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Re: 10219 Maersk Container train set
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:33:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I see no reason to do that, looks like LEGO didn’t in that set design...
:)
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Well, that’s precisely my point. I was actually directing my comment
towards TLG. You really can’t have locomotives being the same width as a
container, or a bus or a police car, for that matter!
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Locomotives are not 33% wider than containers. I’m pretty sure anyway.
If the locomotive is 6 wide plus some overhangs here and there, handrails,
etc, and the container is 6 EXACTLY, that seems to me like enough of a
difference. Container well cars are not that much wider than the containers
either.
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Containers are about 8’ wide. A loco is generally about 10’ wide. That’s a
ratio of 4:5. The ratio of 6 wide to 8 wide is 3:4, but that is certainly
more plausible than 1:1 (6 wide to 6 wide). And I mention again for emphasis:
the cars and trucks in TOWN have ballooned up to 6 wide as well. Surely you
aren’t arguing for cars and trucks to be the same width as trains?
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Didn’t we have this argument lo so many years ago?
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But of course! That’s why it’s so fun now! But I’m just playing the devil’s
advocate in this little debate anyway-- I’m already
moving on up!
JOHN
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John is right about the dimensions of containers compared to train rolling
stock. We at the
PennLUG
Institute for LEGO Intermodal Studies have confirmed this and come up with our
own standard of 6
and 7 wide containers to fit our 8 wide rolling stock.
Cale
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| (...) That's one way of dealing with it if you like to run giant trains. Alternatively you can come up with a system of (URL) 5 wide containers> to fit correct 6 wide rolling stock. Tim (14 years ago, 25-Jan-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 10219 Maersk Container train set
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| (...) Containers are about 8' wide. A loco is generally about 10' wide. That's a ratio of 4:5. The ratio of 6 wide to 8 wide is 3:4, but that is certainly more plausible than 1:1 (6 wide to 6 wide). And I mention again for emphasis: the cars and (...) (14 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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