Deuce posted:carsntrains posted:Deuce posted:carsntrains posted:Apples55 posted:Deuce posted:Deuce posted:I cleaned. Will drill the holes for the switch controllers tomorrow and then we're done until I get the bug to do/add more. Will be nice to just run trains with the boys for awhile.
Got to admit, the Lionel Truck and Passenger Depots look too big against the truck and bus. Not sure what I will do about that. Maybe just go Plasticville with their smaller sized buildings.
As for the scale stuff ... the truck is Lionel and the bus is Corgi. Both say 1:50 scale on their respective boxes. I dunno. Something is either too big or too small.
Deuce;
I have a pair of those Lionel passenger platforms as well as several scale ones from Crescent Locomotive Works... the Lionel are definitely not to scale!!!
Yeah but look at the difference in size between the bus, trucks, and say the caboose?? A six foot tall person in O scale is 1.5 inches tall. The photo could be misleading. But after seeing a standard semi trailer is about 14 feet tall. The answer is in the measuring tape. The trailer should be about 3.5 inches tall in 1:48 right?
Jim
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General consensus is that they're too small. I thought the box said 1:50, I'll check when I get home. I know the Corgi's are marketed as being 1:50. I have a couple of 1:43 scale trucks and they appear too big ... too big to put on the layout. I guess I'll just live with the 1:50-not-1:50 scale trucks and buses I've acquired.
ETA: Seems the K-Line's are larger. I'm on the hunt for a few on eBay. Will see if they are, and if so ... will throw the Lionel's on the bay to break even.
Deuce if you would please let me know how tall those trailers are. To see if my eyes are wrong lol. I'm not scale crazy at all.. I use 1:43 cars and my O gauge people fit in them perfectly! And I have some 1:48 army jeeps that look fine with them.
Jim
Jim,
The top of the cab comes in at 1.75". Top of the trailer is under 3".
I wired the switches and also made and painted markers for each. Will do the same for the uncoupler.
Deuce yep those are quite a bit on the small side! Some companies "scale size" aint what others are! 1:50 is a touch small anyway. I think my Menards 1:48 jeeps are on the small side also. Aint no way a 1.250 or 1.5 inch tall person will fit into them! LOL Thanks for measuring those!!!
Folks if you want a new rubber band put into your Lionel sub. Just take it apart to start with. Mine doesnt spin via the rubber band. Dont know if it ever did. I just put one in it to hold the nose on. : )
Jim
