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Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:49:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Didier Enjary wrote:
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and compressionism just don’t respect the scale... I’m curious about how do
the LEGO train community feel with compressionism ?
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Personally, I try and avoid it like the plague. I consider building 6 wide
trains an (unnecessary) exercise in width compression. Of all the types of
compression, this particular one makes a train look wonky IMO. There is just
no getting around the fact that the train width should be about twice the
width of the track gauge (normally in the US at least). Having them be
virtually the same width is makes them appear too toyish, which is okay if
that is the look one is after. That is not what I’m after.
So I will find schematics of what I want to build and adhere to them as
closely as is possible. Because the fact is that no matter how closely I
can get to the exact proportions of a prototype, it will still look
relatively unrealistic because it is built from LEGO, not scale materials.
That is what I love-- it looks “real” and “unreal” all at the same time.
This effect has been perfected in the minilands, and the joy is in the
suspension of believe.
JOHN
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While I tend to agree with you, and I build to ‘scale’, I actually think that
producing a compressed but right looking model is harder. While you avoid some
of the problems of building to scale (need for more brick, problems with
corners, etc) you give yourself an artistic challenge in a way that I find
difficult to deal with. This is why I admire the models of those that can so
much, they are doing something I can’t do.
tim
(Don’t take this as critism of your stuff, I admire that as well!)
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| (...) I know what you mean. When I see a fine compressed train, as in a James Mathis creation, the word that comes to my mind is "cute". LEGO train sets are "cute". In particular, I remember loving the cuteness of the (URL) Club Car> when it first (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Personally, I try and avoid it like the plague. I consider building 6 wide trains an (unnecessary) exercise in width compression. Of all the types of compression, this particular one makes a train look wonky IMO. There is just no getting (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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