O gauge fencing question.

[Sweet pea]

I'm due to start adding the fencing to my O gauge diorama. The fencing I am going to use is scalemodelscenery posts with wire, can someone advise me on spacing of fence posts in mm please.

[mikeg]

Kevin it all depends on the company and ground conditions, I generally use 70mm for flat areas and 42mm if on a sloping site, I model the Southern as it’s where I lived until I was 24 but I think most of the big 4 used used similar post and wire fencing out in the country areas.

 

regards Mike 

 

[doilum]

Assuming this is wooden post and rail fencing, the posts would be determined by the lengths of "rail" available. Ten foot rails would be at a scale 70mm but this is a long length of unsupported timber. Eight foot tails would be more practical at a scale 56mm spacing.

A quick internet search suggests that rails should be twelve feet (,_3.6m,) with an intermediary post at six feet or ,,,1.8m . So this would be a scale 42mm.

Edited May 7, 2021 by doilum

[phil_sutters]

Is this the post and wire fencing you are planning to use? https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/lx056-o-laser-cut-4ft-post--wire-fencing-o7mm143-1790-p.asp

[Adrian Stevenson]

I spaced mine out at 42mm. I used the scale model scenery kit.