Comments on: Compatibility of 1/54 Autos with What Scale Trains?

By: Newman Atkinson

Newman Atkinson — Thu, 26 May 2016 01:18:39 +0000

Sounds like the cars you might have could possibly be the size of Hot Wheel type cars. S Scale could be a decent use of them, and in special scenes I have seen cars like these made into a car show but right up in front next to your guests. With them being oversized if they sit up front they will look closer as they are bigger. and your trains in HO will look more distant. I have seen this done at a friend’s layout and looked pretty good. But if you put them right into your regular HO scene they will look way to big. from Newman

By: Frank B

Frank B — Tue, 24 May 2016 03:28:14 +0000

British N Scale is 1:148
USA & Continental N scale is 1:160

However, some layouts use a “forced perspective”, with larger scale items at the front and smaller models at the back.

By: Richard walter

Richard walter — Tue, 24 May 2016 00:50:10 +0000

Your autos are somewhat close to “S’ scale which is 1/64. “O” scale is 1/48 and “HO” is 1/87.

By: Kevin Ching

Kevin Ching — Tue, 24 May 2016 00:37:00 +0000

Hi Cheri
1/54 cars will be far to big for an N scale train you should be using 1/160 Ho uses 1/87 hope this helps