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I think i may be fallible

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 1:21 pm
by brian1951
Some may remember ( many moons ago ) i scratchbuilt a railbus in OO gauge from plasticard
Image Well today my O gauge Railbus kit arrived and comparing the two it seems my original OO gauge build is oversize :oops: What do you think

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Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 1:31 pm
by RogerB
Close enough for Govt. work Brian. R-

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 1:41 pm
by Steve M
New ruler needed? :o

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 1:50 pm
by brian1951
Well the original drawings i used were copied from the Col Stevens web site which stated they were 4mm, now im wondering if they got it right and posted 7mm by mistake. The jury has now retired :roll:

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 2:06 pm
by Mr Bones
Well as I keep telling SWMBO, "size isn't everything". Yours might have been a bit big, but it still looked really good - ooh er misses! :D

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 2:28 am
by Malcolm 0-6-0
OO v HO confusion?

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:36 pm
by brian1951
Dont think so Malcolm.

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 11:56 am
by Walkingthedog
Think you’ve scratchbuilt a 7mm model.

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 12:35 pm
by brian1951
Its looking that way Brian, still looks the part on a OO layout.

Re: I think i may be fallible

Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 3:06 pm
by Walkingthedog
You should be able to tell by how the relevant people look next to it.