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Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:32:21 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> I'd be curious to see what other commonly-used modelling scales there are, and
> what model genres are commonly used with them. For example, HO scale is
> commonly used in train models and is (I believe) 1/87; this makes a 1x4 brick
> approx. 9 feet in length on the long side.
Lego (minifig) scale is much closer to O scale (1:48) which makes a 1x4 brick
5 feet long and a minifig a sizable 6ft 6in. If it is agreed that 5ft 8in is a
more reasonable height for the average human than the scale is closer to 1:42
which makes the 1x4 brick 4ft 4 1/2in long. For a model railroad primer on
scale go to (http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1502/intro.htm).
- Jim
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | 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)
| | | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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| (...) I'm definitely no expert on train scales, since I don't get involved with any model railroading. But I do find it interesting that the original LEGO Scale (Town Plan scale) where the classic LEGO door is 3 bricks high is very close to 'HO' (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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