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Re: Shay #5
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 11 Nov 2002 00:23:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Lewis Valentine writes:
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> > > Here are some pictures to my new Shay #5
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> > Wonderful MOC, Lewis-- great attention to details! As I was pouring over your
> > pics, it struck me that you have cleverly built past minifig scale to around
> > 1:29. Though you are 8 wide, Shays were a little over 9 feet wide. Also,
> > Shays ran on narrow gauges, so utilizing LEGO gauge pushes you upscale as well,
> > sort of like the popular scale On3, where you'd model in O scale (1:48), but
> > use HO scale track to simulate 30" gauge rails.
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> I think you meant 36", as 30" would be On2-1/2... (and is, I believe, what
> use of N gauge track in HO scale is called, HOn2-1/2)
Nope. See: http://hometown.aol.com/on30modeler/
-John
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| (...) while we're nitpicking, c /pouring/poring/ (1) (...) You need to read what you cite more carefully before you decide you should cite from it, because it pretty clearly says that what was once known as On2-1/2, and is NOW On30 is 30". Hence (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I think you meant 36", as 30" would be On2-1/2... (and is, I believe, what use of N gauge track in HO scale is called, HOn2-1/2) see: (URL) for more info on HOn2 1/2 or HOn30 as it it sometimes called) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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