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1:35 WW2 railway station project.

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1:35 WW2 railway station project.
Posted by pardre15 on Thursday, March 7, 2013 3:14 PM

Hi all...Am attempting a WW2 project depicting a bombed out railway station on the Eastern front, transporting fuel and ammunition to the front and ferrying wounded troops back to Germany. Am wondering if anyone knows what gauge rail is closest in size to 1:35, also any rail accessory, building manufacturers out there in this scale. Using mix of German AFV's and figures and am looking to modify any existing rail buildings, part scratch-build station.

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Posted by GMorrison on Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:58 PM

As far as the track, I always build it from scratch except for the rails. Ready made track never looks very good, because it's overdesigned for reliable operation.

It sounds like you are locating this in Russia. For reasons only known to Joe, the gauge there is/ was 4'-11 5/16", about 3" wider than the US standard. If you stay away from modeling switches and specialty track, it's pretty easy to lay down track using stock rail and strip wood for ties.

As far as scale, Marklin and others make 1/32 scale stuff. Most of Marklin's is European prototype, so look at that.

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  • From: Ontario, Canada
Posted by gunner_chris on Sunday, March 10, 2013 6:39 PM

There's this - don't know if its any good:

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And it seems like Trumpeteer made 1/35 German railway tracks

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  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:11 PM

The 1/32 model rail scale is "1 gauge"  which is 45mm wide track spacing.  But, that's to represent western track gauge of 4'-8-1/2" (1.435m).

1 Gauge has been nearly extinct for a long time, only available by way of specialty mail-order; but, it has seen some resurgence lately.

This can actually work to a modeler's benefit, as instead of kits, much of the available items are pieces-parts.  Wheels, truck parts, couplers and the--so adapting to the Soviet standard is a bit more straight-forward.  You should be able to get just the rails, and set them on ties ("sleepers" in UK parlance) to the width desired.

Now, with the rail gauge issue, the Germans might well have installed another rail at the German national gauge so as to not need to stop and switch rolling stock.

All this before one wanders afield into the narrow gauges; which are sometimes used as field-expedients and in working around battle damage, too.

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, March 11, 2013 7:53 PM

Yes, a little thing but would really add to the story. Pardre15 you would add a third rail just inside one of the two others. Paint the outside one rust and the other two brighter on top. Use fewer spikes and give it a little wobble as though it was laid down in a hurry.

My name is George and I'm a railhead.

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  • From: Denver, Colorado
Posted by waynec on Monday, March 11, 2013 10:09 PM
the reason soviet rails were wider was to prevent invaders from using them efficiently. as an aside CSA railroads were different sizes due to builders' preferences.

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