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Re: Green line pics
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 21:34:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> And BTW, if your measurements seem to be off a little, remember this: it's the
> *figs* which are off. 1 stud = 1.3 feet is about the best ratio I can come up
> with.
Yep, I'm quite the anal retentive nerd when it comes to minifig scale
measurements:
http://news.lugnet.com/starwars/?n=10489
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=26604
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=26607
But despite all that, I still usually go by 7mm = 1 minifig foot, even
though 8mm (1 stud) is still reasonably accurate and also allows for more
detail... it just looks... a LEEETLE bit too big when I use 8mm per mf foot
to my eyes... dunno why...
> Welcome to 8 Wide Utopia:-)
Wow, and I never even had a 6-wide dark age :)
DaveE
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| (...) Yeah, by rights, if you were modeling standard gauge (4' 8 1/2" between the rails which is almost exactly 5 studs, so about 1 foot to 1 stud), then you'd really need to build your trains *10 wide* (10 feet is about the typical train car (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) You da man;-) I have obviously restrained myself from flogging the merits of 8 wide here, partially due to the fact that I feel my work in that area may be finished:-) Once, I was a lone voice in the wilderness, but now that more and more (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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