Reply to "Silly question about o scale"

slicknick924OGR Forum Member

Ingeniero No1 posted:
slicknick924 posted:
Oh I have another question about track radius. I just got a scale Mikado with a minimum radius of o-42. I have some o-36 curves on my layout, will I be able to run the Mikado? Thanks
The notation o-42, or O-42 or Ø42 refers to diameter, not radius. For example, Ø108" is a diameter of 108 inches. Radius is noted with the letter 'R'. From Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Lehigh74 wrote:
"To make things just a little more confusing, the gauge of the track is 1:43.5 so the track gauge is only O scale if you are in England."
Which is why HO (Half O) is 1/87 and not 1/96!
Alex

I'm still kind of confused, here is the link to the website: http://www.lionel.com/products...mikado-1210-6-18080/ I would download the manual and see the minimum curve, I'm still a bit confused. I know that Lionel has curves: 0-27 0-36 0-48 0-60 0-72 0-80 I believe. I don't know if it's o or 0 or O. I have the 0-36

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