@NYC 428 posted:I have all of the modern military equipment in both green and tan versions offered by MTH. Scale or not scale I don't really care, they are very nicely done.
I'm not a rivet counter by any means so I buy what I like. But the one thing I could never understand is why people, that are stickler's for exact/scale prototypical reproductions preorder models before they've had a chance to inspect them, or buy them knowing there not 100% scale and compline.
You know there's a word for "doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result"
NYC 428,
I agree MTH did a great job on all their military flatcars. I put my military train together prior to MTH started offering Military loads. I do have a few MTH cars on my train however I did modify them by removing the pieces of plastic holding the vehicles on the flats. As far as scale goes I feel O scale vehicles can be anywhere from 1/43 to 1/56. As a general rule I stayed away from 1/43 unless I really liked the vehicle. I think there are 2 1/43 vehicles on my train.
I do feel that the more important factor in preparing a military train is era of the train. I wanted my train to honor my father who served under Patton during WWII. I see videos of military trains with Sherman tanks along with helicopters and missiles on other flatcars or Sherman’s and Bradley fighting vehicles on the flatcars. To me this is the big no no, not scale fidelity.
johnB
