The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association is a
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
based society for
railway modellers interested in modelling
narrow-gauge railways in British
O scale
O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and rail transport modelling. Introduced by German toy manufacturer Märklin around 1900, by the 1930s three-rail alternating current O gauge was the most common model railroad sca ...
(7mm to the foot, or 1:43.5 ratio).
Scope of interest
The association covers modelling British narrow-gauge railways in the following gauges:
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O16.5. O scale on 16.5mm track, representing 2 ft 4 in gauge. This scale is widely used to model railways of , and gauges.
[7mmnga.org.uk: What We Do]
(Retrieved 05/02/08) The use of a 16.5mm gauge allows the use of
00 gauge mechanisms and wheels. Most commercial equipment is available for this gauge.
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O14
O14 is a set of model railway standards for accurately modelling narrow-gauge railways in 1:43.5 (7 mm scale) using gauge track.
The first published O14 standards appeared in ''Model Railway Constructor'' magazine, September 1951. The article ...
Using 14mm gauge track giving an exact scale conversion for gauge prototypes.
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* O21 Fine scale modelling of gauge prototypes on 21mm gauge track.][
* O9 Using 9mm or N gauge track to represent amusement park and estate railways.][
However other gauges and O scales are also accepted. For instance members modelling American narrow gauge often use ]On30
On30 (also called On2, O16.5 and Oe) gauge is the modelling of narrow gauge railways in O scale on HO () gauge track in 1:48 scale ratio by American and Australian model railroaders, in 1:43.5 scale ratio by British and French model railroade ...
, and Oe when modelling European prototypes.[7mmnga.org.uk: Area Groups]
(Retrieved 05/02/08) While many members model British railways, prototypes from all round the world are catered for, including the railways of countries that were part of Britain's former empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
.
History
The association was founded in 1979.[
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Membership
The current membership of the association is in excess of 1000 members. Most are resident in the United Kingdom, but about 10% live overseas. The association has 6 local groups in different areas of Britain, and two groups based outside Britain.[
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Publications
The association publishes a bi-monthly magazine, ''Narrow Lines'', which is posted free to all members. Additionally the association has published a series of 5 handbooks on various aspects of modelling, and a series of 12 booklets containing scale drawings of various items of narrow-gauge rolling stock.
References
{{Reflist
* "Narrow Lines" magazine
External links
Association Website
Narrow Gauge North
7mmnga – The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association
Rail transport modelling associations
30 inch railways and modelling