On the left, a Binnie Engineering 16mm scale, 45mm gauge tipper wagon built from a kit. On the right, a train of LGB ready to run tipper wagons, also 45mm gauge.
Quite a difference in size!
I suspect the Binnie is more scale. LGB have always had the hint of the toy about them, but the Germans win in terms of ruggedness. They run very nicely too, although so do the Binnie wagons, but the bigger and heavier models have a real "mass" about them. They really rumble along nicely.
Interestingly, both sets of tipper are glued so the skip won't tip over.
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The LGB skips work quite well as small skips in 7/8ths. Swap out the wheels for chunkier, heavier scale ones, add a few detail parts, fill in the holes in the axle boxes and with some weathering and they pass quite well.
Surely the Binnie offering has a gauge of 32mm? Spot on for 2' in 16mm scale.
Binnie is available in 32 and 45.
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