4 Scales

[VJM]

Someone was asking me about the comparative sizes of various scales.

 

Here's a picture showing H0, N (1/150), Z (1/220) and ZZ (1/300) together.

 

 

 

Tomix HO-018 583 series KUHANE 581

Tomix 92325 583 series KUHANE 581

PlusUp/Akia/ZJ 485 series

Bandai ZZ 485 series

 

Edited December 21, 2021 by disturbman

[JR East]

Great !

[cteno4]

Wow that’s great! Forgot bandai zz could be used on a scale comparison like this. too bad the 581 was not done in T scale!
 

I have contemplated doing Ho, n , Z with something like a tank car for a show display as we do a lot of public, non train shows and we explain about scales a lot. Could maybe do it with Ho, n, Z, and t with a 103.

 

man I’ve not pulled out my zz in many years! 
 

jeff

[railsquid]

Oh, I'd never heard of ZZ scale before. Though might have seen some and not realised what it was. For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZ_scale

 

Only two scales here:

 

EF64-1000 models by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

 

[Madsing]

Showcased like that, “N” almost looks big and “HO” giant!

[railsquid]

2 hours ago, Madsing said:

Showcased like that, “N” almost looks big and “HO” giant!

 

Hah! My cunning plan worked. Your task is to work out which of the two locos is N scale, and what the scale of the other loco is  😄

[maihama eki]

Not really a scale with any depth, but you could add the Aoshima 1/45 EF66 or DD51 for yet another scale.

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10605198

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10486825

 

I have both of these kits. They look very nice completed.

[Kamome]

It really is surprising how good n looks next to Z in terms of detail.

 

Heres a few of my duplicate HO and N scale as well as HO scale in both 9mm and 16.5mm

[Jaco3011]

@VJMwhere did you get that ZZ stuff? Is it still available somewhere? I've heard it has plastic rails and runs on onboard battery.

[cteno4]

Yep plastic track and internal battery powered, one speed. They have been out of production for like a decade now. It was more of a toy than model train. They still pop up on ebay and I expect a fair amount on yahoo.up auctions.

 

jeff

[jappomania]

old comparative from "Beppe il ferroviere" a little less than .... 50 years ago  😋  maybe someone remember? 

 

 

[Kamome]

Lima was such a great model producer back in the 70s and 80s. The majority of my early 00 British trains were Lima. 

[marknewton]

The Lima models are nice, but that moustache - wow! 😍

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[Kamome]

Should have been an Aussie cricketer with those lamb chops! 

[JR East]

Right, as of 1972, Lima started to introduce N & O scales together with their traditional HO scale. 

 

Compared to the other brands, Lima was cheap but they were not known for the fine and accurate details. Anyway, to pay with a toy train as child, it was far enough. 

 

JM

Edited December 22, 2021 by JR East
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