Model Trains - Introduction to Scales
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Dave Swanson
Model Railroader, Competitive Intelligence Advertising
www.GreatestHobby.com
630-279-513
info@greatesthobby.com
David Swanson has been involved in model railroading for almost 40 years. He has been a key officer in many model railroad organizations including the Elmhurst Model Railroad Club(1974-1984), Great American Train Show(1985-2000), Great Midwest Train Show(1974-2006), Greenberg Train Shows(2003-2006), Great Train Expos(2004-2006) and the World's Greatst Hobby on Tour(2005-2009). He is currently executive director of the World's Greatest Hobby Program. He also owns and manages an advertising agency, Competitive Intelligence Advertising. He is a former middle manager for IBM. He has modeled for many years in N scale and specializes in passenger trains.
Model Trains - Introduction to Scales
In this video series, Dave Swanson of the Worlds Greatest Hobby Shop program demonstrates how to get started in model railroading. Dave discusses the different scales of model trains as well as shows you how to set up your first model train set.
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Dave Swanson: Hi! I am Dave Swanson with the World's Greatest Hobby Program. And today we are helping you get started in model railroading. In this clip, we are going to look at the various sizes, or scales of model railroading.
Now, there are two terms you are going to hear used somewhat interchangeably: Scale and Gauge. Scale is actually the size of the model train. Is that one-tenth of size of a real train, is it one-hundredth of size of a real train. Gauge refers to the distance between the rails and the track. But largest scale is G Scale. That's about one twenty-secondth the size of a real train, and it's frequently used outdoors and in gardens. The next biggest scale is O Scale. That's about one-fiftieth the size of a real train, and it has been one of the more popular scales for a long time in history. The most popular scale today is HO and it's about one eighty-seventh the size of a real train. And that makes our local model of about six inches long.
The last scale and the smallest is N scale, that's about one-sixtieth the size of a real train and it allows you to put an off a lot of model railroading in our very small space. Now, that we have overviewed the four scales, we are going to look at them each individually to see what the advantages and disadvantages are, of each of the individual scales.
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