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Pictures of 8mm:1ft scale trains
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 9 Sep 2003 06:55:21 GMT
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Here's a link to pictures of my Lego trains
www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=35408
These are the trains (with others) that will be running at the NEC, Birmingham
in December. All are built to (approximate) 8mm:1ft scale - usually 8-wide plus
extra bits.
The pictures are taken in my loft, which was built for the purpose (as we Brits
don't often have a large cellar).
You can see that the curves are spaced out with straights, but they are still
120ft radius (80ft in the yard) to the scale.
Have a look and tell us what you think!
Does anyone else build to this scale?
Mark Bellis
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| (...) Hello Mark- I enjoyed viewing your trains-- I also build 8wide+, but I have calculated my scales a little differently than you have. Though the gauge of LEGO track "says" virtually 1 stud = 1 foot (about 10 wide), I abandoned that scale almost (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.trains)
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