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Re: Great train related web sites?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 25 May 2001 13:01:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > They have some incredible G Scale models.
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> > http://www.usatrains.com/
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> 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 you use a
> finescale model for a reference (such as an O or HO model) you'll be just a
> little bit closer.
Hmmmmm..... Are you trying to say that Lego is to_scale? So what scale is
Lego exactly? What gauge? And do the scale and gauge match?
Not all "G" scale is distorted. There are some incredibly talented people
hand laying their own track and kitbashing all their own stock from the ground
up in order to make it exactly "to scale."
:-)
Katie
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| (...) Sorry if I wasn't clear. I am NOT saying Lego is to scale. I am just saying that I prefer to choose where to introduce distortion rather than working from an already distorted model. Now, the amount of distortion in, say, that model that Eric (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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