I was looking online for various sources of scaled vehicles to add to my project. I found a number of reasonable sources. However, be sure the scale is exactly what you are looking for. There is a massive difference between companies and their perspectives on what is 1/48 scale, 1/50 scale, O gauge, etc... Note the pictures. The front tractor trailer is a 1/48 scale. The next tractor trailer is a 1/50th scale. The tank car is an O Scale. The container off of the inter-modal unit is also O Scale. Not claiming anything except the variations are interesting and something to be aware of.
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BAMBAMMorris posted:There is a massive difference between companies and their perspectives on what is 1/48 scale, 1/50 scale, O gauge, etc....
Just because the label states a scale does not it really is accurate to any specific scale - trust your ruler and real scale prototype measurements.
Familiar with the tanker truck you have there. They are really closer to 1/43 scale.
"The front tractor trailer is a 1/48 scale. The next tractor trailer is a 1/50th scale."
Think about what you just said. The "next tractor trailer" is larger than the "front" one which you say is 1/48, so, it can't be 1/50.
I came across some of this "scale" labeling last week looking for birthday presents for my grandson. One line was labeled as 1/64 [ S ] and it was clearly closer to 1/87 [ HO ]. So, use your head before you buy.
Until the mid-1980s, the legal width of highway trailers in the US was 96". It is now 102". 1:48 scale trailers should be somewhere between 2 inches and 2 1/8 inches wide. Individual modelers may accept anything they want. John in Lansing, ILL
Corrected 7PM CDT 5-25 thanks to gentle prodding by two astute forum members. Thanks gents. John
Big Jim posted:"The front tractor trailer is a 1/48 scale. The next tractor trailer is a 1/50th scale."
Think about what you just said. The "next tractor trailer" is larger than the "front" one which you say is 1/48, so, it can't be 1/50.
I came across some of this "scale" labeling last week looking for birthday presents for my grandson. One line was labeled as 1/64 [ S ] and it was clearly closer to 1/87 [ HO ]. So, use your head before you buy.
Can I claim a case of anal cranial inversion? LOL You are correct.
rattler21 posted:1:48 scale trailers should be somewhere between 4 inches and 4 1/8 inches wide.
Huh? 4" in O scale is 16 feet...........which is just a wee bit more than 102"
96" = 8' = (O scale) 2"
That o gauge APL container is really closer to "S" scale than O Scale. From your pictures, what I see is an s Scale ( 1:64) container , a (1:64) scale tractor flatbed trailer, a 1:43 scale tractor trailer tanker. Finally a 1:48 Scale 40' tank car.