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Re: Train catalogs
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:55:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, David Graham wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
> > David Graham wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.trains, Bryan Kinkel wrote:
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> > > > What if I want to see European engines & stock? Who are the major
> > > > manufacturers?
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> > > I like LGB catalogues. They contain American & European trains.
> > > The pictures tend to be big so good to work from.
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> > The only problem is that LGB is officially narrow-gauge, however several of
> > their models are normal gauge, making for bad scale. And they do loads of
> > selective compression (specially length-wise) , so I'd grab a good drawing
> > of the real thing before building it to avoid proportion mistakes.
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> Normally Lego models have selective compression.
> Very few people build to scale.
> Look at MiniLand at Legoland, the Santa Fe Train Cars etc.
> David
For scale building I have used mostly books with drawings for British trains,
and I found the Model Railroader Cyclopedias for US steam and diesel engines,
but I'm not sure if there are books for mainland European trains. Does anyone
know if Continental Modeller publishes scale drawings in the mag? If so,
perhaps they have also compiled them in a book. Model railway exhibitions are a
good place to look.
My 8mm:1ft scale British trains here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=62749
If I were building European trains to the same scale I would have a little more
calculation to do, multiplying up from 3.5mm:1ft (HO) instead of 4mm:1ft (OO)
scale drawings.
Mark
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| (...) Normally Lego models have selective compression. Very few people build to scale. Look at MiniLand at Legoland, the Santa Fe Train Cars etc. David (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains)
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