Gents,

In addition to his collection of 1/50 vintage trucks and plant equipment, Jean-Jacques - one "J" of the "3J&G" team - is collecting 1/43 truck models as well. These models are mainly produced by edition companies like Hachette or Altaya and made available on a weekly basis with a dedicated booklet in press stands.
I offered him to display here his collection, as some units may be of interest for other members of this forum.

If you want to know more about the 3J&G models collection: http://forums.dhsdiecast.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=139055

Regards.
Guy

Regards.
Guy

modemaniac,

The problem with O scale is that it is not standardized: 1/43.5 in France, 1/48 in the US and 1/45 in most other countries, with rail tracks width being the same everywhere.
I think that you can easily mix 1/48 and 1/50 without problem but you should see the scale difference between 1/43 and 1/50. When you combine a tractor and its trailer from those different scales - a standard truck or trailer being generally 2.5 metres wide in Europe - then it will 5.00 centimetres in a 1/50 scale and 5.81cm in 1/43: 4mm difference either side is clearly visible.

I hope this helps.
Guy

modelmaniac,

As far as models are concerned, there is a huge number of scales available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scale_model_sizes

My personal advice would be:
- 1/48 and 1/50 models can be easily mixed, without noticing a difference,
- it is more difficult to mix 1/50 with 1/43, "European" O scale (1/43.5 and 1/45), 1/53 and 1/55: the difference in size is visible, except if one of the units is modeling an oversized unit (rail wagon for example).

2 examples below. As I didn't want to use US 1/48 railway stuff for my "European" heavy haulage sets, I had to turn to 1/45 Lima train models and you don't see too much the difference in scale:





As they are used as static loads, you don't need them in pristine condition and therefore you should find them at a good price on e... or by other second-hand O scale railway models shops.
Another way is to check "1/43" models size to identify those which are not real 1/43 but closer to 1/48-1/50: and there is a lot, in particular in old Matchbox, Dinky Toys and Corgi Toys ranges.

I hope this helps.
Guy

To be continued.
Guy

modelmaniac,

Here is a link to a French forum dedicated to Italian Lima and Rivarossi trains produced in O gauge (1/45 scale): https://trainslima1-45.forumactif.org/
O gauge is quite known in the US (1/48 scale), with companies like Lionel and MHT producing a wide range of train products. Here is a link to one of their forums dedicated to trains in that scale (easier to combine with 1/50 scale trucks): https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/

I hope this helps.
Guy

Guy is the Corgi TC-12 a true 1/43 scale or is it closer to 1/48 scale.
Steve

Guy as usual thanks for the information. You should be receiving some photos shortly.
Steve

Really like the look of that Saviem tipper,love that drive-height,looks like it's AWD.Is that a conversion?Looks like it was something else.

To be continued.
Guy