I’d challenge you to marbles, but I lost mine years ago.
Bart Salmons said:Tiddlywinks????? And a man's game??????
Combat Checkers indeed.......I Counter Challenge YOU to a MAN's GAME! Tiddlywinks!
You haven’t been drinking the steam oil again…have you???
The Lone Railroader said:Bart Salmons said:Tiddlywinks????? And a man's game??????
Combat Checkers indeed.......I Counter Challenge YOU to a MAN's GAME! Tiddlywinks!You haven’t been drinking the steam oil again…have you???
You haven’t played extreme full-contact tiddlywinks, then?
Razor-edged winks, and some of them are explosive.
So if 1:22.5 is one extreme and 1:20.32776587 is the other , then I guess my scale is 1:21.413829 or whatever. If its a toy train and it looks like fun on the track, its good enough for moi (if your my wife and can speak french or “mwah” if you phonetically sound it out like I have to).
Ric Golding said:
So if 1:22.5 is one extreme and 1:20.32776587 is the other , then I guess my scale is 1:21.413829 or whatever. If its a toy train and it looks like fun on the track, its good enough for moi (if your my wife and can speak french or “mwah” if you phonetically sound it out like I have to).
Pas de problem, mon cher, mais… What do you mean by “extreme”? That 1:22.5 is mighty close, to be absolutely SUPER precise it would be 1:22.2222222… But if one were to use that, one would need a lot of 222s in order to get rid of the headache. 
And of course it is pretty logical to - in an European kind of way - since it is twice the size of Euro O scale (1:45). I did post the NEM scale chart once on here, didn’t I? Quite nifty, the different scales and gauges all relate to each other in an orderly fashion.
But the following shows the relation much more clearly
Attempt a similar graph/chart with the NMRA Standards and see what happens.
The Lone Railroader said:Five is right out!
So you have an adversion to phun...then go ahead count rivets.....and the count is 2....now 3!!!....and CERTAINLY not 4!!!
(Surely someone here will “get” that reference.)
I thought the true O Scale is 1:43.
Close.
Work it out.
17/64ths to the foot.
1/4 inch to the foot.
Compare to the gauge.
3 sir
Chris Vernell said:Ah, then you know the game Combat Checkers, then!
You haven't played extreme full-contact tiddlywinks, then? Razor-edged winks, and some of them are explosive.
Ray Dunakin said:The Lone Railroader said:Five is right out!
So you have an adversion to phun...then go ahead count rivets.....and the count is 2....now 3!!!....and CERTAINLY not 4!!!(Surely someone here will “get” that reference.)
The count for the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioke!
Steve Featherkile said:Steve
I thought the true O Scale is 1:43.
1435mm (4ft 8.5") : 32mm = 44.84375
a tad less than 45 or for O scale 1:45
Yes, 1:48 is easier to convert in the Imperial system, but it certainly doesn’t make “things” more accurate.
Not anymore than saying 1:29 is three times larger than HO scale, while neglecting the gauge discrepancy.
In order to get a template for scratchbuilding turnouts, a fellow on another forum was putting a standard gauge H0 scale turnout on a copier and enlarging it by 300%. He couldn’t figure out why the gauge came out wrong. Not certain if he ever did understand where the problem was.
We do need to get back to Bob’s original flame starter. No one here has even been threatened yet. LOL!!
Happy RRing,
Jerry
I can’t see what the problem is. 45mm is perfect for 1:29. My trains fit on it just fine
Warren
Warren Mumpower said:
I can't see what the problem is. 45mm is perfect for 1:29. My trains fit on it just fine :DWarren
Yeah, that’s quite possible… but how is your math?
Jerry Bowers said:
In order to get a template for scratchbuilding turnouts, a fellow on another forum was putting a standard gauge H0 scale turnout on a copier and enlarging it by 300%. He couldn’t figure out why the gauge came out wrong. Not certain if he ever did understand where the problem was. We do need to get back to Bob’s original flame starter. No one here has even been threatened yet. LOL!! Happy RRing, Jerry
Jerry, That is a very “creative” solution to build turnouts. hehehehe I hope someone explained to him the dimensions were slightly larger on account of the WOW factor. On those threats and/or flames; I really don’t know what’s the matter … but I have a sneaky feeling that strictly sticking to scales and not mentioning any mfgs, hasn’t as much potential. Of course I’m still waiting for someone to mention 1:27 (some in Europe call it 1.5 Gauge). If I were to expand on the “G - wie Gummi” arsenal, I would call that “Extreme G”. Now apart from that, I find this whole thread just to NA/Imperial system centric! Did Bart mention .875"/ft, well how quaint!! … figuring out that ratio is a real pain. Why not do it the Euro way? eh! The proto runs on 600mm, the model gauge is 45mm and the scale is 1:13.3333! That is still easier than 1: 13.714285 and it has more WOW factor!
Actually for my first turnout template…I enlarged a drawing in an ad til there was 45mm between the rails…
Let me see if I can sum this up.
Zit scale
Nit scale
HO Hum scale
Oh! scale
The presumptuous #1 scale
Gummi scale
And those F’n3 footers
Warren
Warren Mumpower said:
Let me see if I can sum this up.Zit scale
Nit scale
HO Hum scale
Oh! scale
The presumptuous #1 scale
Gummi scale
And those F’n3 footersWarren
And my math is just fine thank you.
1+1 is 2, 2+2 is 3, 3+3 is 4
uh…
nevermind
Warren Mumpower said:
Let me see if I can sum this up.Zit scale
Nit scale
HO Hum scale
Oh! scale
The presumptuous #1 scale
Gummi scale
And those F’n3 footersWarren
Sheesh Warren,
First it’s your math and now the letters of the alphabet … what’s next? …errrrrrr I mean where did you leave TT and S? Any smart versions on those?