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  Questions about 8 wide
 
Hello All, I've just recently gotten into Trains and 8 wide seems to be the best for modeling but I have a few questions. 1. What's a good length for a Diesel? 2. A Passenger car? 3. A Freight car? 4. What's a good height? I understand that the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Questions about 8 wide
 
(...) Height...hmmm. My stuff tends to be a bit taller (1 brick at most 2 bricks) the standard LEGO stock. Length varies. I usually go 1 stud = 1.25 feet. When I am trying to copy a prototype I usually try to judge by the size of the wheels and (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Questions about 8 wide
 
Robert- Welcome to trains! :-) And congratulations on your width choice;-) I will try and answer some of your questions as I have been modeling in 8 wide for quite some time now... Modeling 8 wide is approximate to modeling in O scale, or 1:48. A (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Questions about 8 wide
 
(...) Robert,welcome to the marvellous world of 8wide! :-) About lenght: 8wide is as big as O gauge,but the radii of curves are much smaller(half of smaller O gauge radii)....this is a big limit,because you can't build trains at their effective (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Questions about 8 wide
 
(...) of your Crane platform! Have any more photos of it? Robert (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)

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