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About Me:	8 Steps to Construct HO Model Railroad Buildings and Structures from Scratch. This Method is Also Suitable for N scale and OO Gauge Buildings. The HO model railroading scale is the most commonly used scales in the hobby because there is a wide selection of trains and accessories available. Another important reason for the popularity of HO scale is also because it is a mid range size which allows the hobbyist to add realistic detailing inexpensively and without taking a lot of space. Just to clarify the size of HO scale is 1/87th of real-life size which equates to 3.5mm to the foot. So a six foot person in real life would be reduced to 6 x 3.5mm or 21mm tall in HO scale. OO scale (which is particularly popular in the United Kingdom), is 1/76th of real size which equates to the life size model being 76 times the length of the oo scale model. OO scale calculates at 4mm to the foot. Put another way, 4mm on the OO scale model equates to a foot in real life. Following that logic, a six foot tall man would reduce to 6 x 4mm, or 24mm tall in OO scale. Depending on the manufacturer (or country), the smaller N scale by comparison ranges from 1:148 to 1:160. That explained, let's move on to why HO scale is a popular choice for model railroaders and discuss some of the options. First off; there is a big range of trains and accessories including buildings and structures available in HO scale. Even though HO models are