Does anyone happen to have a full length Kato Eurostar to hand they can measure. I have a pretty good guess at the length from the real one scaling 1:160 but could do with a more exact number.

How many coaches in a full set?     I have a couple of eurostar sets in my late friend's collection.   

Full length is 20 coaches including the two power cars.

Thanks

OK, so my friend had 2x. 16 car set.

Measurements in old money

1) power car + first coach  = 11"


2) string of 4 articulated coaches = 18.5"



3) String of 4 coaches as 2x (articulated + bogied coach)) = 20". Presume these form the middle of the set?



I'm afraid I'm not an expert on Eurostars - European N is my thing - but does that give you enough to extrapolate to a full 20 coach set (is it just another 4 articulated coaches half-and-half into the two half-sets?)

That would make it
11 + 18.5 + 18.5 + 20 + 18.5 + 11 = 97.5"  or 2476.5mm

My working length assumption has always been 2500mm from when I measured one about 25 years ago and found it was 1/160 of the full sized 400 metre train.

Yep, I remember mine being 2.5m, but never needed to know to the mm. How accurate do you need? There's a bit of slip in the couplings/bogies, so it shortens a bit when pushed.

Quote from: njee20 on Today at 07:56:16 PMYep, I remember mine being 2.5m, but never needed to know to the mm. How accurate do you need? There's a bit of slip in the couplings/bogies, so it shortens a bit when pushed.

And being Kato you can push 19 cars even round curves and at suicidal speeds without derailment!

Yep! Astonishing performance!

Quote from: woodbury22uk on Today at 08:08:12 PM

Quote from: njee20 on Today at 07:56:16 PMYep, I remember mine being 2.5m, but never needed to know to the mm. How accurate do you need? There's a bit of slip in the couplings/bogies, so it shortens a bit when pushed.

And being Kato you can push 19 cars even round curves and at suicidal speeds without derailment!

My ex would push me round the bend at each opportunity

Thanks folks. That means it would fit with a few cm spare