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Re: LEGO Scale Question
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:35:33 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Timothy Gould wrote:
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To elaborate slightly on Lenny’s statement above, a layout with 8 wide trains
will usually use about 1stud/foot whereas a layout with 6 wide trains will use
a smaller scale. Depends on whether your figs are tall and wide or short and
normal width.
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Yes, but 1 caveat. 1stud/foot is actually 10 wide, and probably the best
scale given the gauge of LEGO track. The problem is that the LEGO train wheels
are too tiny, and the train motor wheels set too closely together to work in an
asthetically pleasing manner at this scale. Scaling back to 8wide helps this
issue enormously, and so even though the track gauge is too wide for that scale
(1:48), the wheels look good and the figs are about the correct height. So
that, in a nutshell, is why I build 8wide.
JOHN
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I was aware of that while writing but figured it would just confuse the issue more. Let's face it, if we cared that much about scale (some excepted) we wouldn't be building with Lego, we'd choose some other medium. Tim (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) To elaborate slightly on Lenny's statement above, a layout with 8 wide trains will usually use about 1stud/foot whereas a layout with 6 wide trains will use a smaller scale. Depends on whether your figs are tall and wide or short and normal (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build)
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