{"id":372,"date":"2010-11-13T18:48:42","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T17:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/?p=372"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:28:55","slug":"new-engine-new-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/new-engine-new-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"New Engine, New Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back 2 Bay 6 7\/8″ Scale Davenport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I didn’t jump on buying the Roundhouse Katie back a year ago. Rather today, I made a purchase of the 7\/8″ scale Davenport made by Back to Bay 6 in the UK. I have been following the SE Lounge Forum<\/a> rather religiously in the last couple of years and have always been impressed by the size and quality of the scale models presented there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven Eighths scale (also written as 7\/8″ scale or 1:13.7 scale) uses 45 mm G gauge track to represent 24 inch narrow gauge and so is a very popular scale for people modeling the Maine two-foot railroads (like the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes, the Bridgton and Saco River, and the Monson Railroads) and the Welsh slate railways (the Ffestiniog , the Corris, and the Talyllyn Railways).<\/p>\n\n\n

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I don’t have too much invested in 1:20.3 rolling stock at the moment and several people have kitbashed Regner locomotives like my Konrad<\/a> into 7\/8″ scale. Here’s one example done by Chris Bird:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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