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Re: G scale lego trains
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Mon, 6 Aug 2001 20:02:47 GMT
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johnneal@^AvoidSpam^uswest.net
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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 easily amused;-)
Here is my assessment of building LEGO trains to run on G scale track.
1:32 is prototypically the correct scale for the gauge of G scale track. It is,
however, far too big for a minifig but too small for Belville (probably just
right for Jack Stone:).
1.22.5 is typically LGB, but rather big for gauge of G scale track, unless you
wanted to model some sort of narrow gauge line. Belville adults/Miniland people
are just about correct for this scale.
1:29, as you correctly said, gives you about a 14 wide train. I have found that
the Belville children are about the correct scale, if they are considered
adults. Since it is close to standard gauge (Aristocraft, USATrains, and
Bachmann use this scale), I think it is the choice to model. Plus, Aristocraft
sells motors, etc, which is nice (about the same cost as LEGO motors)
If you go with 1:32, you will be hard-pressed to populate your creations with
LEGO people. One thing to think about-- 10 wide. That is the correct width for
LEGO track gauge. That way you can go all-LEGO. Seems to me a bit of a waste to
convert to G scale apparatus for only a 2 stud width gain...
Ben Fleskes wrote:
> 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.
Exactly.
-John (the goof)
> 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.
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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,
>
> Ben
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