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2 mm scale

Railway modeling finecast scale

Field	Value
name	2 mm finescale
image_filename	2mm scale steam locomotive.jpg
image_caption	A 2 mm scale steam locomotive in unpainted condition
widthpx	300px
scale	2 mm to 1 ft
ratio	1:152.4
gauge
prototype_gauge	Standard gauge
website	2mm Association

2 mm scale, often 2 mm finescale is a specification used for railway modelling, largely for modelling British railway prototypes. It uses a scale of 2 mm on the model to 1 foot on the prototype, which scales out to 1:152.4 The track gauge used to represent prototype standard gauge (4 feet inches) is . Track and wheels are closer to dead scale replicas than commercial British N.

Standard

The 2 mm standards

Since 2 mm scale is very close to the 1:148 British N scale, a hybrid specification can be modelled by re-wheeling proprietary British N-scale models to the 9.42 mm track gauge. This hybrid specification results in a track gauge equivalent to 4 ft, slightly narrower than the prototype 4 feet inches. There is an advantage however in the narrower gauge as this allows more room for the outside motion of outside cylindered steam locomotives, which must be overscale in order to function correctly. This approach is often recommended for beginners. However, 2 mm-scale and hybrid-scale models do not usually sit well together due to the larger size of the latter.

Supplementary Standards

Like Protofour, 2 mm standards have been extended to several other prototypes of both wider and narrower gauge with the same tolerances such as Brunel's gauge, Japan Rail's narrow gauge and so on.

FiNescale Standard

The FiNescale standard in use for European prototypes is identical to 2mmFS, with the exception of a to-scale rail gauge of .

Appreciation

One major effect of the standard is to improve the appearance of the track as opposed to N scale, where it is overly tall. Linking carriages with three link chains has been successfully achieved in using the standard.

Support

No ready-to-run models are available in 2 mm scale, and although there is some availability of kits and components, some model-making skill is normally required.

There is an active association, The 2mm Scale Association, for modellers in this scale, who supply components, tools and jigs, publish a bi-monthly magazine, organise local groups, and promote modelling in the scale.

Exhibition layouts

Section of the model railway layout built between 1946 and 1953 ''Inversnecky and Drambule Railway''.

An early example of a 2 mm layout was Rydes Vale which was created in the 1960s by H. H. Grove and his son.
The development of the Kineton exhibition layout by the Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society was feature in series in the British Railway Modelling magazine running from February 2016.

References

"Standards".
"BGS standards". Broad Gauge Society.
"Products".
Cliff, Nigel. (2008). "The Groves and Rydes Vale".
Collins, Mike. (February 2016). "Project Layout — Kineton — 2 mm Finescale".
"2mm Association Standards".
(November 1963). "November 1963".
(16 January 2019). "Model Railway Scales and gauges explained".
James Taylor. (24 December 2014). "A Guide to Scale & Gauge".

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