Comments on: Out of Scale Vehicles/Toys On Model Railroads

By: David Stokes

David Stokes — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:40:05 +0000

Thanks for your input guys, Let’s hope our discussion gets a little traction

By: David Stokes

David Stokes — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 01:44:44 +0000

In reply to Finn Sartor. Agreed Finn, but if toy manufacturuers kept tp their same standards of quality, the lodl railway owner can trick them out and turn toys into models. Currently there is no point because the toys are out of scale. I commend the model car manufacturers, but they are a different market to toy makers.

By: Ray K

Ray K — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 18:58:01 +0000

If you’re lucky enough to have some early Matchbox cars and trucks they will fit nicely with HO scale. I also take some “modelers license” and use many of the 1/64th scale cars from various manufacturers. Depending upon the actual size of the prototype and the models placement on the layout they will fit nicely. The current crop of 1/64th scale cars offer a great deal of detail and make for realistic photos.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:11:49 +0000

In reply to Morgan Bilbo. Probably because the modeller doesnt understand scale. BTE N scale is 1:160 Not 110 if your writing to makers ofctoys

By: Morgan Bilbo

Morgan Bilbo — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:40:44 +0000

Accurate. Look at the quality of Hot Wheels! If they were 1/87, us HO modelers would eat’em up. They could do all years from the 1920’s all the way up to 2020. And 1/110 would grab N modelers also. But from what I’ve seen of Hot Wheels, they are rather nice. Maybe not 100% accurate, but good enough for 99% of us. And the 1% rivet counters could jazz them up to their hearts content. What irks me the most though: Why don’t they tell us what scale the vehicle is? I’ve seen a truck smaller than the car next to it.

By: Finn Sartor

Finn Sartor — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 15:08:48 +0000

There are toy / model manufatores of vehicles who make their vehicles to scale and with some kind of accuracy but they are not cheap. To scale models are not seen as toys as they have a very fine and accurate printing of destination boards , number plates etc.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:32:22 +0000

10:4 on that good buddy.

By: Jay Ross

Jay Ross — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:51:00 +0000

I too have asked myself this same question. Imagine if they did make vehicles in say, 1/87, instead of 1/60 they would have the whole lot of HO train enthusiast market. I’ll take this subject even further: I have built eleven HO scale remote controlled vehicles(cars and trucks). I can drive these around on my layout. I also built an HO scale Fork Lift that I can load and unload flat cars with. I see a potentially large market for HO scale R/C. If the model train manufactures released a line of HO RC kits, I’ll bet they would go viral.