Question of SCALE

[rcaptain17]

I know the base board is 750 squares by 750 squares. Now I have been doing my layouts in " Real Scale". In Real Scale how many KM long is one square, same with if you have " HO Scale, and N Scale, O Scale"?

 

[SharkNose]

Each baseboard is 720 meters by 720 meters. Each "yellow" square is 10 meters by 10 meters. Those are subdivided by darker lines twice in 5 meter increments. Those are real scale values. The HO Scale, and N Scale, O Scale modes would display those real scale values in their respective scales 1/87, 1/160 and 1/48 (U.S. scales, some regions differ).

Oh, each baseboard is 0.72 KM square, each yellow square is 0.010 KM and the darker lines, 0.005 KM (Real Scale).

 

[cascaderailroad]

I thought that using a smaller than "Real Scale" would achive getting more trackage on a (one) baseboard ... But it contrary to that, and appears that it just makes a baseboard measurement smaller ... nothing else changes in size, except the ruler measurements.

So if you made a Real Scale baseboard, and rescaled it down to HO, you would know how big to make a HO train platform in your basement, (or versa vica)

 

[ray_whiley]

So if you made a Real Scale baseboard, and rescaled it down to HO, you would know how big to make a HO train platform in your basement, (or versa vica)

Yes, but if you made a single baseboard in (for example) 1/87 scale, you would need one measuring over 8 metres square! Not many modellers in the UK would have room for that ...

Ray

 

[stagecoach]

Trainz only uses full scale. If you select the OO/HO scale it means all measurements are in that scale, the ruler should show the OO/HO size. The ruler in full scale shows the real distance (87m), in OO/HO it shows the scaled down distance (1m) but both are the same length because it adjusts to match.