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Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:35:37 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Samarth Moray wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
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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. 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.
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> 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)
Agreed, those models aren't built primarily for their running qualities.
> and a good
> example of the latter would be Lar's ATSF
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 about INTENT though!
> or any James Mathis stuff,
Some of JM's earlier virtual only stuff needed tuning when people tried to build
it real world too.
> or official TLC stuff too.
Except when it doesn't run well. Sigh.
None of that should be taken as disagreement with your basic point, which is,
WHAT are you building for?
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| (...) 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) (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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