Question: On building model buildings, are the O scale pieces larger an easier to see than HO scale pieces?
Thanks, Stephen
Yes…
Many guys change scales as they get older for precisely that reason.
There is an inverse problem too though - the larger the scale the more visible the interior is, so you feel more need to detail it. I’ve seen O scale yard offices which even had recognisable newspapers on the desk and kettles by the stove! It can get very addictive after a while…
Another inverse, being larger, some people put more detail parts on a larger building because it is larger, and crowd the scene with unneccessary parts. Smaller buildings do not require as much detail to look “detailed.”
An O scale building has four times the volume of an HO scale building. Figure it out from there.
Bob Boudreau
the scale doesnt affect this problem as you might assume…True an o scale 2x4 is larger than an ho 2x4…but now you will be inclined to include 1x2’ s for detail…if you get my drift…we have a tendency to model and work with the smallest pieces we can manage, that is, manipulate and see. The advantage of O is that we can represent finer detail because our seeing limit allows it…Make sense? In N scale the smallest piece we can use represents a far larger component. Now, in general…many modelrs do switch to larger scales as they get older…