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Re: LEGO Scale Question
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:15:22 GMT
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In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote:
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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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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
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Message is in Reply To:
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| In lugnet.build, Timothy Gould wrote: <snip> (...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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