Surely even a fringe group such as ourselves has enough > market presence to stimulate the production of at least a few accurately > scaled vehicles--classics like a Model A, '40 or '49 Ford, 55 Chev, etc.
> When it comes down to it, the only way to be sure of an item's scale is to compare it with measurements from the real thing. > Check out http://www.trainweb.org/mhrr/mhrreast/vehicles.html he does appreciate updates if something appropriate is found. ======== OK, this subject keeps coming up. A general answer to what is correct for S scale is that typical '60's full size cars and pickups were about 6' wide. Luxury cars up to 6" wider. Compacts as much as 6" narrower. Heavy trucks were typically 8' wide, the legal limit I believe. Measure your "1/64th" scale vehicle with an S scale rule, or divide the prototype dimensions by 64 and measure them with your standard rule. If you measure a prototype vehicle AND an "S scale" vehicle to determine how accurate it is, send me the info and I will add a page on the website for the info. If you want to send photos of the prototype to help people detail the models I'll try to post those as time permits. ===== Ted Larson __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
