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Re: New Poll
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 7 Jan 2003 16:28:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Kevin Loch writes:
> Nine would be okay, but going odd width all of the time is a pain, so I stick
> with 8 wide. As long as you are willing to go up to 7 wide (more odd • widths),
> why not just add the extra stud? There *can't* be that much difference in
> weight or brick count.
I have do disagree somewhat, John!
There IS in fact much difference. At least in one point which is quite
important for classic Eurotrash: ask for e.g. Dirk 'Rollingbricks' Meyer for
his problems with 8-wide 2-axle cars (as they have been and partly still are
very common over here).
In 7-wide I am able to build my cars up to a length of 20 studs which means I
can make 4-wheelers (with 8...9(10?) studs space between wheel blocks) without
any trouble in curved track.
For any longer waggon you have to add a steering mechanism which affords more
height, more weight etc. At least my way of 7-wides is differing not too much
from most official 6-wides, so it is in fact a bigger jump to 8 (wider,
higher + much longer) than to 6 (only somewhat narrower and shorter).
But I am sure, there are ways to build heavy 7-wides as well as lightweighted
8-wides. But 95% of all 8-wide builders around try to press as much details as
possible into their models, that these are at least twice as heavy than my
models.
And we have lots of 8-wide fans here in the FGLTC - I could mention more
builders of 8-wide than 6 wide now.
Kind regards,
Ben
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 | | Re: New Poll
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| Hi Ben and John, first my name is written Meier, not Meyer. Ben will never learn this ;-) For sure, it makes a real big difference. Mostly all freight cars before the 2nd world war have been 2 axle cars in Germany, same applies to other european (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Dirk? Wo sind Sie? Lassen wir sprechen! (...) Proof! I need proof! Weigh your 7 wides against any 8 wides (but be sure to weigh the same lengths (2 8wides vs 3 6wides, for instance). (...) I must say that the coolest designs of LEGO trains (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Poll
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| (...) *Ideally*, given that the gauge of the track is just under 5 studs, the correct train width would be 10 studs wide (assuming standard gauge of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches). That puts you at a scale of 1 stud = 1 foot. That makes minifigs about 5 feet (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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