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Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 8 Feb 2000 23:10:03 GMT
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Jonathan Reynolds <scorch@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote in message
news:FpMrHI.Jr4@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Richard Earley writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> > <<<SNIP>>>
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> > > I would suggest that you pick a scale, then do the math and figure how • many
> > > inches each stud equals. Stick to that scale for everything you build,
> > > including your trains.
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> This will eat your bricks! Has anyone practised 'selective compression'. • This
> is where you build something to scale but 'selectively compress' some • aspects
> or items to reduce space/cost/bricks etc. In most cases this applies to • train
> and platform lengths which, on a scale of 8 studs=10 feet, will put the • price
> of grey plates through the roof! Even a scale length 70ft train car will • be 56
> studs long so only the few will be able to build a decent length train.
As a matter of fact, Legoland uses selective compression on their large
models. They have an almost unlimited amount of bricks to use, too. they
build the lowest floor at 1:20 scale and then compress the rest of the
building to a smaller scale (roughly minifig scale)
When I end up building my town's business section, I will be using selective
compression on the Z axis. This is very important, as it allows skyscrapers
to fit in a garage.
Mike Poindexter
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| (...) This will eat your bricks! Has anyone practised 'selective compression'. This is where you build something to scale but 'selectively compress' some aspects or items to reduce space/cost/bricks etc. In most cases this applies to train and (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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