Scale

Can anyone tell me what scale is 00n3

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Paul
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I believe it's 4mm scale on TT (3mm) gauge track, but I stand to be corrected. I think that 00n3 isn't very common though, maybe HOn3 is more common, which is I believe 3.5 mm scale on TT gauge track...

Ian J.

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Ian J.

Reply to
John Clements

OO scale, ie, 4mm to the foot. The track gauge is 3 foot, or 12mm.

The 'n' refers to "narrow gauge", and the number after the 'n' means feet if it's single digit, or inches if it's double digit. Eg OOn30 would be 30 inch of 2-1/2ft narrow gauge in OO scale.

Reply to
Wolf Kirchmeir

"John Clements" wrote

Peco produce HOm track where the 12mm track represents metre gauge.

There's also HOe (using 9mm track).

John.

Reply to
John Turner

Which category does IoM fit into? British or Irish :-)

Reply to
Michael

It's one of the British Isles.

Mark

Reply to
Mark Goodge

So is Ireland!

Cheers, Steve

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Steve W

"Mark Goodge" wrote

But not part of the United Kingdom. Isn't it an independent protectorate or something?

John.

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John Turner

"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote

Unless you're talking Peco-speak - where OOn9 for instance refers to 4mm scale on 9mm track, whilst On16.5 is 7mm scale on 16.5mm track!

John.

Reply to
John Turner

GEM used to do a range of 4mm scale IoM kits to run on 12mm track. I think some of the range (such as the Beyer-Peacock 2-4-0T's) is now marketed via Branchlines.

Cheers, Mick

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Mick Bryan

3.5mm scale on TT track is known as H0m and used for metre and 3ft 6in gauge prototypes, mostly used for European, South African and Australian modelling. H0n3 is for 3ft prototypes and uses correct 10,5mm gauge, mostly used in N.American modelling. Keith
Reply to
Keith

Um, yes, and the Germans have HOe (e for "Engspur"), which is used for

760mm (30") gauge.

So we have the usual mess of incompatible terminology. So, what else is new? :-)

Reply to
Wolf Kirchmeir

In message , Paul writes

It's 4mm/1ft scale representing 3-foot gauge narrow gauge, i.e. 12 mm. gauge track.

Reply to
Jane Sullivan

In message , John Turner writes

Actually Peco don't use the "n", because that would be just too confusing. So it's 009 or O-16.5.

Why they decided unilaterally to change from the commonly accepted method, which is still used in other English-speaking countries, is totally beyond me. But then, a lot of what Peco does is totally beyond me.

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Jane Sullivan

"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote

My point exactly! ;-)

John.

Reply to
John Turner

The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are British Crown Dependencies, as is Bermuda. They have their own stamps and currency, and a separate banking system (although run by the major UK banks). My wife and I have an offshore sterling account with Barclays in the Isle of Man.

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Reply to
MartinS

Fareham have got an On9 layout! This tends to bring the tilt light on for a lot of people. Its effectively the scale of O gauge (7mm/ft) on 9mm gauge track representing a 15" gauge railway round an estate (a bit like Chigley for those of the right age to remember).

Elliott

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Elliott Cowton

The late John McCleod had one in a park setting on his semi-freelance Great Central layout in Big Sandy, Texas.

(semi-freelance because it was a whatif: what if the Great Central had survived the 1923 grouping, based around a junction station called Chiltern)

Reply to
Christopher A. Lee

"Time flies by when you're the driver of the train And you ride on the footplate there and back again".

I am 5 years old again. /clears throat/ Sorry.

Stuart.

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Stuart.

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