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Re: Vincent Veneman: AMAZING building
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Sun, 6 Feb 2005 15:28:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Samarth Moray wrote:
> I saw these earlier on brickshelf but couldn't find them later, until now. I
> finally stumbled across this again!:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=92565
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> The builder says the scale is 1 : 24 on 60mm wide track. Is that technic fig
> scale? Because I see some technic figs in one of the pics.... Either way, this
> is certainly a scale I'll be interested in trying; it seems small enough to pull
> off (unlike the 20-wide Danish NS) yet big enough for display to create an
> impression :-d Its one of the nicest bigger-than-minifig scale models I've seen,
> and it seems motorized too! Yummy!
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> Legoswami Samarth
I had thought that technic figures were about 1:20 scale, similar to the 18-wide
trains at Legoland, but as with minifigures, you can get away with a range of
scales and just assume average people are a bit taller or shorter!
I see there's one gearmotor on each bogie of the engine. Gearmotors are about
the same power as 9V train motors. Some of my 8mm scale models struggle to pull
a heavy train with 2 train motors, so it seems that trains twice the size of
mine (and therefore 8 times the weight) would be under-powered without more
motors. If I were building trains this size, I might use 12V train motors (2.5
times the power each), transferring the power onto an axle below the motor using
24mm pulleys and belts round each motor wheel. It looks like the gear ratio is
1:1 from the gearmotor to the wheels, which are about 6" circumference, giving a
top speed of 2.5ft/s at 300rpm.
Still, how would you do curves or points in this scale? I'm guessing it's
difficult to find enough space to make a circuit layout in order to run at any
speed, yet you need points in order to shunt on more than one line. This is one
reason I didn't go for anything bigger than 8mm scale, which still uses the
ready-made track pieces. When I tried a 2.5-wide track scale (4-wide vehicles)
I used old 4.5V curves and made points like monorail, with the whole track
moving. A possible alternative is to re-gauge G-scale track from 45mm to 60mm.
I agree that it creates a good impression, and I'd be interested to see if a
whole layout of this scale were possible. There's certainly scope for more
detail in this scale.
Mark
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| (...) I probably should stick to things I can understand better. But still, its a nice calculation! (...) This is one thing I pondered about too. With the way they are displayed on his table, it would seem that they were display models. Yet the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Vincent Veneman: AMAZING building
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| I'd agree with Mark that technic figs are about 1/20 scale. My metre guage stuff works out at about 1/25 and there are a bit big and my two foot guage stuff at 1/16 and they are definately a too small. Having said that, the figs on this model look (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| I saw these earlier on brickshelf but couldn't find them later, until now. I finally stumbled across this again!: (URL) builder says the scale is 1 : 24 on 60mm wide track. Is that technic fig scale? Because I see some technic figs in one of the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains) !
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