Our 16mm Activities

Toy trains ostensibly for the grandchildren, but in reality for us?

What is 16mm?

16mm refers to the modeller's scale of 16mm per foot. It is used to model narrow gauge railways based around O Gauge track. Originally, at the turn of the previous century, O Gauge was 1 1/4 inches, or 31.75mm. Nowadays it is 32mm, so a scale of 16mm per foot treats the O gauge track as though it was the two foot gauge of many of the narrow gauge railways to be found in the Wales of today and of yesteryear. Contrast this with O Gauge which is used to model mainline railways where the scale is 7mm per foot used to model a track gauge of 4 foot 8 1/2 inches and you end up with a very satisfying size of model that is nearly 12 times the size (volume)!

Running Every Friday

The WWSME are pleased to announce the availability of the new 32mm permanent layout at the Club's track site, so if you come along to the Friday meetings, you can now join in by running all your 16mm stock.

(Look for "The 32mm Layout" and "Fri 25th Nov 2011" under the "Photo Albums" heading)

STOP PRESS !!!

1) Please remember to complete and return the forms listing the scenery items that you are willing to use with the portable track to Vic Holt asap. He is hoping to carry out a trial at the 28 January 2012 Bulkington running day in preparation for the exhibition in Warminster, and others later in the year.

2) All 32mm tracks on the new Westbury track are now complete and may be used by any member. Colin Wade has a set of keys for the Westbury site, and he will liaise with Cliff, Paul and Stephen on suitable weekend dates for running on the new track. Barry intends to fix some weekend dates for next spring/summer and put into the diary. Running during the week can be common with the standard WWSME running times if required.