scaling down to T Gauge from OO

[Colinmc1]

Hi

 

I have downloaded some OO scale card buildings but I need to print them for my T-Gauge model railway (1:450) what ratio should I reduce the print by?

[Dungrange]

Well, 00 is 1:76.2, so if you want to reduce that to 1:450, divide 450 by 76.2, which means you want to reduce your 00 plans by a factor of 5.9055.  That is, buildings in 00 should be almost six time bigger than T in all directions.  Depending on what software you are using, you may have to specify the reciprocal (ie 1/5.9055 = 0.16933).  That means that any size in 00 is either divided by 5.9055 or multiplied by 0.16933 to get the T scale size.

[JimFin]

The Scalescenes advice for T gauge is to print N gauge downloads at 33%. - https://scalescenes.com/not-modelling-in-n-or-oo/ . Using the same logic, that means that OO to T would need you to print at 16.93% as Dungrange says.

 

You may also want to think about cutting your paper down from A4 as the standard PDF print controls will just print you a small image in the centre of the page. Depending on what your printer will support, 3" X 5" is just about right.

 

Select the highest resolution you can to retain as much detail as practical.

 

Good luck with the cutting out!

[Campaman]

When scaling down, you will need to think about the card thickness used as well.