German st revisted

[monica]

hi guys i was thinking off useing workable street lamps in my 1.35 german st,

this one have not had alot of spare time to work on it off lay, but dont know

what scale 1.35 would be in train scales to try to find some or , on the other hand

just try to get some small railway lights? that can run off battery

any hits most welcome

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[Guest]

I have learned that for trains, N scale is equal to roughly 144 and O scale is roughly 1:43 -which is as close as I can get to 48th scale for mostly aircraft, but a lot of the troops I paint are that small.

[Richi72]

Hello Moni,

well 1/35 doesn't refer to any train scale, but 1/32 is and that's here in Germany Spur 1.

I think its gauge 1 in English.

at the moment I am experimenting with some LED,s to make street lights for my Dutch building.

most led,s for modelling are 1,5 volt so it can be directly used on a AA or AAA type battery

hope this helps a little

Cheers Richi

[rickoshea52]

You could try manufacturers like Hornby, Busch and Brawa. They all make lighting systems for various railway scales that you might be able to adapt to 1/35. The Hornby range are easy to use plug and play bulbs with a standard model railway transformer. Alternatively, you could try making your own using LED or grain of wheat bulbs.

[Guest]

If you look at model boat vendors they supply what they call "Grain of Wheat" bulbs, which can be used for whatever purpose you want. I have put 12 volt lamps into a model boat and supplied them with 6 volts so they give a nice yellow glow as you might expect from old fashioned lamps.

[Guest]

Hi Monica.

I use a railway lights (HO) on my diorama under construction "The Secret Trip" (page n 7). Looks fine to me.

Regards

Polux

[eddiesolo]

Miniart do some 1/35 scale streetlights and tram supports. MN35523. But as Polux HO shouldn't be far off.

Si

[rickoshea52]

HO gauge is 1/87, so a ready made streetlight in this gauge will not suit 1/35. However, you can get away with HO light heads and bulbs in 1/35 with some imaginative modification.

In the UK, OO gauge (1/76) is the most popular scale, HO is more popular in the rest of the world followed by N and O gauge. Gauge 1 is fairly uncommon in the UK. You can get away with mixing HO/OO scale depending on the model and perspective created. I use HO gauge street lights and figures on my OO layout but vehicles can be a bit harder to disguise.

Gaugemaster and Kites Lights in the UK and Eurorailhobbies in Canada are useful suppliers of ready to use lighting products from the brands I mentioned earlier.

http://www.kyteslights.com/index.php?cPath=35&osCsid=e06d01e352d7e6739a97e585 e7221e83

[monica]

Hi Guys thks for all the replys and help,

oops i forgot were i put this one so thats why its late replying too

o what you all have said is to use the ho/oo scale leds for it, i do

have a train hobby shop close and well as a hobby shop so lucky there

and keep away from ebay or how some one else said evil-bay haha

and they should be able to help link them up and with power from some

think, so if i have this right for 1.32/1.35 its O scale in trains ?

thats a nice link thks Rich just scarey thinking in ponds again

have to remember x2 plus a bit

cheers all,

[Guest]

Hi Monica i would try dolls house manufacturers my wife has built a wooden dolls house and you can buy lighting kits for it that might work really well.

Scott

[monica]

hi Scott thank you for that i will look into it ,surely cannot be that hard to do

with the right things

cheers

[monica]

hi guys been a little on the quite side been playing lotro,

but to the the update on my german street,

as you can see have done quite a bit more to it but still along way to go,

and do need some help please , i need a way to shorten the high off the door way,s

as its about 25 ml above the head off the man ?

so over the 3 building need a trick to shorten the high any help most welcome

hope that you guys do thing its coming along ok,

cheers

Moni

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[Alan 45]

Looking good Moni , I would cut a piece of wood ( balsa or coffie stirrers ) to fit the gap then use modelling putty/filler to face it off

Are these walls miniart ? You know I don't think these are 1/35 scale I think they are 1/32 scale the doors do seem too big for the figures

[stona]

well 1/35 doesn't refer to any train scale, but 1/32 is and that's here in Germany Spur 1.

I think its gauge 1 in English.Cheers Richi

Correct, 1 Gauge has a scale ratio of 1/32.

The scale difference in height for a 4m tall lamp post (in 1/32 and 1/35) would be about 35 cms, just over 1 cm on the model.

Steve

[monica]

hi Alan/Steve, thank you for the reply,

yes it is a mimiart, well i was thinking to do some thing along these lines over the 3 doorway,

as it around 25 ml above his head, bring it down about 15 ml so that leaves 10 ml over his head,

i think it was colin who said in his build off the Dutch house that some doorways with mimiart can

be over sized, so he resizes them down

will post so more pics once i get it along a bit,

cheers

Moni