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Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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Date: 
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 19:39:07 GMT
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Sproaticus (<3819F03B.440F8745@io.com>) wrote at
19:06:35

James Powell wrote:
In Other model railroading scales:
OO 1:72
More correctly for OO is 4mm/ft :)  Some of us model to 18.83, which is exact
scale gauge OO.

4mm/ft?  Crossing measuring systems surprises me, but I can see its usefulness
in the name of accuracy.

So 4mm/ft is roughly 1:76.2 .  What does the 18.83 mean?  Is this in any way
related to the 28mm wargaming scale?

18.83 is the 4mm/ft exact equivalent of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches: Standard
Gauge :-)


--
Tony Priestman



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  Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
 
(...) Okay, but what does the number 18.83 mean? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
  Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
 
(...) On the topic of standard track gauge; I just received this post from my sister today and found it rather amusing. I was wondering if any of you know how accurate this line of reasoning is. It is curious in any case. Kim ---...--- A useless (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)

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  Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
 
(...) 4mm/ft? Crossing measuring systems surprises me, but I can see its usefulness in the name of accuracy. So 4mm/ft is roughly 1:76.2 . What does the 18.83 mean? Is this in any way related to the 28mm wargaming scale? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)

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