steve1 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Had a spin through at my local mag peddler and thought it worthwhile for the compact layouts articles anyway. Turned out to be correct Paper quality is decent too. Just one point though. The cover says "Four Gauges. 00, 009, 0 and N". I would question that statement. Surely 00, 0 and N are scales not gauges, i.e. 4mm, 7mm and 2mm. steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjones1711 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) This months Hornby Magazine features our Crossley Scrap layout , so well worth buying ! Edited March 11, 2019 by bazjones1711 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted March 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2019 I must admit this was one of the reasons I bought a copy of this month's issue (well - that and the fact that this issue seems to include a number of micro layouts - but I happen to regard this particular "micro" as rather good ...). Huw. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 18 hours ago, steve1 said: Had a spin through at my local mag peddler and thought it worthwhile for the compact layouts articles anyway. Turned out to be correct Paper quality is decent too. Just one point though. The cover says "Four Gauges. 00, 009, 0 and N". I would question that statement. Surely 00, 0 and N are scales not gauges, i.e. 4mm, 7mm and 2mm. steve They are correct, OO,OO9 and N are gauges. 4mm:1ft, 7mm:1ft and 2mm:1ft are scales. (OO, EM and P4 are also gauges and they are all 4mm:1ft scale). 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Enjoying this month's edition - I find Hornby Magazine consistently good; something for everybody I feel. And paper quality and printing is always top notch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 18 minutes ago, dibber25 said: They are correct, OO,OO9 and N are gauges. 4mm:1ft, 7mm:1ft and 2mm:1ft are scales. (OO, EM and P4 are also gauges and they are all 4mm:1ft scale). I agree. But where the confusion comes in is when some people in the past and manufacturers in particular described things as OO scale. Airfix even described many of their models as HO/OO scale. This L&Y Pug has OO Scale on the box for example. http://www.vintage-airfix.com/airfix/ho-oo-rolling-stock/saddle-tank-locomotive-p-403.html Whilst these Afrika Korps are described as OO & HO scale. http://www.vintage-airfix.com/airfix/ho-oo-figure-sets/afrika-korps-group-p-589.html Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 12/03/2019 at 12:34, Steamport Southport said: I agree. But where the confusion comes in is when some people in the past and manufacturers in particular described things as OO scale. Airfix even described many of their models as HO/OO scale. This L&Y Pug has OO Scale on the box for example. http://www.vintage-airfix.com/airfix/ho-oo-rolling-stock/saddle-tank-locomotive-p-403.html Whilst these Afrika Korps are described as OO & HO scale. http://www.vintage-airfix.com/airfix/ho-oo-figure-sets/afrika-korps-group-p-589.html Jason There certainly were mistakes in the past and it's an easy slip to make. The HO/OO scale thing is particularly unfortunate because OO and HO are the same GAUGE but not the same scale, being respectively 1:76 or 4mm:1ft and 1:87 or 3.5mm:1ft scales. As with so many things these days, expecting it to be correct sounds like pedantry. (CJL) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 2 hours ago, dibber25 said: There certainly were mistakes in the past and it's an easy slip to make. The HO/OO scale thing is particularly unfortunate because OO and HO are the same GAUGE but not the same scale, being respectively 1:76 or 4mm:1ft and 1:87 or 3.5mm:1ft scales. Yep, the same goes for N Gauge (which many these days seem [incorrectly?] to call N Scale - including Bachmann/Farish). N is the gauge (the N stands for nine which is the track gauge in millimetres) whereas the scale can vary (1:148 British, 1:150 Japanese and 1:160 European/American) all using 9mm gauge track - with Finescale 2mm:1ft being a tad over 1:152 and running on 9.42mm gauge track. And 'N/2mm' is often used as shorthand for the family of scales/gauges as they are all pretty close. G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted April 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2019 On 11/03/2019 at 17:40, steve1 said: Just one point though. The cover says "Four Gauges. 00, 009, 0 and N". I would question that statement. Surely 00, 0 and N are scales not gauges, i.e. 4mm, 7mm and 2mm. steve As 009 and N share the same 9mm track gauge, that's only 3 gauges. And as 00 and 009 share the same scale, that's only 3 scales. What's needed is a shorter term for scale/gauge combination. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted April 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 8, 2019 Just been leafing through the latest edition. Is one if the adverts towards the back supposed to be upside down? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now