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Ship models: The dominant European size for die-cast ship models, most comprehensive range. 1:1200: 0.01 0.254 mm: Ship models: A British and American size for ship and harbour models. Airfix used to produce in this scale. 1:1000: 0.305 mm This is a scale used in Germany for pre-finished airliner models.
NMRA standard S-1.2 covers the popular model railway scales and S-1.3 defines scales with deep flanges for model railways with very sharp curves or other garden railway specific design features. In certain NMRA scales an alternative designation is sometimes used corresponding the length of one prototype foot in scale either in millimetres or in ...
O-scale models of 3 ft 6 in narrow-gauge prototypes running on 24 mm gauge track. Virtually unknown outside Japan and Taiwan On2: 1:48: 12.7 mm O-scale models of 2 ft narrow-gauge prototypes running on 1 ⁄ 2 in (12.7 mm) gauge track. On30 gauge: 1:48: 16.5 mm Narrow gauge O-scale models running on HO gauge track.
1:18 scale is a traditional scale (ratio) for models and miniatures, in which 18 units (such as inches or centimeters) on the original is represented by one unit on the model. Depending on application, the scale is also called two third inch scale since 1 foot is represented by 2/3 of an inch.
N scale is a popular model railway scale. [1] Depending upon the manufacturer (or country), the scale ranges from 1:148 to 1:160. Effectively the scale is 1:159, 9 mm to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), which is the width of standard gauge railway.
1:18 scale diecast replicas are 1/18th the size of the real vehicle. Most popular in this category are 1:18 scale automobile replicas – usually made out of Zamak zinc diecasting alloy [ 1 ] with plastic parts. " 1:18 scale" is the colloquial reference to this class of toy or replica.
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Model trains are built to represent a real train of standard or narrow gauge. For example, HO scale (1:87 or 3.5 mm to 1 foot) (and also, although inaccurately, double-O/OO at 4 mm to 1 foot) models all use 16.5 mm gauge track to represent standard gauge trains while a narrower-gauge track such as 9 mm N gauge is used to represent real narrow ...