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Re: Modeling correctly ? (was Re: Building exhaustion)
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Tue, 18 May 1999 12:03:51 GMT
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I just file all of those under Lego scale and not worry about it. If you
compare any scale in lego, everything is off, so I just think it is the
Lego world, and the clever Lego engineers build things in terms of the
need. I have several projects that dwarf typical Lego scale which
consist of them being 8 studs wide, but they are mostly military
vehicles, which are typically larger than civilian ones anyway.
Scott Sanburn
Gintaras Rumsas wrote:
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> I purchased yesterday 5542 Black Thunder helicopter. It is my first
> Model Team set and it is really nice done set! Very good instructions -
> detailed as Technic ones.
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> It take me about half an hour to build it. When it was finished, I put
> it neighouring to 6462 Aerial Recovery. 5542 is nuch bigger than 6462
> (minifigs sit in it very comfortable) and looks more impressive, but in
> sense of playability and functionality 6462 is better.
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> What really stuck me comparing these two models of similar purpose (bot
> of them are resque helicopters) - it is scale in LEGO world. Usually
> LEGO cars are 4 studs wide (even trucks), only few exceptions are with 6
> studs (mainly SpacePort oriented). Planes and helicopters are the same 4
> studs wide. Not so much place for poor minifigs... Usually when I am
> building a car - it *has* to be 6 studs wide, but usually I run out of
> my 6-stud windshields very fast. So some cars still are 4 studs wide. Or
> I ned to go to over-sized 8 studs wide models (heavy trucks etc.). It
> makes me nervous because I like to see 2 minifigs sitting side-by-side
> in the car.
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> I tried to define scale for such a modelling and got single stud brick
> about 32x32x45cm big in reality. Practically it means that personal car
> must be 5 studs wide, truck - 7 studs wide. Using such a scale I build
> some cars (which look quite nice) and few planes (training and attack
> ones which are not very big) and got quite big models. Usually they fit
> onto baseplate with difficulty. In any case it is rather difficult to
> keep proper proportions from real prototype.
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> Anyone has some headache from this ideas?
>
> Gintaras
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