michael mott
Western Thunderer
Hi Tim the calculation that I used is this .070" = 1 inch so standard gauge being 56.5 inches I multiplied .070x56.5 =3.955 inches so I rounded it up to 4 inches just to make life easier. it is not as if I will be running anything on anyone else's layout. Although it would be simple enough to cut .045" off the inside edge of the gauge or to just make another. But at 4 inches it is hardly noticeable, and life is too short for me to worry too much about
45 thou. at this scale. When scaling up drawings in the scanner some of the lines get to be less accurate than that at this large a blow up.
That said I am trying to be reasonably accurate with the general overall appearance and general building practices. This for me is mostly to be able to build a large model of the sorts of things that might have been going on in the workshops at the early part of the 20 century. giving me lots of scope for making details. and a group of large loco models without going down the model engineering route. A long winded answer but I hope the rationalization makes sense.
Michael
45 thou. at this scale. When scaling up drawings in the scanner some of the lines get to be less accurate than that at this large a blow up.
That said I am trying to be reasonably accurate with the general overall appearance and general building practices. This for me is mostly to be able to build a large model of the sorts of things that might have been going on in the workshops at the early part of the 20 century. giving me lots of scope for making details. and a group of large loco models without going down the model engineering route. A long winded answer but I hope the rationalization makes sense.
Michael