A friend is moving away and “gave” me (to appraise to sell or donate) several boxes from his late brother-in-law’s layout. Many buildings. I am buying some from him. I’ll post specifics when able. Just a few…
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Mike, good work refurbishing those.
They are European O scale (1: 43.5); that’s why HO is 1:87th…
Regards,
M
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Looks a nice collection Fred, I especially like the church, 
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Roger that. 1/43.5 = 7mm. Always wonder why the Germans/continental Europeans use 1/45? Did Britain still use Standard System while gravitating to Metric?
Modelling scale of 1:43.5 (7mm:1ft – UK) 1:45 (Europe), or 1:48 (¼in:1ft – North America).
I love the subject of scales but don’t delve into it much because trying to figure out the ratio of 1/700 the Japanese created for their ships drives me bonkers. Sure, probably a box scale but I can’t figure out a conversion of 700 feet per foot to a metric ratio.
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There are some treasures in my friend’s collection. Interesting to discover the progress of his brother-in-law’s increasing modeling prowess. Glue bombs to some craftsman kits that are more skillfully assembled than what I could manage right now. That includes a built Suydam kit 563,Lumber Company in HO.
I set that one off to the side for your’s truly. Researching what a fair price should be for him. Several plastic kits that have varying degrees of glue smears but not glue bombs. I can work with those.
One of those is a European model company’s power house. Good shape, acceptable excess glue, but the smoke stack is MIA. I swear I saw it when he and I were inventorying the boxes but now I can’t find it.
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I suspect they examined the Revell 1:720 scale ship models available at the time when they started the project (dividing up the WW2 IJN between the major manufacturers) and “simplified” the scale. The Japanese had problems when they encountered Western measuring systems and trying to reconcile Imperial and Metric. The best example is how they classified their naval artillery. Apart from the legacy guns on pre-WW1 vessels still in service (or guns sent ashore for emplacement in shore batteries) the primary weapon of the WW2 heavy cruisers was the Third year type 20 cm/50 calibre gun, but these came in two flavours, the 1 GÔ (Mark I) guns which were 7.87" bore and the 2 GÔ (Mark II) which were proper 8-inchers (203mm), but because of shortages of the latter weapon some Mk.1 were bored out to take the larger shell (but not on Kaga and Akagi?)…
Regards,
M
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Interesting. Those Suydam kits were always the best. I still have quite a few. You don’t even have to know how to solder well as the joints were almost always hidden, usually angled brackets to join roof or side panels.
I may have to get the Model Power Mansfield building. For obvious reasons known to you.
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Long time no post - been in a bit of a slump both physical and emotional; but now onward and upward.
Came across these hobo shanty structures at the local hobby shop and thought they had quite a bit of character but also could stand to have a lot more “spirit” added.
I have seen examples where old enamel signs were both collected on old buildings and used to patch holes. I may have overdone it just a bit here. However the signs do add color and visual interest.
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If you are interested in the many signs I have been showing here they can be found atL
As a free download.
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@G-man69 your modeling is incredible.
What have you been up to lately?
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Hi Fred,
Thanks for the kind words,
. Hope all is good with you? Not very much modelling last year due to building works, but playing about with an idea for a WW1 trench scene…early days, but will start a new topic and post some pics,
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Cheers,
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G
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G, hope you do the trench scene. I can’t wait to see how you model an early trench system. You’re modeling is always something I hope to see you whenever I open up the page first time in the day.
I fully agree!
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