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Re: A little math cioncerning ships, containers and Minifigs
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lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains
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Thu, 20 May 2004 14:35:24 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> That container's 8 wide! I prefer my scenes more packed with detail rather
> than doing one 10 foot long ship so that I can fit my to scale containers on.
> (and, arguably, 10 foot is too short if you want 6000 TEU worth of containers
> on it).
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> Absolute to scale realism is for scale models. This is a toy. I want to evoke
> a scene, not get the rivet count right. Think tinplate, not scale.
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> Where on earth are you going to get space to show a 10 foot long ship, in
> context with several others, and with containre cranes busily unloading, as
> just PART of an overall layout? In the space you'd spend JUST on your ship, I
> can do several, then fit in an engine yard, a farm and maybe a mountain.
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> Selective compresssion is clearly the way to go here. I'm just myself not
> sure if I switch to 6 wide containers or stick with the LEGO standard (1) 4
> wide containers... I'll ooh and aah at your models as interesting academic
> exercises, but I won't be building 8 wide containers.
While on one side I'd say that you're right here, on the other hand some things
in proper proportions can get a point across much better.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=614099
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=614098
If you've ever seen a real terminal, you'll know it's really overwhelming. I
think using 4*6 or 4*8 containers and a crane like LEGO's 4555 doesn't manage to
give you the same feeling. The above crane (by Ludger Havighorst) did manage to
do that. Plus it's motorized ;) It's still not really to scale, but against a
minifig it does look much more realistic.
BTW the containers are 7-wide, and use some clever building techniques
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=68738
--
Jan-Albert van Ree
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