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Trumpeter's Leopold - gauge correction July 4 2009 at 9:20 AM		(Login JamesA2) Missing-Lynx members from IP address 80.0.210.171


Any model rail enthusiasts out there who might know how to correct the the track gauge that Trumpeter used for their Leopold. It currently measures out at 44.5 mm (1/32 or gauge 1) and I wondered if it was possible to correct it to 41 mm? It should be a simple case of moving the wheels in slightly, but then all the other stuff (brake shoes, springs etc) would have to move too? The only reason I ask is that the kit track is incorrect and I want to replace it. Not a problem as it is, as gauge 1 track is a straight swap. But what about other 1/35 rolling stock and locos? They won't fit on gauge 1 track and as all 1/35 scale track except TWS are also incorrect I was looking into making my own (model railway enthusiasts do it all the time). Then of course there will be a discrepancy between the K5 and other stock wrt gauge. Bit of a conundrum, and the only other solution I can see is keeping the two models in separate rooms so that no one can compare and notice the difference. Andy