... : Andrew Barrowman This is my most recent visually enhanced attempt. By messing around with the aspect ratio of the ballast rectangle formed between the sleepers and the rails as well as the mark/space ratio between the sleepers and the ballast the gauge appears "stretched". But you can't get too greedy or you end up with H0. It's not impossible that Peco considered doing something along similar lines, but as they had to invest a considerable amount in tooling I think they were wise to stick with the original 00 dimensions. 2983_222154_580000000.jpg posted: 23 Sep 2017 04:02 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Barrowman wrote: This is my most recent visually enhanced attempt. Hi Andy, I think you are barking up the wrong tree. I don't know how it looks to an artist, but to an engineer's eye that track looks too flimsy to support the weight of the traffic. The sleeper centres look to be around 32"/33". Perhaps ok for lightly-used sidings or a Light Railway. For a 4ft-1.5in railway to handle ...