Kato Eurostar Length

[EtchedPixels]

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.

[ntpntpntp]

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

[EtchedPixels]

Full length is 20 coaches including the two power cars.

Thanks

[ntpntpntp]

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

[woodbury22uk]

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.

[njee20]

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.

[woodbury22uk]

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.

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

[njee20]

Yep! Astonishing performance!