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Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au
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Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:00:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > I'm pretty happy with the overall design; Tim says it's not as high as it
> > should be, but I figured figs are short to begin with so that was okay. LMK
> > what you all think.
> >
> > Legoswami
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> Nice work Swami and better late than never :P. I don't know what happened to the
> logo but something went wrong...
>
> As for minifigs, everyone knows they are tall and broad, not short. That's why
> trains should be six-wide. Sheesh!!!
>
> Tim
If you said 6-wide represents an 8ft wide coach body, a minifig is 41mm / 48mm x
8ft = 6'10" tall and 16mm / 48mm x 8ft = 2'8" wide at the waist (standard
minifig with hair but no rucksack).
If 6-wide represents a 10ft wide body for American trains, a minifig is 41mm /
48mm x 10ft = 8'6.5" tall and 16mm / 48mm x 10ft = 3'4" wide at the waist. Yes,
very tall and very broad!
If you say 8-wide represents an 8ft wide coach body, a minifig is 41mm / 64mm x
8ft = 5'1.5" tall and 2'0" wide at the waist.
If 8-wide represents a 10ft wide coach body, a minifig is 41mm / 64mm x 10ft =
6ft 4.9" tall and 16mm / 64mm x 10ft = 2'6" wide at the waist.
I'm 6'2" tall and just 18" wide at the waist, though an average man is about
5'11" tall, and a woman 5'6".
Of the four, the closest height and width measurements are for 8-wide
representing an 8ft wide coach body. 8mm:1ft scale is equivalent to 8-wide
representing 8ft wide body, but is the same for all body sizes because 10-wide
represents 10ft wide etc...
If minifig women stood on one plate and men on two plates, they would be exactly
5'6.3" and 5'11.1" in 8mm:1ft scale. I think the legs are a bit short compared
to the bodies of minifigs. Having minifigs at the short and pleasantly plump
ends of normal proportions is one reason why I prefer 8mm:1ft scale. Another is
that the track dimensions of 37.8mm closely represent 4'8.5", with an accuracy
better than 'OO' gauge.
I still appreciate the lower cost and build time per vehicle for the giant
minifig society :-) , as well as the quality of the MOCs and ease of
introduction for train newbies, but I've spent too long building to scale to
return to 6-wide myself.
Mark
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