All of the Printable kits and texture papers designed by Railwayscenics are supplied in zip files as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. To read PDF files you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. This software is free, and is available by clicking on the image below if you do not have it already.
All the kits and texture papers are designed to be printed on to A4 (210x297mm) size paper.
Each of our printable kits come with various printing requirements. Please read the instructions supplied with the download before you print.
A quality photo matt paper or a 120-160gsm plain white paper is recommended. We have found that the better the quality of paper, the better final print will be. Printing should be carried out using your printers special setting for photos, and if possible for matte paper. This will use more ink, but will give a very high quality image.
It is possible to only print one page of a PDF. This is particularly helpful if you have made a mistake and wish to print the part again.
A printer test sheet can be downloaded from the free downloads area to allow you see the scaled textures and to test your printer settings. It also shows you some of the different textures that we have available. The printout is scaled to 4mm ft.
Several of our customers have asked us how to resize our scale models using either a copier or printer. Use this table to give the appropriate enlarge or reduce to re scale the drawing.
Example:- To resize a kit from 1:87 (HO Scale) to 1:76 (OO Gauge) you should divide 87 by 76 then multiply by 100 to get 114.473%, which in the chart below has been rounded up to 115%.
O Scale 1:43.5 |
OO Scale 1:76 |
HO Scale 1:87 |
TT Scale 1:101.6 |
N Scale 1:148 |
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O Scale 1:43.5 |
--- | 175% | 200% | 234% | 340% |
OO Scale 1:76 |
57% | --- | 115% | 158% | 195% |
HO Scale 1:87 |
50% | 87% | --- | 134% | 170% |
TT Scale 1:101.6 |
43% | 75% | 86% | --- | 146% |
N Scale 1:148 |
29% | 51% | 59% | 69% | --- |
Find your scale in the table along the top, then scroll down to the desired scale and find out the factor you need to enlarge or reduce. So, if, say, I have HO scale plans I want to enlarge to O scale, I run across the top to HO, then down to O scale, and see that I need to enlarge the plans to 200%. If I have O scale plans I want to reduce to OO scale, I run across the top to O and down to OO, and see I need to reduce the plans to 57%.
Each numbered A size is exactly half the size of the previous one. If you cut a sheet of A4 paper in half along its longest side, you will end up with two sheets of A5.
Format | Width x Height - Inches | Width x Height - mm |
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4AO | 93.6 x 66.2 inches | 2378 x 1682 mm |
2AO | 66.2 x 46.8 inches | 1189 x 1682 mm |
A0 | 46.8 x 33.1inches | 1189 x 841 mm |
A1 | 33.1 x 23.4 inches | 841 x 594 mm |
A2 | 23.4 x 16.5 inches | 594 x 420 mm |
A3 | 16.5 x 11.7 inches | 420 x 297 mm |
A4 | 11.7 x 8.3 inches | 297 x 210 mm |
A5 | 8.3 x 5.8 inches | 210 x 148 mm |
A6 | 5.8 x 4.1 inches | 148 x 105 mm |
A7 | 4.1 x. 2.9 inches | 105 x 74 mm |