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Re: Great train related web sites?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 25 May 2001 06:29:26 GMT
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johnneal@uswest=Spamcake=.net
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes:
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> > > Well if I want proto photos or a close approximation thereof, I sort of
> > > don't care what scale they are as long as they are *to scale* or close. (1)
> > > I can build from an HO pic just as easily as from a proto pic.... (2)
> >
> > Well if good *to scale* models of prototypes are what you want this is a site I
> > use all the time (I also head to their factory store as well as they are the
> > next town over). They have some incredible G Scale models.
Oh, Eric, you mean *14 wide*....>;^D
> They look nice but I am not totally convinced that using G models as your
> prototype is prudent, G has some distortion, no matter what you do, because
> of the gauge/scale issues with it.
Lar is correct. There isn't even a particular "G" scale, although there is an
effort to codify under the term "Large Scale" (LS). G scale can refer to 1:22.5
(LGB), 1:25, or 1:29 (USA). The correct scale to G gauge would be Gauge 1, or 1:32.
-John
> You'll be close but if you use a
> finescale model for a reference (such as an O or HO model) you'll be just a
> little bit closer.
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> But for our purposes it may not be that important. Use what works!
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> ++Lar
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| (...) 1:22.5 (...) 1:32. You forgot 1:20.3, 1:24, and a small smattering of 1:30. Also, many more manufacturers than LGB and USA Trains. And many of us "large scalers" don't appreciate the efforts to "codify" our scale names under the NMRA. We like (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) SD since it has 6 axles. :-) (...) They look nice but I am not totally convinced that using G models as your prototype is prudent, G has some distortion, no matter what you do, because of the gauge/scale issues with it. You'll be close but if (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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