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(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.
(Login executor70) Missing-Lynx members 69.47.1.17
No one will notice anyhow
July 7 2009, 11:13 PM
Nobody will ever be able to pick out the slight incorrection anyhow. Beside how many people come to your house that have a off the cuff knowledege of wartime reichsbahn railguns. If it is off by .100 of an inch and you split that in half, it's only .050 per side. If you complete the Leopold railgun and get it done and some moron comes by and says your track looks to be fifty thousands off, toss that jackass out the door. Don't beat yourself up, just build it. It took me a year to get mine done and it looks awesome. Don't sweat the track.
(Login JamesA2) Missing-Lynx members 155.94.70.222
Excellent advice
July 8 2009, 5:37 AM
Brian, yours is a rare voice of sanity. Thank you.
TBH, the only one who would have noticed would have been my late Father as he was a dedicated model railway fanatic. The loft of our house was converted to a true HO scale (and gauge) model of the Turkish State Railways ca. 1950. I guess a lot of that rubbed off on me as I grew up noticing the scale difference between HO and OO.
