Topic: US model trains in 1:29 scale -questions (Read 2265 times)

Ulenspiegel · « **on:** November 30, 2003, 06:06:04 am »

Does anybody have real life experience with 1:29 scale model trains from Aristo-Craft or USA-Trains (ultimative series)?
Good quality? Suitable for kids?? Can I combine the rolling stock of both ??? Have read some good reviews on both and I am thinking about purchasing one as Marklin is much too expensive, when you err your kids want to play, and LGB has an really crappy scale, when you are not interested in small-track trains from Germany or Switzerland.

Ulenspiegel

Iceman · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2003, 08:40:43 am »

Is this HO scale? I was too young to know the numbers, but I know i had a great time. You just gottta be smart with the smaller ones. Then I had Lionell trains my parents let me beat up all by my lonesome.

Ulenspiegel · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2003, 09:21:15 am »

No, the scale is 1:29 (3 times HO) for the locomotives and rolling stocks while they cheat a little bit with the tracks, they use the 45 mm instead of ~52mm. So you can use the stuff on most of the popular I or IIe tracks which are usually for DC.

H0 is 1: 87 scale (16 mm gauge) , 0 is 1:43 (32 mm gauge), I is 1:32 (45mm gauge), IIe is 22.5 :1 (45mm gauge) .

Ulenspiegel

Ulenspiegel · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2003, 06:06:04 am »

Does anybody have real life experience with 1:29 scale model trains from Aristo-Craft or USA-Trains (ultimative series)?
Good quality? Suitable for kids?? Can I combine the rolling stock of both ??? Have read some good reviews on both and I am thinking about purchasing one as Marklin is much too expensive, when you err your kids want to play, and LGB has an really crappy scale, when you are not interested in small-track trains from Germany or Switzerland.

Ulenspiegel

Iceman · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2003, 08:40:43 am »

Is this HO scale? I was too young to know the numbers, but I know i had a great time. You just gottta be smart with the smaller ones. Then I had Lionell trains my parents let me beat up all by my lonesome.

Ulenspiegel · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2003, 09:21:15 am »

No, the scale is 1:29 (3 times HO) for the locomotives and rolling stocks while they cheat a little bit with the tracks, they use the 45 mm instead of ~52mm. So you can use the stuff on most of the popular I or IIe tracks which are usually for DC.

H0 is 1: 87 scale (16 mm gauge) , 0 is 1:43 (32 mm gauge), I is 1:32 (45mm gauge), IIe is 22.5 :1 (45mm gauge) .

Ulenspiegel

Ulenspiegel · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2003, 06:06:04 am »

Does anybody have real life experience with 1:29 scale model trains from Aristo-Craft or USA-Trains (ultimative series)?
Good quality? Suitable for kids?? Can I combine the rolling stock of both ??? Have read some good reviews on both and I am thinking about purchasing one as Marklin is much too expensive, when you err your kids want to play, and LGB has an really crappy scale, when you are not interested in small-track trains from Germany or Switzerland.

Ulenspiegel

Iceman · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2003, 08:40:43 am »

Is this HO scale? I was too young to know the numbers, but I know i had a great time. You just gottta be smart with the smaller ones. Then I had Lionell trains my parents let me beat up all by my lonesome.

Ulenspiegel · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2003, 09:21:15 am »

No, the scale is 1:29 (3 times HO) for the locomotives and rolling stocks while they cheat a little bit with the tracks, they use the 45 mm instead of ~52mm. So you can use the stuff on most of the popular I or IIe tracks which are usually for DC.

H0 is 1: 87 scale (16 mm gauge) , 0 is 1:43 (32 mm gauge), I is 1:32 (45mm gauge), IIe is 22.5 :1 (45mm gauge) .

Ulenspiegel

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