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1/64 or HO scale slot car set Apr 2, 2020 0:24:15 GMT -6 JED and mike like this

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Ran across the following info on an HO site and found it interesting... Can you use 1:64 vehicles with HO scale trains? It’s a common question. The answer is you can do whatever you want.

The next question is whether you’ll be happy with it. And under some circumstances, you might be.

This is as good of a time as any to explain HO scale. Scale is the size of a model relative to the real thing. In HO scale (1:87), 3.5 mm (.138 inches) represents one real-world foot. In 1:64, 3/16 of an inch (.1875 inches) represents a foot. So a true 1:64 model is more than 25% oversize for HO, though it’s perfect for S scale American Flyer.

dfarq.homeip.net/can-you-use-164-vehicles-with-ho-scale-trains/#ixzz6IQxKSTC8

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1/64 or HO scale slot car set Apr 16, 2020 10:17:11 GMT -6 JED likes this

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OO gauge or OO scale (also spelled 00 gauge and 00 scale) is the most popular standard-gauge model railway standard in the United Kingdom despite being virtually unknown in other countries. This track gauge is one of several 4 mm-scale standards (4 mm to 1 foot or 1:76.2) used, but it is the only one to be served by the major manufacturers. Unfortunately, the OO track gauge of 16.5 mm (0.65 in) is actually incorrect for 4 mm scale, giving a track gauge equivalent of 4ft 1½in instead of 4ft 8½in. The majority of modellers in 4mm are happy with this arrangement; one need only refer to the massive sales of Railway Modeller, British Railway Modelling and other magazines which feature many OO Gauge layouts to see this. However, since the 1960s, other gauges in the same scale have arisen (18.2mm or EM and 18.83 or Scalefour) to reflect the desire of some modellers for greater scale accuracy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OO_gauge

Here is a place you can get totally confused on scales Jed!!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_modelling_scales

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