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Re: G scale lego trains
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 31 Jul 2001 21:35:34 GMT
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CMASI@CMASI.spamcakeCHEM.TULANE.EDU
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Ben Fleskes wrote:
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> A search of lugnet trains didn't get far so and excuse me if this has been
> discussed before.
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> What scale have people used when building G scale trains? I understand the
> following are common:
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> 1:32
> 1:29
> 1:22.5
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> All of which run on the same size G scale track - which really isn't that
> much bigger then LEGO track.
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> Assuming a 10' wide train:
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> 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)
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> 1:29 scale seems just goofy.
Ooh I am looking forward to this one.....
Chris
P.S. Are you trolling or are you serious?
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> 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.
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> 1:22.5 scale seems a little big. So I'm inclined to go with 1:32.
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> Any thoughts on the subject?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Ben
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See some of my LEGO creations at http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/
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| He's serious! He saw a pair of G scale trucks in my LEGO room the other night and I saw his wheels spinning (pun intended)! Then he read my Lugnet bio: "Someday I will build... A "G" scale train system out of LEGO (14 studs wide)" and called it (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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