OO Today
OO remains the most popular scale for railway modelling in the United Kingdom; this is most likely attributable to a ready availability of ready-to-run stock and starter sets. Ready-to-run in the UK is dominated by Hornby Railways and Bachmann Branchline. Other sources of ready-to-run rolling stock or locomotives include the Dapol, Heljan, Peco, ViTrains and previously Lima. Other scales, with the possible exception of N gauge, lack the variety and affordability of UK ready-to-run products, it is likely that this deters British modellers and leads to the prevalence of OO.
Good results in OO can be achieved despite the scale inaccuracies with modern ready-to-run equipment on ballasted Code 75 trackwork, with realistic track spacing (the "6-foot"), and try to minimise or hide tight curves where necessary.
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