Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Following on from my video about measuring scale speed, we take a deep dive into why trying to achieve scale realism is really, really hard (basically impossible).
Speed Trap Video: youtu.be/8n8MxPrFxZA
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Scaling Distance is Easy-ish
02:50 Scaling Time Causes Headaches
05:28 You Can't Scale This
06:18 Let's Fix Physics
07:07 Froude
08:29 So... it's impossible then?
Following on from my video about measuring scale speed, we take a deep dive into why trying to achieve scale realism is really, really hard (basically impossible).
Speed Trap Video: youtu.be/8n8MxPrFxZA
Support the channel by becoming a member or Patron:
youtube.com/channel/UCjSL9gh-CP9cL2grTM4VRCQ/join
patreon.com/LittleWicketRailway
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Scaling Distance is Easy-ish
02:50 Scaling Time Causes Headaches
05:28 You Can't Scale This
06:18 Let's Fix Physics
07:07 Froude
08:29 So... it's impossible then?










