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Mike Poindexter wrote:
> 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
The classic LEGO scale (1 door = 3 bricks high) used by LEGO from 1955-1972 is
in almost perfect HO train scale.
Gary Istok
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