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Re: New British Class 50 'Hoover' in Large-Logo Blue Livery
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 2 Dec 2004 18:31:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote:
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Here’s a new British loco in 8mm:1ft scale.
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Very nice, Mark. Big! :-d~~
I have a question about the scale. It appears to be 8 wide, which would imply
to me to be more like 6.4mm:1ft. Are you going solely by track gauge for
scaling, or width of the loco? I would guess that that loco you’ve built
prototypically is around 10 feet wide; wouldn’t a loco built in 8mm:1ft in LEGO
be ten studs wide? (which would be 1 stud = 1’)
Just curious and always looking to engage the enlightened;-)
JOHN
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 | | Re: New British Class 50 'Hoover' in Large-Logo Blue Livery
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| (...) Big...and reliable! I go primarily by track gauge, which at 37.66mm is as near to 8mm:1ft or 1 stud:1ft as 16.5mm track is to the HO scale of 3.5mm:1ft. The British loading gauge is smaller than the US one. The maximum width (of the W6 gauge (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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