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22 May 13

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To be released at the Society AGM on 1^st June 2013 at Poynton – Kit 46 BR Bogie Bolster E with Turbot option. This kit contains the re-tooled ex Parkwood Models mouldings. For more details see 'Forthcoming Products'.

18 May 13

Competition Registration Closed

Untitled document Entries for the Annual Model Making Competition can no longer be accepted.

30 April 13

New NGS Webmaster

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For those that are not already aware, the NGS Committee has asked me to take over as Webmaster. Having spoken to Paul Martin several times about the web site, I hope to continue his excellent work.

Tim Hitch
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24 April 13

Collett BG update

Untitled document Dave Jones of Dapol and Ben Ando of the NGS recently visited the Didcot Railway Centre to photograph and measure key dimensions for the N Gauge Society's forthcoming Collett BG.

23 April 13

Kits discontinued

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Compare Scales

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Deciding which scale to model in can be a difficult task for the beginner and experienced model maker. This page aims to provide some basic data about each scale including links to specialist societies and mailing lists. The class 66 diesel locomotive is available in a number of different scales and as examples become available to me I will include photographs to illustrate the differences between the scales.

	Three quarter view of two class 66 diesel locomotives.The larger model is Bachmann's OO (1:76) and the smaller one is Dapol's British N Gauge (1:148)
	Side view of two class 66 diesel locomotives. The larger model is Bachmann's OO (1:76) and the smaller one is Dapol's British N Gauge (1:148)
	Front view of two class 66 diesel locomotives. The larger model is Bachmann's OO (1:76) and the smaller one is Dapol's British N Gauge (1:148)

Name	Ratio	Gauge	xx:foot	Contacts	Mailing List
T Gauge	1:450	3.2 mm	0.7	T Gauge Headquarters	Talking T Gauge
Z Gauge	1:220	6.5mm	1.39mm	Z Club GB Z Club 92	Z_Scale American Z Scale Z Gauge British and European
European / American N Gauge	1:160	9mm	1.9mm	N Gauge Society - this site!	N Scale YahooGroup N YahooGroup
European Finescale N Gauge	1:160	9mm	1.9mm	FS160
2mm Finescale	1:152	9.42mm	2.0mm	2mm Association	Members only
Japanese N Gauge	1:150	9mm	2.03mm	N Gauge Society - this site!	JRForum YahooGroup
British N Gauge	1:148	9mm	2 1/16mm	N Gauge Society - this site!	N Gauge YahooGroup Modern N Gauge YahooGroup
European / American TT	1:120	12mm	1/10inch 2.54mm
Triang TT	1:101.6	12mm	3mm	3mm Society
TM	1:101.6	13.5mm	3mm	3mm Society
Finescale TT	1:101.6	14.125mm or 14.2mm	3mm	3mm Society
HO	1:87	16.5mm	3.5mm	British 1:87 Scale Society
Proto 87 (Finescale HO)	1:87	16.5mm	3.5mm	Club Proto 87 Proto:87
Japanese HO	1:80	16.5mm	3.8mm	Japanese Railway Society	JRForum eGroup
British Scale 4	1:76	18.83mm	4mm	Scale 4 Society
British EM	1:76	18.2mm	4mm	EM Gauge Society
British OO	1:76	16.5mm	4mm	The Double O Gauge Association	OO Gauge YahooGroup
S Gauge	1:64	7/8 inch	3/16 inch	S Scale Model Railway Society
American O Gauge	1:48	1 1/4inch (31.75mm)	1/4 inch
American Proto48	1:48	1.176inch (29.87mm)	1/4 inch	Society of Proto-48 Enthusiasts
European O Gauge	1:45	32mm	6.77mm	Arge Spur 0
British Scale 7	1:43.54	33mm	7mm
British O Gauge	1:43.54	32mm	7mm	Gauge O Guild
Gauge 1	1:32	45mm	10mm
American G Scale	1:29	45mm	10.5mm
European G Scale	1:22.5	45mm	13.55mm

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