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3) Cars.....anything, even if it's in pieces. We're not looking for collectibles, but common Z scale cars of any type. That includes pieces.

 


Z Scale: even smaller than N Scale (1:220). This scale is great for coffee tables, a nice addition to your executive desk - good for any "large" layout in a very small space. Easy to transport if you like.

Z scale (1:220) is the smallest commercially available model railway scale with its track gauge of only 6.5 mm. Z scale was introduced by the German model train manufacturer Märklin in 1972 Nuremberg Toy Fair.
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Z scale — models built to a scale of 1:220. These are the smallest practical models in mass production at the time of this writing. .055" (1.39 mm) = one foot and the track gauge is approximately ¼".

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A unit of electrical pressure. Commonly, 0 to 9 volts of DC are used for Z scale model railroading, 0 to 14 volts DC for N and HO scale, and 0 to 20 volts DC for large-scale model railroading.
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I recently attended a GATS in Nashville where I saw a Z scale layout that featured quite realistic trees. Lucky for me the modeler of this layout gave a short seminar on making trees.

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