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G Gauge Design Record
The record of the design and development of G Gauge Locomotives, rail cars and rolling stock.
An explanation
I was looking for a project to fill in my spare time. I wanted something to fit in with my experiences and available facilities. I checked out air, road, water and rail. Settling on rail I went from 9mm to 190mm finally settling on 45mm. At 1/32 this represents a standard gauge 1435mm track. At 1/22.5 it represents 1000mm track. Commercially in the latter guise it is called G gauge. Historically gauge 3 uses 63mm track to represent standard gauge. In the modern context where HOm represents 1000mm track in HO scale G gauge should more correctly be known as 3m.
My interests are in the design and manufacture aspect rather than the desire for rivet accurate representation. Also many 1000mm/1016mm gauge railways have loading gauges similar to, or even larger than that used on British Railways. There are also numerous examples of railway vehicles, of all types, used on these railways to base my models on.
G gauge progress so far at the links below:
The record of the design and development of G Gauge Locomotives, rail cars and rolling stock.
An explanation
I was looking for a project to fill in my spare time. I wanted something to fit in with my experiences and available facilities. I checked out air, road, water and rail. Settling on rail I went from 9mm to 190mm finally settling on 45mm. At 1/32 this represents a standard gauge 1435mm track. At 1/22.5 it represents 1000mm track. Commercially in the latter guise it is called G gauge. Historically gauge 3 uses 63mm track to represent standard gauge. In the modern context where HOm represents 1000mm track in HO scale G gauge should more correctly be known as 3m.
My interests are in the design and manufacture aspect rather than the desire for rivet accurate representation. Also many 1000mm/1016mm gauge railways have loading gauges similar to, or even larger than that used on British Railways. There are also numerous examples of railway vehicles, of all types, used on these railways to base my models on.
G gauge progress so far at the links below: