I'm interested in adding to a model train layout, but don't know whether the item I want to purchase is the right size. It says it is 1:18 but I don't know what that means.
2007-08-03 03:50:35 · 4 answers · asked by Mondoman 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Others are correct... any time a scale is listed as a RATIO... X : Y means that X feet in real life equals Y feet on the model.
1:18 is HUGE !! A standard box-car of 40 feet would be: 40ft divided by 18.. and the "model" would still be a 2.222 foot model.
Standard Model Rail Road scales are:
O - 1:43, 1: 45 of 1:48
OO- 1:76 ( a european scale)
HO - 1:87
N - 1:160
Personnaly... N scale is best if you have less than a garage.
2007-08-03 13:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means it is 1/18 actual size. So if the model is 10" long the real thing would be 180" or 15'
This would be HUGE for a model railroad
The most common mrr scale is HO ( about1/64)
2007-08-03 11:02:01 · answer #2 · answered by Sophie B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means that one inch on the model is equal to eighteen inches or 1-1/2 feet on the real thing.
2007-08-03 14:05:24 · answer #3 · answered by Phil S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So..
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2014-08-08 00:34:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋