Recently I bought and built a couple of the 1/35th scale Trumpeter railcar kits; and, I am starting to build one of their locomotives. I have also noted that others like MiniArt offer other rail stock as well.
My question is why their is not a real 1/35th scale, functioning model railroad "class or guage’ like HO and O scale? Or, is their and I have just missed it?
Think about it, with all the offerings of 1/35 scale in figures and vehicles and accessories, it just seems like a natural…
Brummbar
In some ways, 1/35 models are becoming out of date. 1/48 is very popular and selection is growing.
There isn’t a working model railroad scale at 1/35 that has subjects that match what’s available in plastic armor modeling.
There are a number of gauges of model railroading, so they don’t really need another. 1:35 would be between O gauge (1:48) and G gauge (1:22.5). The size of a railroad at 1:35 would be pretty large. G gauge is sometimes called Garden railroads because at that size an outdoor layout in a back yard is about the only option. Even O gauge takes a major portion of most basements and the large size and limited popularity make it expensive. HO (1:87) and N (1:160) are the most popular because the smaller size allows a big layout without taking over the whole basement. Since G gauge and O gauge have existed for quite awhile, and folks have invested much in their layouts, I doubt if another large gauge would have much interest.
There’s an incidental benefit to having a static model railroad. It’s much simpler to model details of the track, roadbed and equipment like signals and switch stands at scale.