Thursday, September 16, 2010

Dreams of a New Dimension in Trolley Gauges

This came to me in a creative moment. What if ... ?

Arithmetic*** Progression Models LLC announces two new series of models in its product line of international electric railway traction equipment

1. The Heritage Series : Trolleys, streetcars and trams, 1900-1950
2. The Light Rail Series : Beyond the PCC

in the following three scales :

RJ Scale --- One-inch to the foot : 1/12th full size, 4 3/4 inch gauge, named for Rod Johnston, the prototype for the "For Better or For Worse" newspaper comic strip, who developed an inspiring commercial line of railway models in that scale

PS Scale --- Two inches to the foot : 1/6th full size, 9 1/2 inch gauge, after Mattel's PlayScale models and Barbie action figures

BC Scale --- Three inches to the foot : 1/4th full size, 14 1/4 " gauge, named for British Columbia, where the late Gordon Hatch built magnificent models in that scale, which are now exhibited in a museum in that Canadian province

*** with the accent on "...met..."

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