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Miniatures Adventure => Railway Wargaming => Topic started by: David on 01 February 2011, 10:39:04 PM

Title: Estonian armoured train 1918 questions
Post by: David on 01 February 2011, 10:39:04 PM

Hi
Estonian armoured train No 2 Broad Gauge ? is this russian size ?? what would this be in 28mm ? track?
here a picture
(http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w107/dburns_04/Estonianarmouredtrain.jpg)
Thanks
David

Title: Re: Estonian armoured train 1918 questions
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 01 February 2011, 11:05:35 PM

Yes, judging from the size of the wagons, it is most likely on one of the main lines, which were (and still are) 5ft/1524mm Russian gauge.

For 28mm, it depends on what your chosen model scale will be, and what visual effect the rail gauge should have. So, if you went for 1/56th scale for the cars, the nominal track width for 1524 would be around 27mm. There is, however, no such gauge, and unless you want to re-gauge existing rails (for example taken from HO/OO Flexitrack, as I did for some table modules once), your best bid would be 0 gauge tracks, which have 32mm track width. Obviously, this is a bit too wide, but on the other hand, it will make your cars more stable, especially if you place figures inside, and it actually looks more "wide-gaugey" than an accurate track would look.

Title: Re: Estonian armoured train 1918 questions
Post by: carlos marighela on 02 February 2011, 05:27:46 AM

Does that chap on the left have a clipboard?  :D