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This may seem like a silly question but I have recently started in the hobby at the tender age of 50 something. I am trying to model a small town and small country scene. No problem with building etc as I am using kits to give me the scale but I am getting totally confused of the size of roads and tracks.
I am looking at the approximate scale width of a main road and side road for a town scene and a country scene.
I am modelling in 00 roughly 1950/1960 era.
Can someone help as I am getting strange looks from people as I try pacing out roads and tracks and every time I start working out scales I keep hearing my old maths teacher voice in my head telling me how I should have paid more attention Thanks Col
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Another hint is to use a couple of vehicles like a bus and a truck, and work it out on that basis. Remember that town streets are often wider than rural ones. The road I live in is one way and is still the same width as when it was completed in 1874. currently with cars parked on both sides you can normally get an 8 wheel dustcart down the middle.

Hope this is of some assistance.

Regards

John
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A further tip - don't use black paint for the road surface, it will look wrong. I tend to use a mixture of greys with brown weathering. Additionally patches and filled trenches will be a different colour, just look next time you walk down the street.

Two tone sirens were definetely in use by the early/mid 60's as were blue lights.

Yet more to confuse the issue.

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John
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Mike,

Thanks for posting that - I have filed it in the folder of useess modelling info I may need one day!


Regards

John
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