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 Posted - March 11 2010 : 4:23:05 PM
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I have recently been hunting for some HO standard scale items & when I start digging into say an Ebay item listed as HO, it is described further down as HOn3 or HOn30.
I find this a bit frustrating, as I have been given conflicting info re whether say an HOn3 kit can fit in with HO standard cars, if the trucks are swapped out.
For 1 particular kit I was told the body was 1/87, change the trucks. Then from a different source for the same kit I was told that the body was 3/4 the size of HO standard & would look out of place.
Anyone got their head around these scale/ gauge differences??
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Posted - March 11 2010 : 4:25:06 PM
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hi mate check this out ken
the bodys are all ho its the trucks that are different,or to put it this way distance between wheels
http://www.bnfhoby.com/train3-hon30.htm
most people use these scales if they want to run ho scale vehicles to represent narrow gauge versions alongside standard gauge etc
Edited by - catfordken on March 11 2010 4:35:03 PM
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Posted - March 11 2010 : 10:12:24 PM
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quote:hi mate check this out ken
the bodys are all ho its the trucks that are different,or to put it this way distance between wheels
http://www.bnfhoby.com/train3-hon30.htm
most people use these scales if they want to run ho scale vehicles to represent narrow gauge versions alongside standard gauge etc
Originally posted by catfordken - March 11 2010 : 4:25:06 PM
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Thanks Ken
Very useful site.
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Posted - March 11 2010 : 10:46:20 PM
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 which scale used HO track for narrow gauge? On30?
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Posted - March 12 2010 : 08:15:53 AM
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| hon30 is 30 inch gauge and hon3 is 3 ft gauge,i believe for the donars you use n gauge chassis and trucks on both,and as the difference in width is 6 inches,not really sure,as have seen both being used as narrow gauge ken
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Posted - March 12 2010 : 10:29:44 AM
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quote:hon30 is 30 inch gauge and hon3 is 3 ft gauge,i believe for the donars you use n gauge chassis and trucks on both,and as the difference in width is 6 inches,not really sure,as have seen both being used as narrow gauge ken
Originally posted by catfordken - March 12 2010 : 08:15:53 AM
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This is from an Australian site, may be slightly differnt in USA, not sure.
On30. On30 means the models are O scale (1:48 running on 32mm gauge track). But the 'n' signifies Narrow gauge. 30 means 30 inches, or 2.5 feet. This means the full size train runs on 2 foot, 6 inch gauge track (Puffing Billy in Victoria is a famous example of a 2.5 foot gauge railway). So the model must also run on narrower track. It just so happens that 16.5mm gauge (HO) track is an almost exact match for 30 inches in 1:48 scale, so what we have is O scale trains running on HO track. This size is gaining popularity due to Bachmann's ready to run models in On30 scale. It allows a layout that takes no more room than HO scale, but the extra size to construct more detailed models.
I have a question - the Roundhouse 36' Box Cars & Reefers etc - is 36' a full sized Narrow Gauge dimension?, ie, is a Roundhouse 36' HO scale Box Car model actually a model of a Box car built for a Narrow Gauge railroad?
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Posted - March 12 2010 : 11:12:04 AM
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on30 is o gauge running on ho gauge trucks,but hon30 is ho running on n gauge trucks as is hon3,the difference is that 30 depicts 30 inch gauge and 3 depicts 3ft gauge ken
left on30,o gauge body,ho trucks,right ho,cannot understand why it was called on30,would make more sense to call it oho30
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Posted - March 16 2010 : 3:46:24 PM
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on30,ho,n gauge scales
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