HO Scale anymore? I am talking about vehicles, figures, and other scenery items. It seems like they keep getting bigger. Take these approximate values For instance: Athearn Station wagon: 18'L, 6.5'W Athearn Cadillac: 19'L, 6.5'W Bachmann Station wagon: 17'L, 6.5'W Bachmann Lincoln: 17.5'L, 6.5'W Boley International: 22.5'L, 8.5'W Lifelike Buick?: 16'L, 5.25'W Tyco Modern car: 14.5'L, 5.25'W 40+ Pickup: 17'L, 6'W I know some of these HAVE GOT TO BE INCORRECT! There is no way in the world that the bachmann(Plymoth?) Station wagon is BIGGER then a 1958 Caddilac!!! Of course, the problem could be the people. Here are five values(measurements taken from base of foot to head, not accounting for less then straight postures): Bachmann: Babbit(Fat man,suit/cigar): Closer to 6' then 5.75' Woman/grocies: 5.5' But in midstride! Younger woman: 5.75' Lifelike: Man carrying box: 6.5'(BUT he also has a lean to the side!!! Wheelbarrow man: 6.5' At this rate, the average person is gaining anywhere between six inches to a foot in height(and bachmann has an additional six inches under them. So which is right???!!!!! At the Club, they have a lot of people on the layout, and they do not look right next to the highway minatures antique autos, but they look perfect next to the new Series(I could swear these are 1:64) Final question: What are these prototypes for the autos that I named? (Year, Model, Make) as well as what are the prototypical dimensions of thee vehicles? Thanks all. I am sure it will be easy for all of you to find atleast six on my list, they sort of have been cloned so many times and they are so cheap all of us have at least three packs on our layouts. [ 22 October 2001: Message edited by: Benny ]</p>
A lot of stuff for HO is over size. Makes it nice for the Sn3ers. Also, a lot of the stuff made in Europe is to OO scale, 4.0mm/ft instead of 3.5mm/ft like HO.
well you got to remeber that were dealing with companys that specialize in the equipment, not accessors (except botchman)
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr> Athearn Cadillac: 19'L, 6.5'W Bachmann Station wagon: 17'L, 6.5'W <snipped> I know some of these HAVE GOT TO BE INCORRECT! There is no way in the world that the bachmann(Plymoth?) Station wagon is BIGGER then a 1958 Caddilac!!! <hr></blockquote> Am I reading that wrong, but on your measurements it *is* smaller, not bigger? It's just confused me a little The only one on your list I'm going to comment on is the Boley International, yep it's way longer & wider than the cars but it's a mid-size truck! It should be longer & wider! The 1-87th Vehicle club seems to have given it a pretty good review (clunky mirrors, but it's being sold as a toy not a model, so that's a reasonable compromise) and AFAIK the thing is to scale. It certainly scales fairly well against the earlier International's from Herpa. Personally I like vehicle modelling, so I do justify spending out for better looking vehicles, but that's my own personal opinion. The only for-certain oddity I have found in vehicle sizes is between Busch & Williams Bros. They both do a 1/87 70's Dodge Monaco, and the size difference is massive! If I was taking a guess the Busch one is slightly large & Williams Bros. is slightly small, I just make sure I don't park them near to each other on the layout! All the best
