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Good evening Michael, I am taking a some what different approach to what Woodie and Si are doing by using O standard gauge track and mechs, think On30 only larger. I am still using all of the appropriate military stuff that I can along with a bunch of O scale items that will work. As the two really narrow gauge experts said, this is truly a builders scale. I have yet to find anyone on the net that is doing what I am doing, talk about being alone. I have two guys in my On30 operating group that have decided to try this as well, who says misery doesn't like company? Anyway, my un-named railroad is located on an island somewhere north of me, maybe Nova Scotia or PEI,maybe Newfoundland, don't really know. Anyway, the railroad is about 15 or 20 miles long, it goes to the pier and picks up or sends out product for the two towns on the island. They make "Rhetoric" for the Nations Capitol down in America. It comes in a dry form, you simply add water and it becomes a gas, which you simply breathe in and it allows you to pontificate, and it comes pre-gaseous either way same results. I have been an On30'er for more then 40 years, have a railroad that fills a 1900 square foot basement, with an operating group of 10-15 crazy people, but have to say I like the 3/8n40 better. I have found out that if you want to do fine scale modeling, as I like to do, it takes longer and more detail is needed, be prepared, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Since I am in no hurry, wait I turn 70 this month, I like the extra challenge of how to fine detail this railroad but once I have finished a model I usually like the looks. I wish you well in your modeling, please post pictures. Since I am not that versed in computerese, you would have to send a private message to get any photos from me. BTW, right now I have only construction shots, not interesting.OK, that is it for now, best of luck,Smodeling 3/8n40, the other large scale only smaller
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Hi Steve, you are certainly not alone but there probably not a lot of others.
What you are doing is normally called 1n3-1/2. Usually followed by modellers of 3'6" railways who want to use O gauge track. Been around for decades.
Scales vary with 9mm ,10mm and 3/8" in common use. Some very nice indoor layouts done by the Kiwi's in 9mm.
If you have access to Garden Railways magazine, there were often articles from a modeller in South Australia (Ralph Holden) who has been building outdoor layouts in this scale/gauge combination for decades. He even has a book published called "A Stupid Undertaking".
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BobC
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Hi Bob, thanks for this information, do you know if there is anything on the net? If it is alright and I suspect it is, I will keep calling it 3/8n40, only because what you have stated is a mouthful to get out and right now I already have one foot in there.I am hoping to someday come across someone else who is doing this.It is much appreciated,Thanks,Steve
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Bob, That is so cool, now that is what I am talking about. Since I liver in Maryland, I doubt that I would ever consider modeling outside.Thanks for the link,Steve
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Call it what you want Steve, it's your railway :>)
However you will be more likely to find things on the web by googling either 9mmm scale or gauge one apart from the obvious 1/32 scale.
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Bob, Thanks, I am being lazy tonight, have the blues music show going on the radio, the wife is away at a quilting event and the animals are fed, so I will learn things that I never knew before.A hot cup of coffee and heading into the net.Again, thanks so very much,Steve
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Bluetooth? What does the dentist prescribe for that most common malady?
Woodie
***Also, I can't believe anybody would build a layout outside! And what is this 1:35/1:32 business anyway?***
Time for a drank anyway!
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Good evening Si, I know of him and didn't give him a thought until you brought it to my attention, I know he built esoteric stuff but didn't remember that it was 3/8n40. I may be off base here and if I am I apologize but it seems to me he ran afoul of someone over some issues, not necessarily model railroad related. I do remember he would soften truck springs and put a drop of water in the axel holes, so it would squeak. He would tout that his equipment was heavy enough to bend a paper match when run over. Wow, talk about going into the Way Back Machine, seems he lived maybe in Montana or the Dakotas. Since I didn't save any Gazettes and if he isn't on the net, it might be hard to find any of his stuff on the Net.Si, thanks a bunch,
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was a dude called Robert A. M. Stephens I believe.
