Name: Can OO Gauge Track be a scale model?
Uploaded: 2022-05-29T16:01:54+00:00
Duration: 6 min 22 s
Description: Despite the inherent inaccuracy in OO Gauge, it can indeed be made as a scale representation of real track. Put down the foreign HO, and use some real 4mm/ft scale track on your next project. In this

3 years ago

Model Railway Track Point Turnout Junction Bullhead Flatbottom

Despite the inherent inaccuracy in OO Gauge, it can indeed be made as a scale representation of real track. Put down the foreign HO, and use some real 4mm/ft scale track on your next project.

In this video I have a look at a few different track types, and build some Exactoscale FastTrack Concrete Sleeper Flat-Bottom Code 83, the track I will be using for my mainline scenes.

0:00 Peco Streamline - the "default" track
0:38 Bullhead track - scale track for the Steam era
1:21 Flat Bottom track - scale mainline track for the 1960s onwards
2:10 Assembling Exactoscale FastTrack
3:10 Scale points: The harder part of the problem
3:58 An eBay score: Salvaged Bullhead Points
5:19 Missing product: Flat bottom track on wooden sleepers
6:02 Sneak Peek: Baulk Road for the Bridge