...
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beavercreek
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[quote author=tagorton link=topic=299227.msg320970#msg320970 date=1405080149]
Oh I don`t know Mike. 12in/ft people vary considerably in size as do buildings... If buildings close to the track are about right (and door heights are the thing to check) then all should look pretty good.
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Totally agree Tag. I use figures of varying scale alongside each other to be just as you say `like the variety of real humans` but I do tend to use a higher proportion of smaller figures set back from the foreground to give a little depth.
The vehicles and figures at the back here are 1:32 and the buildings are 1:29 and 1:32. Those at the front are 1:24 and 1:22.5...the boy on the bike is actually 1:32 too
Oh I don`t know Mike. 12in/ft people vary considerably in size as do buildings... If buildings close to the track are about right (and door heights are the thing to check) then all should look pretty good.
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Totally agree Tag. I use figures of varying scale alongside each other to be just as you say `like the variety of real humans` but I do tend to use a higher proportion of smaller figures set back from the foreground to give a little depth.
The vehicles and figures at the back here are 1:32 and the buildings are 1:29 and 1:32. Those at the front are 1:24 and 1:22.5...the boy on the bike is actually 1:32 too
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As some companies have found out, if something is built exactly to scale so every length and every curve and angle is exactly to scale, then the chances are that it will not look right. In full scale, there is a "balance" between length/height/width and curves and angles which cannot be recreated in a different scale simply by reducing/enlarging the original exactly to a given scale.
And in any case, even if something is exactly to scale in length, height, width etc., it certainly isn't to scale when it comes to thickness of the material it's made of - but that may be being a bit pedantic. As others have said, if you like it, run it!
And in any case, even if something is exactly to scale in length, height, width etc., it certainly isn't to scale when it comes to thickness of the material it's made of - but that may be being a bit pedantic. As others have said, if you like it, run it!