Postby Brack » Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:32 pm
10.5mm doesn't get you much though - rtr track and wheelsets, plus some rather expensive chassis none of which would be appropriate for any of the 18" prototypes I know of. You're basically looking at a full scratchbuilt job, so may as well go to 1/48 (which is what peter kazer's sand hutton is, just his track is 0.5mm wider). At least in 9mm gauge there are plenty of good mechanisms to use. Given that O gauge track is almost 1mm out to scale width, 16.5mm is either 2.5mm too wide or 1mm too narrow for most prototypes, I can live with my rails being a 1.5mm narrow.
anyway, back to the booklet. I think there's a nice balance between beginner and more advanced modelling in it, and a good mix of topics (and please don't think I'm biased because I may be one of the perpetrators). As a publication intended to help create or kindle interest in modelling sub 2' I think it does a good job at showing some of the possibilities.