Mark V in HO scale?

Bowser · 01-08-2018, 08:14 PM

A quick note, I'll try to expand this in a few days if it seems necessary.

To make a long story short, I was trying to explain just how large an Ogre is to a non-gamer, but he is familiar with HO scale trains.

Looking thru lots of material, I did find an unofficial source that gives me a length of 83.67 feet for the Mark V. It also had a visual representation (side view) so I could estimate the height at about 56.4 feet. A "fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants" estimate for width gives me roughly half of the length.

Since in HO scale 1 foot is represented by 3.5 mm (and there are 25.4 mm to the inch), I ended up with:

Length: about 11.5 inches
Width: about 5.75 inches
Height: 7.75 inches

Wouldn't that look cool on his model train setup?

Thoughts?

01-08-2018, 08:14 PM	#1
Bowser Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Genoa, NE	Mark V in HO scale? A quick note, I'll try to expand this in a few days if it seems necessary. To make a long story short, I was trying to explain just how large an Ogre is to a non-gamer, but he is familiar with HO scale trains. Looking thru lots of material, I did find an unofficial source that gives me a length of 83.67 feet for the Mark V. It also had a visual representation (side view) so I could estimate the height at about 56.4 feet. A "fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants" estimate for width gives me roughly half of the length. Since in HO scale 1 foot is represented by 3.5 mm (and there are 25.4 mm to the inch), I ended up with: Length: about 11.5 inches Width: about 5.75 inches Height: 7.75 inches Wouldn't that look cool on his model train setup? Thoughts? __________________ S+++ O1() O2+ G+++ S++ RP++ OM() B++ GO() O6e() PO+++ HR/NU- MK3() MK5-- CM-- W() KS+++ based on Michael Powers' message in 2001/gevfeb23.txt