Emily's Scale?

[Jerry Barnes]

Emily does not seem to be 1/32nd scale, it would have to be 18" long and it is 16". Any info on that?

[Cheeky_ULP]

It's likely she wasn't made to scale as a real Single because the primary intention was to catch the character Emily and how she looks in the show.

Her body is still good for a cheap kit-bash if you want a quick, cheap Stirling Single, as long as you don't mind the Thomas engines not being completely to scale.

[Bucksco]

Emily is "Thomas and Friends" scale. In other words her size is dictated by the art used to create the show - not prototype locomotives.

[Churchill8F]

Actually, Bachmann have been rather clever. Rather than compromise and make Thomas & co a range of 1/32 (Gauge 1) models, they've scaled them to the large scale range and they're roughly 1/24. All you really have to do is regauge them and they're exactly to scale.

Just purchased Emily & some wagons for that exact purpose, spoke to a few people who have been working to G64 (Standard Gauge G scale) and they've commented that the Bachmann Thomas range is a godsend.

See some example conversions here: http://www.forum.gscalecentral.net/G64-Troublesome-Truck-Conversion-m122589-p6.aspx

Jack