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Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Fri, 29 Oct 1999 22:43:40 GMT
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JSPROAT@IOantispam.COM
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Tony Priestman wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Sproaticus (<3819F03B.440F8745@io.com>) wrote at
> 19:06:35
> > 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 :-)
Okay, but what does the number 18.83 mean?
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) It is the track gauge in mm. (4mm scale, 18.83mm track gauge). Fine scale modeling (and gauge is better to use here than scale, as P4 and S4 are different!). It comes down to british trains being smaller than german/american trains. When Bing (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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