TT Scale. The Ideal Scale.

When Ford released the Excursion sport utility several years ago, I seem to recall reading that it was about 19 feet long, which made it the longest non-stretched passenger vehicle available at the time. There were complaints that some of the people who bought them had to park them outside because they discovered that they wouldn't fit into their garage! Probably the best way to gauge whether a vehicle is close to being a particular scale is to measure the width with a scale ruler. If it's less than 6 scale feet wide, or more than 8, it's probably out of scale. If it's within those dimensions, and the overall proportions look OK to you, then it's probably close enough to look good on your layout.

Bill in FL

They are a little bit smaller than 6 scale feet...

But I am going to "increase" them optically - if I paint them in light colors, they will seem bigger, I hope.

Now, some of them are painted.
Your opinion?

Opinion? Very nice! The dump truck is my favorite :)

So, do you think I can use these vehicles for the TT scale layout?

P.S. If somebody is interested - I've purchased it here:
http://shop.ricosrailroom.com/N-Scale-C ... es_c16.htm
(very friendly man, from Colorado)

Manufacturer:
http://www.finenscale.com/carsnscale.html

Can you use them? I dunno - I guess it depends if they look appropriate size wise.

ConducTTor wrote:if they look appropriate size wise.

It is just the main question for me. :)

Finally, I've found the truck suitable for TT.

1941 Ford truck, by Fine N scale.



Side-by-side with International K-serie truck, made using Russian ZiS-150 ;)



Side-by-side with German Volkswagen Transporter T2 (I don't know the manufacturer, somewhere in Europe)



Although the Ford truck is a bit narrower than International, it seems to me it is suitable for TT.



Also the tractor version is available, with semi-trailer

See my response to your other post.