Pictures of mixed scale. 1/43, 1/48, and 1/50. It is difficult to tell the scale of each piece.
with any scale, i find consistency is the way to go. i also at times have had 1:48 scale trains running on a layout with 1:43 autos and 1:50 for construction equipment and buses. if you looked closely and gave it some thought, the buses did look smaller in scale, but not when just glanced at. yet if i were to find a 1:48 auto and placed it by a 1:43 scale car, the difference would be immediately noticeable.
a similar situation involves live steam at my steam-only home track. with 7.5" gauge, 1.6" scale is more accurate than 1.5" scale, but since most operators own 1.5" scale equipment, the few 1.6" scale trains appear to be too large. similarly if one were to visit a track where most operate 1.6" scale diesel trains, 1.5" scale equipment appears to be too small.
a friend of mine operates a garden railroad with a mix of 1:32 and ridiculously oversized 1:29 equipment. side-by-side, the difference is very noticeable.
cheers...gary
