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Don Young's 'Alice'
| Diane Carney | 08/09/2011 23:58:01 |
| 419 forum posts 11 photos | Can anyone tell me exactly what scale Don Young's 5 inch gauge Alice is drawn? I don't think it is actually stated on the drawings - possibly because it is't true to scale in every part. That said, I have never studied the drawings. Thanks Diane |
| AndyP | 09/09/2011 14:32:40 |
| 189 forum posts 30 photos | Diane,
I have always "known" Don's Hunslet to be 2 1/2" to 1 foot scale and have had completed frames and cylinders seasoning under the bench for far too long so you got me wondering. Correct, the drawings do not say. In the LLAS articles Don states that the scale is 2 1/2 times that used for a standard gauge prototype.
The frames are 2' 4 3/16" giving an overall length of around 2' 10" so comparing that to Maxitrak's Hunslet which is 2" scale and 2' 1 1/2" overall tends to support 2 1/2" scale.
I don't have any prototype dimensions to hand.
/edit
Found some - Holy War's wheelbase is 39" which equates exactly to Don's Hunslet of 8 1/8" at 2 1/2" scale - conclusive enough for me.
Cheers, Andy Edited By AndyP on 09/09/2011 14:50:28 |
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