From the Large to the Small...

Well the other day I posted about 'G' scale Thomas locos and rolling stock etc...

Today we have some 'Atlas Edition' Minitrains. These little beauties are a minute 1/220th scale - so somewhere between 'N' and 'Z' gauge as I understand it (may even be 'Z' gauge but I'm too lazy to check as I'm writing this

Here's a couple of pictures of one, 'The Flying Scotsman', it comes with the loco, tender and two coaches as well as two pieces of track to display him on - they are only static display models. The level of detail on these is absolutely stunning bearing in mind their minute size, however although static the driving wheels/push-rods do actually work!! The second picture tries to put the size in context as I've included a standard rollerball pen to give a sense of scale. If the pen was laid down it would be total about the length of the piece of track, or in other words the loco would be about the length of half a pen

I got this and three other sets (The Golden Arrow, The Mallard, and a Series 0 Shinkansen) off eBay from a guy for £4.99 a set. I don't know if there are others, but I'm going to be keeping my eyes out for them as they are superbly made and detailed!!!

Enjoy...