Landships II

Poilu · Sergeant

1:76 Brigadelok by Minitrains

Thomas Buecheler · Captain

Hello Jeroen!

Thank you very much for your most interesting post!
It would be very nice to have some Heeresfeldbahn
locos and wagons in 1/76 or 1/72 scale.

Are you sure Minitrains is in 1/76 scale?

The manufacturer states that his products are in H0 (resp.
H0e) scale. And in Germany H0 normally means 1/87.

So I hope that I'm wrong!

Cheers
Thomas

Gefreiter otto · Sergeant

Really great job ¡¡¡

Raul

Poilu · Sergeant

There has been quite some discussion on the scale of this locomotive. Several people on the Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling forum have measured it and have concluded that it is about 1:76, but definitely not 1:87. I also compared the size of the loco with a 1:67 and a 1:87 figure:

As you can see the little Preiser figure is too small ... compared to the real locomotive, the model even stands a bit lower on its wheels.

Cheers,

Jeroen

-- Edited by Poilu on Thursday 19th of June 2014 11:44:42 AM

baldwin · Hero

Should not really do this but a plug for my W^D German Light Railway set !!!!

rue_d_etropal · Captain

It does make more sense at 1/76 scale as there is so much available for military railway modellers. Also if it had been done in 1/87 (HO) it would be better on 6.5mm gauge not 9mm gauge, which is slightly too big for 1/76.
I have produced a body for 1/35 and 1/43 using 3D printing. I was waiting to see what the Minitrains version would be before considering smaller scale versions. I might now be tempted to produce it in 1/87 scale. 1/55 (5.5mm/ft) close to 28mm wargaming scale is another scale I am working in.