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While I know there are some pieces of rolling stock available from Sarissa & Company B , they are either undersized IMO , or a mix of 1930s British and Wild West American style cars . I’m looking for German 4 and 6 axle flat cars on which to display my tanks as well as to use as scenery pieces for troops to fight around in a railyard . Hopefully someone will bring some out in a pewter/resin kit or maybe even plastic ( Rubicon ? ) , I’m not really loving the look of the mdf cars . Anyone have any ideas ?
O scale in trains is 1:48 … so your trains would probably be a bit out of scale compared to the tanks and vehicles.
A quick google didn’t show a lot of product in that scale though and I noticed that Marklin only does H0 (1:87) scale at best.
I suspect the tiny trains are easier to sell given the small footprint.
OTOH .. it’s not like wargame manufacturers actually care about scale, with the possible exception of the 1:56 scale Italeri tanks that Warlord sells.
Don’t expect it to be cheap.
There was a Scale S (1:64 if memory serves) which was much closer to what you wanted but that is all but desserted.
Maybe “normal” model kits have things in 1:54 scale? Have you tried looking at those?
O scale can be 3 different sizes depending where you live in the world. S scale as @sundancer says will be the closest. Sadly 1/56 railway modelling wise just isn’t a thing.
I hate saying it but do you know anyone with a 3D printer?
I did a quick route about the interwebs and came across this STL:
I haven’t used them myself but there is a guy on ebay producing them under licence in the UK if that is any help
Some of the MDF manufacturers do railway gubbins in wargame scales. The scale is closer but at the cost of detail. Personally I’d be more inclined to use O gauge stuff.
Sorry your OP even mentions the MDF stuff. Reading is hard send coffee. Or maybe pillows.
@sundancer common scales for models are 1:35 – 1:48 – : 1:72 (and for some reason 1:76). There are more, but they’re usually for things like ships and airplanes which would be too big (and expensive).
The 1:56 is unique to wargames and possibly toys as far as I know.
I think Revell has an X-wing in 1:56-ish scale and I think that air speeder is similar, but that stuff is kind of non standard for whatever reason that I can’t understand.
https://wargamesandrailroads.blogspot.com/2013/04/s-scale-vs-on30-for-calamity.html
I’d prefer the O scale over the S scale mentioned in that article to be honest … but it will depend on what minis you do have.
Big chunky ‘heroic’ scale minis won’t look bad against O scale, but they’d look ridiculous next to the S scale train.
1/76 is OO scale which is probably the most popular railway scale and also equates to 20mm
1/72 used to be 25mm
Guess I’m out of luck then . I really thought you guys in the UK and Europe would know of some guy working out of his garden shed making this stuff . Model RR stuff is too pricey and its getting hard to come by now , what with a lot of stores closing . A few years ago ( ok maybe 20 ) when hobby swap and shops were held monthly at the local Church or Scout hall , you could pick up Atlas or Marx O scale cars for $5 . These days your lucky to get train shows once a year pre covid . Maybe Rubicon will dip their toe in and release one , they do have some ” weird ” things in their shop , a LCT , 16 ton travelling crane , the 60cm gun Thor . Thanks guys
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