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Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:48:21 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Didier Enjary wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote:
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Well I finally completed a coach set I have been dreaming about building for
years.
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Hi Steve,
I just agree the positive feedback posted in this thread. These coaches look
great and, more important than anything else, you seems having fun to build
them. (I particularly like the color scheme (aka livery) :-))
One point I am still curious is the “compressionism”.
Many rolling stocks MOCs (not only 8wide but also 6wide) are compressed. I
understand the aim is to make the trains to fit perfectly with the curved
tracks but it has some consequences, for instance an oversized undercarriage
gap : the trucks (boggies) looks to big, the base too high. This point can be
seen on this picture :
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/SEBarile/coaches/DRG/p1010623.jpg
and compressionism just don’t respect the scale... I’m curious about how do
the LEGO train community feel with compressionism ?
Anyway, thanks for sharing.
Didier
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I think it depends on what you are trying to acheive. In this example Steve has
used compression pretty well, its not as a compressed as a Lego designed train
but he has managed to chop a considerable amount out without it looking ‘wrong’
(including two sets of wheels!) However I know what you mean when you say that
compression put things out of proportion, the length is reduced but the gap
under the coach is still the same height. Looking at the photo of the
HO model
you can see that the body sits lower on its bogies/trucks than it is possible in
Lego. The underframe detail is pretty sparse on these coaches, however perhaps
what there is needs to emphasised rather than compressed in this case. Its a
question of getting the balance right. The nature of Lego, especially the tight
radius of the tracks means that if you don’t compress it can end up looking a
bit silly. Legopapi’s beautiful scale
Silberling coaches
illustrate this perfectly. One solution to this is the one Mark Bellis uses,
all his curves are made up with a straight between each curve. (he builds stuff
pretty big too)! With Lego, the maxim ‘If it looks right it is right’ is
especially true. However much you try to build to scale, its still Lego and
things are going to be out of proportion, its a question of fooling the eye so
that it ‘looks right’
Tim
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