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I think the problem is here that Lego have contradicted themselves with their
scaling in certain models. They produce trucks and cars at 4 stud wide,
passenger planes at 4 stud wide, yet trains at 6 studs wide? I have seen
trains on the back of trucks in real life, so why do Lego differ their minifig
models in scale? Also tanks are transported on the back of trucks with a
slight width overhang, now, taking that my scale on a tank is 16 studs wide,
which looks about right in comparrison to minifigs, this would mean that all
trains should be at least 12 studs wide!!I think the conclusion must be build
whatever size you are happy with!! :)
In lugnet.build, Mike Poindexter writes:
> Richard Schamus <legoman34@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:Frw36w.B2u@lugnet.com...
> > I've just come to the same conclusion. (warning: blasphamess statements
> > follow.) Lego Train, will never to scale. Not now, not ever. Not 6 wide, • not 8
> > wide. 8 wide would probably be closer, but not quite make it.
>
> I disagree with you. They can be to scale, just not with minifigs in them.
> Pick a scale and then calculate how many studs/bricks/plates everything
> would be. Sure, you will have some rounding errors and some things will not
> be perfect, but you will be in a certain scale, with some loose tolerances
> for rounding error.
>
> People who think that scale means perfectly to scale are confusing the term.
> There is a scale that is adhered to as close as possible. Some times, it
> will be off. Take the best scaled train set and get a micrometer. I bet
> you can find a lot of things that are off by a little bit. Ours can be just
> like them, except that they will be off by a lot more.
>
> Mike Poindexter
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