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@bob2 posted:

Looks scratchbuilt from here.  Scalecraft has very definite identifying features.

Don't use Williams models as for sure 1/4" scale.  Their N&W "J" seems full size, but I have my doubts about a lot of other Williams products.  The B6sb is probably 17/64; it towers over an Overland light Mikado.

Bob, you've made this disparaging statement about the Williams B6sb time and time again.  After the last one, I measured mine vs. the PRR equipment diagrams and also against a Gem B6sb O-scale model.  All measurements came out very close.  For example, the height to the top of the cab was 14' 5.875" for the prototype, 14' 6" for the Williams and 14' 4" for the Gem.

Maybe that Overland light Mikado is undersized or maybe it was a small prototype.  The B6sb was a fairly large 0-6-0 and the Williams model is absolutely, positively NOT 17/64.

If you want to pick on an oversized model, the K-Line/Lionel B6sb is way too "fat" with a smokebox and boiler a scale 7" to 8" too large in diameter.

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