08-25-2012, 10:30 PM
Harold may not have invented the scale, but he is about the only person in the world trying to popularize this particular combination of scale and gauge. So to other people it is "55n3? That's the Harold Minky thing".
Basically doing On30 (1:48 scale on 16.5 mm gauge track/mechanisms - like H0 scale standard gauge), but pretending that it is 3 foot narrow gauge instead of 30" narrow gauge by calling it 1:55 scale instead of 1:48 scale, using 1:56 scale (28 mm) military figures to establish scale. Changing scale for the visible parts while using a 16.5 mm gauge mechanism under is easier than keeping scale constant at 1:48 scale, and change track gauge and mechanisms to be correct for 3 foot gauge in O scale.
Smile,
Stein
Basically doing On30 (1:48 scale on 16.5 mm gauge track/mechanisms - like H0 scale standard gauge), but pretending that it is 3 foot narrow gauge instead of 30" narrow gauge by calling it 1:55 scale instead of 1:48 scale, using 1:56 scale (28 mm) military figures to establish scale. Changing scale for the visible parts while using a 16.5 mm gauge mechanism under is easier than keeping scale constant at 1:48 scale, and change track gauge and mechanisms to be correct for 3 foot gauge in O scale.
Smile,
Stein