Welcome to 78n18 scale

Back in history, 18-20in gauge track has been used for both estate, industry, mining and for military light railways. Purpose with this site is to collect both info about the real thing, but also present models in 7/8in (1:13.7) scale for this type of railways.

This site replaces the old 78n18.info site.

Borkum Match Tramway

This was my previous project. A small match factory and mine uses the tramway which goes a few miles down to a waterfront. This was an indoor layout. My preferred prototypes are still Estate, Industrial and Military lines, but no longer in 78n18 scale.

My adventure into 78n18 scale was ended in October 2010.

Since then 120mm scale is my current scale.

Books / How-to articles

sections for new books and tips.

Latest Updates

• Aug 21, 2011 : BMT - Logbook August 2011, Cat City -- A few final shots of my 7/8in scale buildings before I tuck them away.
• Nov 28, 2010 : BMT - Logbook November 2010 -- This month I almost finished my factory fronts, only details remains.
• Nov 12, 2010 : BMT - Logbook October 2010 -- This month I got ahead with my factory fronts.
• Sep 01, 2010 : BMT - Logbook September 2010 -- Borkum Railyard is progressing!
• Aug 20, 2010 : BMT - Logbook August 2010 -- Borkum Railyard is progressing!
• Jun 24, 2010 : BMT - Logbook June 2010 -- Borkum match factory building fronts are taking shape!
• Dec 15, 2009 : BMT Story, Chapter 7 - the Summer coach -- back to a more humorous novel type chapter. this chapter is mixed with real life events.
• Dec 15, 2009 : BMT Story, Chapter 6 - Tom the loco driver -- this is my love story to narrow gauge railways.