O14 is a set of
model railway standards for accurately modelling
narrow-gauge railways
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...
in 1:43.5 (
7 mm scale) using gauge track.
The first published O14 standards appeared in ''
Model Railway Constructor
''Model Railway Constructor'' was a monthly British magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertis ...
'' magazine, September 1951. The article was titled "A Narrow Gauge Layout" and was by Douglas Clayton. He advocated
HO standards, less 2.5mm coupled with coarse scale
OO wheelsets set to 12.5 mm back to back. A subsequent article in 1953 provided details of his layout. Very little more happened regards the development of O14 until
Roy C Link
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In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...
published a new set of standards (1993 — revised 1994) in his magazine ''
Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review''. They were developed for his range of O14 kits — now produced by David Janes under the name KBscale. They are based on the proven 4 mm scale
EM standards (BRMSB) and are reasonably close to exact scale especially considering the variations to be found in prototype nominal gauge railways.
This scale/gauge combination is managed by the O14 Group (an informal web based society dedicated to finescale 7mm narrow gauge modelling) and supported by the
7mm Narrow Gauge Association
The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association is a United Kingdom based society for railway modellers interested in modelling narrow-gauge railways in British O scale (7mm to the foot, or 1:43.5 ratio).
Scope of interest
The association covers modelling Bri ...
.
Related scales
O gauge
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 scal ...
is used for modelling standard-gauge railways in
7 mm scale, with
ScaleSeven
ScaleSeven (S7) is a set of finescale model railway standards for 1:43.5 (7 mm scale) using true-to-prototype track and wheel standards. It is principally used to model British standard gauge (), Irish Broad Gauge (), or Great Western broad gauge ( ...
the accurate scale and complementary set of standards to O14. Other
7 mm scale narrow-gauge
model railway gauges include:
O16.5
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 ...
,
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 railroaders ...
and O21.
See also
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On2 scale
On2 gauge is part of the hobby of rail transport modeling. The name is based on the common USA model railroad O scale ('oh' scale) of 1:48 and refers to the gauge between the rails ( ) and the fact that it is narrow gauge, thus 'On2'.
Histor ...
– the USA equivalent of O14 which models in 1:48 scale on 1/2" gauge track
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Model railway scales
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List of rail transport modelling scale standards
This page lists the most relevant model railway scale standards in the world. Most standards are regional, but some have followers in other parts of the world outside their native region, most notably NEM and NMRA. While the most significant stan ...
External links
The official O14 Group website
7 mm scale
Narrow gauge railway modelling
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