West Japan Railway Compnay

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Hi folks,

I was surfing the inter-webs (AGAIN!) and came across this website, I noticed they had some track and since I am building some HO scale locomotives this track would look amazing but I am not sure of the scale... Does anyone know? It looks HO but I am not sure. If it is HO I will also look into building that blue girder bridge and the roundhouse.

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-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[Vermin_King]

Not sure, but judging by the rails, it sure looks like HO

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Originally Posted by Vermin_King

Not sure, but judging by the rails, it sure looks like HO

I just found track on here.

I did a screenshot of the track and laid the Japanese track under it to see if they're the same width. Apparently they're not...

Link: Paper model 1/87 (HO) Train tracks | Bestpapermodels.com

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[Vermin_King]

If you are looking to do the bridge and roundhouse, I think they are close enough, or you can adjust the scale when printing

[SCEtoAUX]

I did a straigh reduction of the Japan Rail Way tracks to match the BestPaperModels.com tracks.
Japan Rail Way reduced to 76%:


The distance between the outside of the rails is the same but the rails on the Japan Rail Way track are wider.

Resized the BestPaperModels.com tracks to 131%:


Looks like some more manipulating of the graphics will be needed to make the rails match.

[Darwin]

As a guess, I would say it is 00 scale.

[RunwayOneSixRight]

I like the BestPaperModels track because its more detailed and has a right-hand switch but I also like the Japanese Rail Way Track because it has a curve.

Maybe since they're both free someone could modify the BestPaperModels.com track to a right-hand turn as well as into a right-hand and left-hand curve? (Or would we have to check with the authors first?)

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[michik]

Direct comparison between the two tracks is probably a bit futile, because the Bestpapermodels track is Central European and, therefore, has a gauge of 1435mm while the WJR track is Japanese and has a gauge of 1067mm.

Matthew, maybe you should write directly to Bestpapermodels, whether they could release curved tracks?

[RunwayOneSixRight]

Originally Posted by michik

Direct comparison between the two tracks is probably a bit futile, because the Bestpapermodels track is Central European and, therefore, has a gauge of 1435mm while the WJR track is Japanese and has a gauge of 1067mm.

Matthew, maybe you should write directly to Bestpapermodels, whether they could release curved tracks?

I'll look into that.

-RunwayOneSixRight (Matthew)

[Siwi]

Originally Posted by michik

Direct comparison between the two tracks is probably a bit futile, because the Bestpapermodels track is Central European and, therefore, has a gauge of 1435mm while the WJR track is Japanese and has a gauge of 1067mm.

Matthew, maybe you should write directly to Bestpapermodels, whether they could release curved tracks?

He's right: almost all Japanese railways use 1067mm 'Cape' gauge. Also widely used in Africa, Indonesia, New Zealand and on tramways.