1/55 scale or 5.5mm for 3 foot narrow gauge on HO track

[hminky]

I remember someone mentioning this idea in one of my posts. I was working with
some 28mm Roman figures and realized this was a nice size. The figure guys call
them 1/56. I started thinking.

The Bachmann On30 cars measure out better in 1/55 than they do in 1/48. The HO
code 83 track looks better, still slightly undersize ties but works.

The plastic Roman and Celts can be "modernized for the 1890's. The metal figures
are typically wargame "dwarfish". There are 28mm wagons available from Dixon
and others.





and there is later equipment like cars and trucks, more than in 1/48





The Mantua HO ten-wheeler becomes a viable narrow gauge loco in 1/55. You cannot
make real three foot 1/48 locos from HO locos.


The dreadfully undersized for 1/48 Bachmann 4-4-0 with a 1/55 roman:



Now it gives me a correct narrow gauge 3 foot 4-4-0 .

Anybody up for this?

Harold