Z Scale
#6 Code 40
Another turnout from our NMRA Train Show display. With a set of HO scale wheels for comparison, this Z scale code 40 turnout is very tiny.
The tip of an X-Acto blade sitting on the guard rail of the Z scale turnout. The PC board and wood ties are a mere .040″ (1 mm) wide and are the smallest we produce.
The pieces of ballast on the side of the rail just past the wing rail look like boulders in this shot, but they are actually no larger than a speck of sand. The frog is dwarfed by the HO scale wheelset shown here.
I would love to build a Z scale layout one day! Maybe at this years Train Show I will pick up some Z scale locomotives and tinker a bit. There really is some exquisite stuff available in Z scale.
The lack of a switch stand on this piece is a glaring omission! Will have to see if I can find some in California.
Believe it or not, this isn’t the smallest piece of trackwork on the display! There is one smaller.
-T.
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Posted by: Tim | 06-30-2008 | 08:06 PM
Posted in: 2008 NMRA Train Show - Anaheim | Latest Posts
That’s just incredible! I thought the Z-scale were too tiny for any work by hand! I can’t see any difference between this turnout and a H0 code 100 turnout. Maybe just the size of the rail’s head.
/Anton, Sweden
How about financially committing to having some custom rail and track developed? Paul
Seriously, have a custom drawn code 35 rail in a good grade of nickle-silver as has Peco code 55 N. That is have .010″ buried in the tie strip leaving a scale .025″ high functional rail. I’d be happy to do all of it for you, flex track, switches, crossovers etc!