Stupid question?

[martinopy]

Hi everyone, i've only got back into railway modelling again after finding all my old stock in my mums roofspace. I always assumed all my stock to be OO gauge (2 hornby train sets and several lima locomotives and wagons) but i recently bought a OO Bachmann tamper but it is too small compared to my other stock. Sorry for the stupid question but i'm sorta stuck

[TWICK9]

Hi Martin welcome to the Forum, When you say too Small I presume it still fits on your OO track but is small in size, in which case it's an HO - 87:1- 3.5mm/1ft gauge model used by most of the Continent and America, there equivalent of our OO -76:1- 4mm/1ft gauge. so I'm afraid there's not a lot you can do apart from selling it on or putting up with the difference. There are similar problems with N gauge where there are three different scales.

[martinopy]

Thanks buddy, yeah it fits on the oo track but is too small. I bought it on ebay as oo and it says oo on the box but obviously it's not so i'll prob just sell it on. Thanks again for your help.

[TWICK9]

Hi Martin, just looked on the Bachmann site there motorised tamper is No. 36-165A if that is the number on the box it should be OO. This is a photo of it.

[hairyhandedfool]

The Tamper is marketed as an OO model by Bachmann, but unfortunately, it is basically a HO model repackaged.

[Dieselbob]

Hi Martin
I bought one about a year ago and put it away without really looking at it, I got it out a couple of days ago to give it a run and discovered the same as you. It is definately HO regardless of what Bachmann put on the box.
Ebay here we come.
Bob