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Re: Lego Train Scale
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Thu, 31 Dec 1998 22:25:41 GMT
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Chris Brady writes:
> Hello all! I have been reading the posts on Lugnut for sometime and decided
> to jump on in. I have admired many of your websites regarding trains and 9V
> setups. I have even done a few of my own conversions. Does anyone use a
> particular model railroad scale when building MOCs? I would like to design a
> layout the incorporates Lego (trains, buildings, etc.) with diaramas and
> scenary of MRR scale. I am open to suggestions and recomendations.
Hi Chris, pull up a lawn chair. (BTW, has anyone made a lego version of a lawn
chair yet? Doesn't have to fold up, but t'would be awesome if so. That'll give
me something else to do.)
Due to selective compression found in Lego (1), I don't really use a scale.
I've never checked really compared it with O or O24. Or even G, but Lego track
is narrower than G track. I guess the scale I would most like to operate in
would be to have the trains accomodate the minifigs as much as like a real
train as possible.
However, many trainiacs agree that more than six studs wide can make for some
truly cool train, as that can better represent the true proportions of real RR
cars. You know that 1) Lego track is six studs from rail to rail; 2) US
Standard gauge track is 4' 8". Given these and if you assume that six studs
represents a scale of 4' 8", then it stands to reason that since most cars are
in the 8' wide range that six studs for car width is not enough: ten is a more
accurate representation. Even 8 is better than 6. But of course, a lot of the
same trainiacs (like me) do like the six stud wide trains and make them anyway.
There is a track layout design program floating around too. I don't have a
copy, but it's supposed to be pretty good.
About those suggestions and recommendations, if you haven't already seen the
informative Matt Bate's Train Depot, then do visit:
http://tortie.me.uiuc.edu/~dorneich/lego/ It's worth it. Also,
my.voyager.net/lar with your host Larry P has some fun stuff, and of course the
ever-popular Ben Fleskes has a few tasty morsels at
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/1857/benspage.htm
Incorporation of MRR stuff is what you might have seen in the s&h catalogs,
though I've never mixed them together. Somehow, I think you'd have to have an
excellent eye to know what to mix and how, as a lego tree and a MRR tree
together would clash. Also, I myself would not incorporate MMR into my stuff as
a rule because Lego is easily reconfigurable, whereas rearranging MMR stuff can
be a real project.
From Tom McDonald
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(1) Minifigs are a good example of this: their bodies are out of proportion
compared with most human bodies; therefore height has been compressed.
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| Chris- I too have pondered the scale dilemma. We all know that the given constraints of the pieces themselves are hopelessly out of proportion (bigger wheels, is anyone at TLG listening??). Even so, some pretty creative and realistic models have (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hello all! I have been reading the posts on Lugnut for sometime and decided to jump on in. I have admired many of your websites regarding trains and 9V setups. I have even done a few of my own conversions. Does anyone use a particular model railroad (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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