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Small rail side gangers workshop.

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  1. Jan 28, 2016 #1
    jakesdad13

    jakesdad13 Staff Member Moderator

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    A couple of years ago one of the mag,s Hornby I think did a tutorial on starting scratch building structures, they started out by making a 4mm scale rail side gangers cabin, I thought it was an attractive model and would look the part on my own layout but in 7mm, here,s a couple of photo,s.
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    It is made of foam board clad in plasticard.

    Cheers, Pete.
     
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    Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    Hi Pete,

    Great little model. Would look in place on any layout.

    Toto
     
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    Ditto
    http://www.click Gormo
     
  4. Jan 28, 2016 #4
    mattc6911

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    Nice one Pete, Its got that slightly worn look :thumbs:
    Did the article give you the 7mm sizes or did you scale it up yourself ?
     Cheers
     Matt
     
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    jakesdad13

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    Hi Matt, the articale was designed for 4mm scale I just scaled it up to roughly 7mm, it didn,t take long to build, it was just a bit of fun.

    Pete.
     
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    Kimbo

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    Nice one Pete
     
  7. Jan 29, 2016 #7
    Gary

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    Another quality build Pete. Very nicely done indeed, I'll have two please !

    I am told if you increase 4mm scale by 75%, you are right on par with O gauge scaling. Or is this an old wives tail (wife of an O gauge modeller) ??

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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    60019Bittern

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    That's bang on Gary. Another simple way I use to scale up or down is to make a graph on 1mm graph paper. The vertical axis is in 4mm and the horizontal is 7mm. The diagonal line is them marked at the junction (1ft) of both axis and drawn in. It's easier to do that to explain. When changing scales mark the 4mm for example size and carry the spot over to the diagonal line then drop it down to the 7mm line. Simples.
     
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    jakesdad13

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    I think I divided the drawing measurements by 4 then times,d it by 7, so 42mm say, became 73.5 rounded up or down 74/73, worked for me :).

    Cheers, Pete.
     
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    paul_l

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    Nice builds Pete.

    John Wiffen from Scalescenes recommends scaling his kits by 158% on your printer, to convert from 4mm to 7mm. Would work for scans as well.

    Paul
     

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