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ARTICLES RELATED TO O scale - Standards | | | |  O scale - Standards: Encyclopedia II - O scale - StandardsThe differences in the various O gauge and O scale standards often confuse newcomers.
O scale - O gauge and O scale.
O scale tends to imply an accurate scale model at 1:43, 1:45, or 1:48 scale. It may run on traditional three-rail track, but more likely, it runs on more realistic-looking two-rail track using direct current. However, the height and spacing of the rails is not true to scale. Often, hobbyists will use the phrases "two-rail" or "th ...
See also:O scale, O scale - History, O scale - Standards, O scale - O gauge and O scale, O scale - O27 gauge, O scale - Exact scale standards, O scale - O in the United States, O scale - British and European O gauge, O scale - O in the Soviet Union Read more here: » O scale: Encyclopedia II - O scale - Standards |
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| | | | O scale - Standards: Encyclopedia II - O scale - British and European O gauge In Britain, O gauge equipment is produced at a scale of 1:43, which is 7 mm to the foot (using the common British practice of modelling in metric prototypes originally produced using Imperial measurements). It's often called 7 mm scale for this reason.
Although toy trains were historically produced to this scale, O gauge's popularity in Europe and Britain died out after World War II, and the standard is rarer than in the United States. Modeling in O gauge in fact almost died out in Britain but enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s ...
See also:O scale, O scale - History, O scale - Standards, O scale - O gauge and O scale, O scale - O27 gauge, O scale - Exact scale standards, O scale - O in the United States, O scale - British and European O gauge, O scale - O in the Soviet Union Read more here: » O scale: Encyclopedia II - O scale - British and European O gauge |
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| | | | O scale - Standards: Encyclopedia II - O scale - O in the United States In the United States, O scale is defined as 1:48 (0.25 inches to the foot, "quarter scale"). This is also a common dollhouse scale, giving more options for buildings, figures, and accessories. Many O scale layouts are also accessorized with 1:43 scale model cars.
While 1:48 is a very convenient scale for modeling using the Imperial system (a quarter-inch equals one scale foot), the discrepancy between O scale in the United States and in Europe is attributed to Lione ...
See also:O scale, O scale - History, O scale - Standards, O scale - O gauge and O scale, O scale - O27 gauge, O scale - Exact scale standards, O scale - O in the United States, O scale - British and European O gauge, O scale - O in the Soviet Union Read more here: » O scale: Encyclopedia II - O scale - O in the United States |
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| | | | O scale - Standards: Encyclopedia II - O scale - History The original name for O gauge and O scale was 0 [zero] gauge or Gauge 0, because it was smaller than Gauge 1 and the other existing standards. At the time, it was believed to be impossible to make a toy train any smaller. It was created in part because manufacturers realized their best-selling trains were the smaller scales.
In the United States, manufacturers such as the Ives Manufacturing Company, American Flyer, and Lionel Corporation used O gauge for their budget line, marketing either Gauge 1 or Wide gauge (also kno ...
See also:O scale, O scale - History, O scale - Standards, O scale - O gauge and O scale, O scale - O27 gauge, O scale - Exact scale standards, O scale - O in the United States, O scale - British and European O gauge, O scale - O in the Soviet Union Read more here: » O scale: Encyclopedia II - O scale - History |
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