Roundhouse 7/8ths Scale

Here is my first 7/8ths scale project based on a modified loco bought at the Exeter Garden Railway Show. It is a "Bertie" chassis and boiler with "Katie" valve gear and a modified "Katie" body. Needless to say it has a Summerlands Chuffer installed! Filmed here at Roy Wood's HWLR. Driver by Rob Bennett (of course) and plates by Alan Briggs. I have no 7/8ths rolling stock so this lot had to do........

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 7/8ths
• scale
• 16mm
• garden railway
• SM32
• live steam
• summerlandsteam
• summerlands
• chuffer
• chuff pipe

[Firrboxfryup]

Hi Chris. Just out of interest, what is 7/8ths scale equivalent to?

[Summerlandsteam]

@Firrboxfryup - Hi Jamie - 7/8ths scale is short for 7/8ths inch to the foot, or a scale of 1:13.7 compared with 1:19 for 16mm to the foot scale. All a bit confusing!! In practice this means that 32mm track is about 18" - a gauge used on some estate railways. If you go to the Atlantic Publishers website there is a free digital edition of Garden Railways mag with a nice article on 7/8ths.

Cheers

Chris

[Firrboxfryup]

@Summerlandsteam Wow, that is confusing! So 18", Bicton Park equivalent! So scale 15" would be smaller. My garden railway I'm hoping to do a 15" style line. All ready have plans for a 15" steam tram engine. :-D

Cheers Chris.

Jamie

[Summerlandsteam]

@Firrboxfryup - That's no problem Jamie - 32mm is 15" in 1/12th scale and you can get loads of dolls house stuff to match as that is also 1/12th.

Cheers

Chris

[DebenValleyLightRail]

Nicely done! Looks a sweet little loco ands sounds great also as is now expected!!

[Summerlandsteam]

Thanks Zach - and yes I do find this 7'8ths stuff very appealing. Just have to make some stock now.........

Cheers

Chris

[Firrboxfryup]

@Summerlandsteam Ah, Brilliant. Thanks for that Chris. It just so happens there is a Dolls House shop literally 200 yards down the road....! :-D

[denesofvannspring]

This and your other videos are delightful!! They seriously make me think of getting into 7/8n2!

:)

[rockyrails]

Love the sound are getting out of the loco. I have a Harvey Watkins 7/8ths modified roundhouse loco that is begging to have a chuffer pipe installed.

thanks for the video

cheers Ferd

[ColumbineMHLR]

Unfortunately, no I didn't. I did notice it on your stand, but not closely.

Cheers,

Pete

[Summerlandsteam]

Thanks Mark - yes the loger chimney gives it a better tone - the sound slot is about a third of the way up.

Cheers

Chris