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Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> With engines I always try to build to scale as far as possible, with coaches
> this usually isn't possible due to length vs curve radius and a few other
> practical limitations. Around 50-60 studs would be the max for length of
> any rail vehicle. Otherwise you'll get something like this :
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1135688
> The cars look great, but are impossible to run in a miniland layout.
I think it all boils down to what PURPOSE you want your train MOC to have.
Whether you want it to be just a beautiful display piece, to run on a layout, or
hey, even a mixture of the two. A good example of the former would be this model
(IMO) and/or Shaun Sullivan's Hudson (see the .trains sidebar) and a good
example of the latter would be Lar's ATSF, or any James Mathis stuff, or
official TLC stuff too.
Legoswami
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| (...) Agreed, those models aren't built primarily for their running qualities. (...) Except that I found out (second hand, I wasn't there, I was in S'pore) that it's not as good a runner as I had hoped. Needs tuning on a big layout... Sigh. I agree (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I usually want it to do both... My Gls box cars & all my engines are pretty much uncompressed. If I look at (URL) , by Ludger Havighorst, I also see true-to-scale trains which run fine. It's just a matter of picking out a model which lends (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) With engines I always try to build to scale as far as possible, with coaches this usually isn't possible due to length vs curve radius and a few other practical limitations. Around 50-60 studs would be the max for length of any rail vehicle. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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