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Re: Compressionism
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:00:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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<Throws bucket of cold water on the whole 6-wide vs. 8-wide posturing...>
Build what you like. If it runs, great! If not, either live with it, or
rebuild it.
My take is as long as the ‘trainheads’ recognize what I’m trying to build,
I’ve done a good job.
Compression is an art - trying to distill the essence of what makes a model
unique. For example: How many clubs have a home-made “Thomas” model on
their layouts? (Lots!) And how many of those are identical? (None!) But,
every kid that looks at it recognizes it as “Thomas”.
There’s no right and wrong way to build something, that’s the beauty of
building Lego trains.
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I beg to differ. My minifigs recently came out in protest against the increased
noise levels and pollution of trialling a proposed 8-wide design. I didn’t have
enough green 1x2 tiles with ‘100’ print to contest the issue so will be sticking
to 6-wide for the forseeable future.
Jason R
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| (...) At least you've tried it Jason. A lot of the critics of wider trains haven't had a decent go at it. It takes tenacity to make it work. I've been at it for 9 years now! If Lar is waiting for wider radius curves before trying it, let's see his (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| <Throws bucket of cold water on the whole 6-wide vs. 8-wide posturing...> Build what you like. If it runs, great! If not, either live with it, or rebuild it. My take is as long as the 'trainheads' recognize what I'm trying to build, I've done a good (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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