Hornby used to make a small scale track planner - about 1/400 scale - that worked well to represent 6mm railways and below.
The code on the sprue is L 5686 and it is black plastic lengths of scaled down track that allowed the model maker to plan a track layout and then scale up to 1/87.
Does anyone know the proper name of the product and if its still available ?
Found them !! Track Planning Symbols - R619 CODE.
Wow!
I love it when gamers find an alternate use for a product.
I'm perhaps showing my age here.
The thread title reminded me of a older equivalent.
A plastic template (with pencil width cutouts of various track pieces), which allowed scaled down design on paper.
I think you will find that they are 1/4 scale for the HO/00 hornby track. This makes them 1:300
Certainly they worked with my 6mm stuff
And mine :D
They will also work with H&R 3mm rolling stock- which as a wee bit of scale creep compared with Oddzial.
The Polish lad has shifted from white metal to resin - even for figures. Fragile or what?
No suitable station in 1/600 apart from Total Battle which is a very small halt. I am scratch building using one of Martin Goddard's ACW buildings as a starting point.
Quote from: Seagull Two Zero on 07 May 2025, 11:00:17 AMNo suitable station in 1/600 apart from Total Battle which is a very small halt. I am scratch building using one of Martin Goddard's ACW buildings as a starting point.
Timecast?
http://www.timecastmodels.co.uk/rail_catalogue/timecast_rail_catalogue.html
Nice stuff but way overscale - N guage should got ok with 10mm stuff
I bought a load of N gauge track at a model rail convention. Don't have curves/points etc, but it's good enough for 10mm WW2