Any Francophiles out there.......

Osgood

Osgood

Western Thunderer
Le bogie avant, il manque - où est le bogie?
Is this an adaptation of a plastic kit or a kit designed for running?
I can’t find what scale it is.
 
AJC

AJC

Western Thunderer
Osgood said:
Le bogie avant, il manque - où est le bogie?
Is this an adaptation of a plastic kit or a kit designed for running?
I can’t find what scale it is.
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RTR prototype: http://www.chrezo.fr/ - L"échelle Zéro ou 0 says O gauge to me. They seem a little ambiguous as to whether that's 1:43.5 or 1:45...

Adam
 
3 LINK

3 LINK

Western Thunderer
AJC said:
RTR prototype: http://www.chrezo.fr/ - L"échelle Zéro ou 0 says O gauge to me. They seem a little ambiguous as to whether that's 1:43.5 or 1:45...

Adam
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Hi Adam,

On the top left hand side of the site there is a French/English translation choice, the site is aimed at 32mm according to the author. But even then I do not know if these guys adhere to accuracy and scale :rolleyes:..

Martyn.
 
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AJC

AJC

Western Thunderer
3 LINK said:
Hi Adam,

On the top left hand side of the site there is a French/English translation choice, the site is aimed at 32mm according to the author. But even then I do not know if these guys adhere to accuracy and scale :rolleyes:..

Martyn.
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I know that, Martyn, but I like to try to keep what remains of my French up! I hadn't realised that 'O' in French is 0 (zero), but I've never needed to know until now!

Adam
 
Steph Dale

Steph Dale

Western Thunderer
AJC said:
I know that, Martyn, but I like to try to keep what remains of my French up! I hadn't realised that 'O' in French is 0 (zero), but I've never needed to know until now!
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Adam,
It actually is in 'English' as well. If you think about it, most of the older standard scales are numbers. In German it is also Spur 0 (null). It represents older practise in having gauges for commodities available in various sizes. It applies even now to things like paint brushes...

It also explains why, for a while, what we currently know as 'N' was sold as 000 (treble-0).

And we, yet again, have a diversion - apologies all. Mind the cones.

There's some interesting French 0-scale on eBay at the moment too...

The 140C at the top of the page (for that's what it is) appears to be a development model of MTH's latest (and, I assume, last) European loco model.

Steph
 
AJC

AJC

Western Thunderer
Steph Dale said:
Adam,
It actually is in 'English' as well. If you think about it, most of the older standard scales are numbers. In German it is also Spur 0 (null). It represents older practise in having gauges for commodities available in various sizes. It applies even now to things like paint brushes...

It also explains why, for a while, what we currently know as 'N' was sold as 000 (treble-0).

And we, yet again, have a diversion - apologies all. Mind the cones.

There's some interesting French 0-scale on eBay at the moment too...

The 140C at the top of the page (for that's what it is) appears to be a development model of MTH's latest (and, I assume, last) European loco model.

Steph
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In origin, yes, the common (spoken and, often, typographical) usage not so much - though publications are different and usually use 0/00. Blame the fact I work in EM! And N can also be a number (nine, neuf, etc.).

Adam
 
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