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G scale lego trains
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:07:46 GMT
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A search of lugnet trains didn't get far so and excuse me if this has been
discussed before.
What scale have people used when building G scale trains? I understand the
following are common:
1:32
1:29
1:22.5
All of which run on the same size G scale track - which really isn't that
much bigger then LEGO track.
Assuming a 10' wide train:
1:32 gets you a 12 studs wide (11.91 rounded up)
1:22.5 get you a 16 studs wide (16.93 rounded down to the nearest even number)
1:29 gets you a 14 studs wide (13.14 rounded up to the nearest even number)
1:29 scale seems just goofy.
I'm using LGB wheels that are 1 3/16" in diameter which scales to 38" at
1:32 scale so that seems to be a pretty good place to go.
1:22.5 scale seems a little big. So I'm inclined to go with 1:32.
Any thoughts on the subject?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: G scale lego trains
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| (...) time...like ~50 years :) (...) Meter gauge (...) Ya, why not go the whole hog and model in Gauge 1? (of course, then you loose the advantages of Lego...) James Powell (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: G scale lego trains
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| (...) Don't forget 1:20.3, 1:24, 1:25, and 1:30!! How about 1:12!! You'd really need some serious brick then... Katie (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: G scale lego trains
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| Hey Ben- I have been out of town for the last week in Washington D.C. (had a great time meeting with WAMALTCers Christina Hitchcock, Kevin Loch, and Denise Jadud; more on that elsewhere:) I have read this thread with much interest; we goofy guys are (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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