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Re: Shay #5
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 11 Nov 2002 01:43:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> 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
> > >
> > > Wonderful MOC, Lewis-- great attention to details! As I was pouring
while we're nitpicking, c /pouring/poring/ (1)
> > > 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)
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> Nope. See: http://hometown.aol.com/on30modeler/
Nope yourself. :-)
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 backing me up when I say that On3
means 36" and that you were incorrect to call On3 36" in your first post.
That aside, the model itself is incredibly nifty.
Why not just praise the model and let it go at that, instead of using it to
make points about stuff that you're actually not quite right about? Forget
lecturing Lewis about what scale he's in or should be in, and just enjoy the
model. It's a great model no matter what scale or gauge it's simulating.
1 - although since you're all wet about the scale/gauge thing I can see why
you'd use pouring :-)... as it's what you do with water.
++Lar
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| (...) Ah, well, you lost me. I never said anything about 36"; the "3" in On3 is short for 30"... Actually, I was shooting from the hip in my initial post-- I just found that link after your post-- weren't you blathering something about HOn3? :-) (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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