I recently discovered these little LGB “Feldbahn” wagons. Technically, I’m told that only the ones with the tiny 20mm wheels were sold as ‘feldbahn’, or field railway cars. The ones with a curved steel chassis, like the tipper ore car or the gondola below, all seem to have 30mm wheels and weren’t advertised as ‘feldbahn’. They are all tiny.
But not that tiny. I’m trying to figure out a scale for them - it looks to me as if LGB wanted to produce a 600mm railway (about 2’ gauge) which would make them 7/8n2 scale. Seems a stretch, but look at these pics:
This guy is one of Bachmann’s ‘Big Hauler’ people, and he looks fine (if a bit small) with 1:22.5 cars.
He’s supposed to be 16mm scale (1:19th, Bachmann Scenecraft from the UK.) OK, but the planks on the wagon look like 2x10s compared with him!
This dude is a large 7/8n2 figure from Rob Bennett. He’s fine with the wagons, and I have another 7/8ths scale figure being prepped for the Chaloner.
Any thoughts?
