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G scale locomotive.
- Thread starter Tim A.
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Rhino
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You're welcome, Tim!
That being said, I am an American. I do not copy anyone else's intellectual property for profit. That's illegal.
Items reproduced for personal use walk the fine line of copyright regulations, but are permissible.
This project is very much like the other things I've seen you build. Through, detailed and impressive!
That being said, I am an American. I do not copy anyone else's intellectual property for profit. That's illegal.
Items reproduced for personal use walk the fine line of copyright regulations, but are permissible.
This project is very much like the other things I've seen you build. Through, detailed and impressive!
Love it! 
Tim A.
Well-known member
I spend a lot of time on this project contemplating how adding details will effect the functionality of the model. The detailing will be sacrificed for ease of getting to vital parts like the motor, gearbox and wiring, etc.
I'm overbuilding as well, everything, including the smallest details are thicker to withstand handling.
The cab shell can be removed from the cab floor, which also is removable from the frame.
I'm overbuilding as well, everything, including the smallest details are thicker to withstand handling.
The cab shell can be removed from the cab floor, which also is removable from the frame.
Tim A.
Well-known member
I decided it was safe to glue the boiler backhead on to the cab floor. Then I added the raised floor panels on either side. The engineer and fireman's seats attach on them. The bulk of the cab detailing, throttle, brake, reversing lever, piping and gauges will be permanently attached here. The whole thing will be removable from the frame.
Tim A.
Well-known member
Thanks Steve! I feel like I may be getting a little stupid with a model that's built in the scale of a world where most follow the rule, "If it looks right going by from a 10 foot distance it's good".
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Tim A.
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So, tell me more about the mold making gig you have.
Rhino
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I have molded and cast a few items as favors. 1/48 AH-64 wind indicators, rear fenders, exhaust cuffs and turret bin for 1/72 Tiger1 kit and more than a few token coins. These are bald-faced copies and cannot be sold. They are also not very complex. See?
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We now return you to your regularly scheduled operating locomotive and tender.
Tim A.
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Very cool!!
Tim A.
Well-known member
I'm beginning to get concerned that overall the scale elements of this build may be all over the place. Unlike other scale modelling, in the world of "G" scale modelling there isn't a universal scale rule that is followed. Some manufacturers use 1:29 while others follow a 1:22.5 or 1:20.3 scale. The engine that I'm kitbashing was manufactured as a 1:22.5 scale model. However, some parts are more in the 1:20.3 scale size. So, to get an idea I made a 2D engineer figure in 1:22.5 scale. I'm not a figure guy, so laugh it up...lol. The purpose was to see if it looked right with the model and...
I can't tell? In G scale you can easily change a 1:22.5 engine into a
narrow gauge 1:20.3 scale locomotive by simply changing the scale of everything thing else, such as figures, buildings, etc and no one could argue about it. I've ordered a 1:20.3 scale figure to see how it fits.
paddy
Well-known member
The variation in scale of people ( 4ft6 to 6ft6 ish) is bigger than your kit scales 
I was looking at 1/700 Yamamoto in metal from MFH
https://www.modelfactoryhiro.com/hpgen/HPB/entries/250.html
it occured to me that as it was 800ft long in scale it would be 1.1ft long
The problem is at 700.000 tons in 1/700 it would be 100 tons and my cabinet wouldn't take that...
I was looking at 1/700 Yamamoto in metal from MFHhttps://www.modelfactoryhiro.com/hpgen/HPB/entries/250.html
it occured to me that as it was 800ft long in scale it would be 1.1ft long
The problem is at 700.000 tons in 1/700 it would be 100 tons and my cabinet wouldn't take that...
Rhino
Super Moderator
I thought " Paddy?! A 1/700 Battleship?!" then I saw the cut-away on this kit.The variation in scale of people ( 4ft6 to 6ft6 ish) is bigger than your kit scales
https://www.modelfactoryhiro.com/hpgen/HPB/entries/250.html
it occured to me that as it was 800ft long in scale it would be 1.1ft long
The problem is at 700.000 tons in 1/700 it would be 100 tons and my cabinet wouldn't take that...
I can only imagine what detail a model Maker such as yourself might add to such a vessel.
Rhino
Super Moderator
Could you use 1/24 scale figures and enjoy commonality with other parts/accessories?
paddy
Well-known member
Scale can be important, you often see people mix 1/35 military with 1/32 aviation and it really doesnt work, it sounds close but its actually 10% difference. However with your engine, if it looks right it probably is right and you might be seeing problems no one else would notice.
As i say people are odd, Casey Jones might look huge in 1/1 on the footplate but Tom Cruise in 1/1 might look way to small
As i say people are odd, Casey Jones might look huge in 1/1 on the footplate but Tom Cruise in 1/1 might look way to small
centaur567
Well-known member
I agree. In a lot of dioramas, all of the figures are of the same height. Also the weight of a Panther tank is around 47 tons which would mean that a 1/48th scale model would weight around a ton.
Gary S.
Gary S.
Agreed but the argument is over simplified. 1.1 foot of the actual Yamato would be 100 tons if the weight density were the same throughout the ship and one didn't account for the height and depth to also be 1/700th of the original.
This is easier to explain with the Panther as its dimensions are readily available to me.
Ignoring the gun length, the 1/1 hull and turret measure:
6900mm x 3910mm x 3430mm = 92.538 of cubic meters in volume
47 tons for that cubic volume is 1.969 tons per cubic meter.
In 1/48th scale, the dimensions are:
143.75mm x 81.458mm x 71.458 = .837 of cubic meters in volume.
47 tons divided by 48 cubed = 0.937 pounds.
