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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 answers to these questions can be very subjective, but
I would appreciate any help I could get.
TIA,
RObert Powell
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Robert Powell wrote:
>
> 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 answers to these questions can be very subjective, but
> I would appreciate any help I could get.
>
> TIA,
> RObert Powell
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
trucks. Like the cab ends at where the from truck ends, or the fuel tank is just
a bit longer that the length of the trucks.
Chris
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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 good
compromise I and others have found is 1 stud equals 1.3 feet. So to answer
your questions, go to the prototype you are modeling and get measurements. As
for height, it is about the same as 6 wide trains; again, get some
measurements.
I look forward to seeing your future creations!
-John
Robert Powell wrote:
> 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 answers to these questions can be very subjective, but
> I would appreciate any help I could get.
>
> TIA,
> RObert Powell
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In lugnet.trains, Robert Powell writes:
> 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?
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 lenght,you've got to shorten them.
Talking about european rolling stock (I'm italian),I usually build 40-long
coaches,36-long big locomotives (smaller ones -switchers- are anyway
more than 20-long) and 20 to 36-long freight cars.
These lenghts are ok also for american stock (e.g. I build 32 or 36-long
boxcars)
About height: in my trains,older rolling stock is as tall as 6wide,contemporary
stock is 1 brick taller and double decker coaches 2 bricks taller.
Play well
Gianluca
BTW visit my creations (also 8wide stuff):
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=gm
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> BTW visit my creations (also 8wide stuff):
> http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=gm
Thanks for the info! I checked out your pictures and I was especially fond
of your Crane platform! Have any more photos of it?
Robert
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