I know I'm very late to this party, but I've only just found a comparison from last month between Diapet's James to a Plarail one. As Super thought earlier, these models are much larger than Plarail/Trackmaster, H0/00 and ERTL.
Those knuckle couplings don't look like they would last very long, but I dare say the only way to know would be to wait for rolling stock to be introduced. Needless to say, these make the Plarail/TrackMaster versions (even the good ones) look cheaper than we all refuse to admit they are. I never understood why Nitrogen didn't keep James' proportions and scale at least roughly the same as his physical models.
Those knuckle couplings don't look like they would last very long, but I dare say the only way to know would be to wait for rolling stock to be introduced. Needless to say, these make the Plarail/TrackMaster versions (even the good ones) look cheaper than we all refuse to admit they are. I never understood why Nitrogen didn't keep James' proportions and scale at least roughly the same as his physical models.