Re: Scales again (was: RE: The GZG Digest V2 #289)

>From: "Michael Brown" <mwbrown@veriomail.com>
>
>
>> US N Gauge is 1:160
>
>> BUT..... the discussion was originally about the Gropos minis, which
have
>> been quoted as 10mm scale; "N" is NOT 10mm. N is, IIRC, normally
taken as
>> around 1/120 scale. 10mm is approx 1/200; the nearest corresponding
model
>> railway scale is Z, at 1/220.
>
>And UK N gauge is 1/144 IIRC. May be 1/148
>
>And Z gauge is difficult to come by, and very expensive indeed when you
do.
>My wife has a Z gauge model railway, and we stopped getting even second
>hand stuff for it 5 years ago, as the prices were just too outrageous.
>
>I can give some manufacturers names if you're interested - but Skytrex
>made some true 1/200 gear that might be better.

Yes, their 10mm -1/200 stuff (WWII and Moderns) is very nice.
Conversions
of the modern vehicles would give some usable low-tech SF kit.

Jon (GZG)