Ohmisterporter Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 If starting from scratch in gauge 1 there seems to be a choice between 1:32 or 10mm/foot with standard gauge kits available in both. Which would you recommend to a new starter in this gauge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted December 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2016 Hi, Good question finescale and live steam done in both so both valid. However 1/32 seems to be the favoured entry line today with older items being 10mm to the foot - this is so very British !!! having two scales on the same gauge. I have models in both and have no problem mixing. The exciting thing is to consider track and back to backs on wheels as if you have fine scale 1/32 then a slightly coarse track may give problems at points - it depends if you intend as many do and enjoy membership of G1MRA and access the networks of regional steam ups on garden layouts or the several portable ( subjective title as some a big!) lines. - These tend to be 10mm to foot layouts but good fun can be had and friendships made - I certainly did and do!! I think going for 1/32 will be the long term future even if the 10mm brigade point to easier scaling for models ! a fine example of English perverseness having a round metric value for a 12" foot - just love it really and makes me smile a lot. But I enjoy owning several Hydraulics in 1/32 and a 121 rail car plus a 1/29 class 66 ( whoops-another scale in the frame !) along with some lovely Tenmille kits - see what they did there with the name. Track available from them , plus lovely 1/32 items from Cliff Barker all the same gauge but his track allows for gauge widening as well or you can get copper clad points from Marcway in Sheffield - lovely items seen on many lines, slips and 3ways etc to make up complex layouts. I run battery radio control but live steam and 2 rail all possible. Give a go and you wont be disappointed. Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted December 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2016 My preference is for 1:32 for new work, keeping 10mm for the classic/tinplate end of the hobby. Not that I have built anything recently... Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Sorry for the delay in replying but I have only just discovered this section. If I were a newcomer to gauge 1 I would use 1:32 scale. Personally, I use 10mm for my British outline stock but only because that is the scale that the G1MRA Project locomotive was designed to when I built it some 30 years ago. My latest acquisitions are American outline stock which are all to 1:32. Even with this difference in scale they still dwarf the British stock!. Regards Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I see you are in Lancaster so are unlikely to visit East Anglia but, as a taster of what is available, here is Peter Jackson's footage of the East Anglia Group's meeting at the end of February: My Aster FEF3 is at 0.20 and my Big Boy at 5.35 (I'm the bloke with the ponytail). I see there is a G1MRA North West Group: http://www.gaugeonenorthwestmodelrailway.co.uk/about_the_north_west_group.htm I suggest you give them a try. Regards Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Thanks for that Chris. Impressive models there, my interests lie with electric power rather than live steam. I have been pricing some kits and think that gauge 1 is actually cheaper than many think on a volume of completed model basis. The North West group's Withnell Junction I have seen several times before I thought about building in this scale. There was also an Inglenook type layout that showed gauge 1 is possible and practical in a small(ish) space and probably more my thing. Must admit I like to watch long trains running at speed though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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