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I checked out the low-end modelling market (Wal-Mart) and saw these scales: automobile -- 1:24 and 1:25 sci-fi -- 1:48 (O scale) military aircraft -- 1:72 1:48 naval (special on RMS Titanic :-P) -- 1:570 So, taking that and some great stuff from (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) 4mm/ft? Crossing measuring systems surprises me, but I can see its usefulness in the name of accuracy. So 4mm/ft is roughly 1:76.2 . What does the 18.83 mean? Is this in any way related to the 28mm wargaming scale? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Building tip Created my own Lego Design Paper
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I'm sure some of you here have figured this out, but I thought I'd pass on this info anyways. I was able to create by own Lego design paper (Like graph paper) on Excel, so here's how. For a top view, set the rows and columns as follows; Row Height = (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Pardoes
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Pardoes is the mascotte/cartoon figure of the Dutch 'Efteling' theme park. Besides the rides, fairytale atmosphere and splendid styling is a high asset of this park. (URL) Main wrote in message <3819A4FE.8E7F7926@a...te.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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There's an interesting model in this month's Theme Gallery on Lego's site. It's called Pardoes, made by "Spierings" - a 15 yo from the Netherlands. I like it a lot; it's a juggler/joker character with floppy hat and curled up toes. Does anyone know (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | 8868 - Airtech Claw Rig
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This looks like a fairly old set. Is it still available somewhere please? John. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Has anybody tried to make the Asland Plaza Hotel?
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I'm kind of curious if anybody has made it or something close to it. If so could somebody mail it to me? I need to make a hotel and I need some ideas. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ky, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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In (...) More correctly for OO is 4mm/ft :) Some of us model to 18.83, which is exact scale gauge OO. (16.5, 18, 18.2,18.83,19 mm are all used with 'standard' gauge track in 4 mm :)0 (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Other model railroading scales: TT 1:120 OO 1:72 Outside of model railroading: Car models: 1:24 Military Models: 1:35 Military microminiatures: 1:285 Wargaming: 15mm (about 1:120) 28mm (about 1:64) 54mm (about 1:33) Naval miniatures: 1:2400, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) So far, that's: G scale = 1:22.5 - 1x4 brick = 2' 4" long Minifig scale = 1:42 - 1x4 brick = 4' 4.5" long O scale = 1:48 - 1x4 brick = 5' long S scale = 1:64 - 1x4 brick = 6' 8" long HO scale = 1:87.1 - 1x4 brick = 9' 1" long N scale = 1:160 - (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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