He has several scaled for 1.25" (O gauge) track, which is common for 2 ft gauge locos. He told me the Ingot 0-4-0 is about 1:20. The 2" gauge locos are 1/26th he says.
Heād sell a lot more if he used a consistent scale. His UK LBSC coaches are beautiful, but what scale? How about that nice Wason passenger coach?
Iāve had some discussions with Mr Duck (?) about re-scaling the models and making them work on 45mm track, instead of 2" gauge.
The Wason coach may be standard gauge? Maybe not? I canāt get Google to find me a prototype. How about if it was 1/29th? It is currently 1/25th, so it would fit with the Aristo Classis 2-8-0.
Aināt my cup of tea however the Wason is pretty freaking cool and I see a TON of āwhore upā potential if itās good quality wood and the pictures dimensions are pretty accurate at 21" long.
I wonder as this is CAD /laser produced that scaling this product up or down might be relatively easy (at least compared with injection moulding). What do you guys with laser cutters think?
Maybe between your conversation and my email, he will stsrt working on that. Iām sure others have asked him this, too.
Having said that, I like the idea of building one of thr super scale models to keep on the wall of my garageā¦
He says it is 1/25th, so it should fit with the Aristocraft Classic 2-8-0, etc.
My problem is whether it is std gauge or narrow gauge. He hasnāt told me the prototype yet - maybe itās freelance,
He says no problem, when I asked.
Youāre right about the scaling being sort of easy. If he does so in the 3D model (vs. just with the 2D patterns), he then has to re-export & set up the new pattern files.
The tricky bit is with the slots that have to accept a fixed tab thickness of plywood or other material. Since those donāt change, the slot width has to remain constant after scaling, otherwise the fit becomes too loose or too tight.
An advantage to scaling in the 3D model is that instead of making a slot width be a hard-typed number, in some packages it can be a variable which is adjusted, instantly making all the slots the proper width after scaling.
For the re-scaling to be easy, it sounds like Mr Duck is using tricks like that.
This guyās shop / store is insane. The details are amazing, like the backhead at ~2:20, and lots of working valve gear.
Heās clearly modeling to certain guages, though they may be of his own choice.
Interesting that heās been commissioned by a number of RR museums around the world to make a model of one of their faves. So that gives him work and another product, and the museum a cool kit to sell. The boy be livin the dream!
Yaā see I donāt have that problem and this is where modeling by eye pays off. Like the rest of the quote stated originally ā¦It would be cool to āwhore it upā . I aināt paying $100 for it though. Cause the freaking shipping will kill me!
I built one of R Duckās locos, a model of WW&F #9. It was fun. I had some issues but it looked pretty good when all was said and done. I glued some stuff slightly out of position, which resulted it being out of gauge on the trackā¦but so what really.
My first post in quite a while,
Good to see you posting here again Eric. Iāve been following the beautiful craftsmanship you have been putting into Coach 9 and occasionally a video of your RR.