04-21-2014, 10:50 PM
cid Wrote:HO scale 1:87.1
HOn3 scale 1:87.1
Ratio is 1:1
Am I misunderstanding the question?
Yes. Narrow gauge locos and rolling stock are smaller than their standard gauge counterparts. Given that an HON3 can run on N track, the question becomes "what is the comparison between the smaller HON car and it's N scale standard gauge counterpart"? The intent was to see if I could easily convert HO narrow gauge rolling stock to standard gauge N scale use, given that HON carries an number of cars from the late 1800's - early 1900's and N scale doesn't.
So far, the practical answer is "no" - however, it would be possible to take many of the HON parts and cut them down to make the proper wooden sides and so forth, with care around things like doors, grab handles, ladders and so forth which would have to be replaced since they wold be larger than scale.
Just one of those wild ideas I sometimes suffer from...always asking "could I?" or "what if I..."?
