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8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide)
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:21:15 GMT
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John2,
You may not need to get a couple of million bricks for your 8 wide layout.
You can just use mine. It will be built to allow 8 wide trains to run. I
fixed the problems with the turns being too sharp and am going to next fix
the track point geometry. Only real problem I am running into now is that
with the trains 1.3 times as long and 1.3 times as wide and 1.3 times as
tall, I need 69% more floor space for the same layout and 2.2 times as many
bricks. But at least it is cooler!
Now I don't want you to switch over to 10 wide just because you have some
fascination with having the biggest trains or I will have to go Legoland
scale on you.
On a side note, has anybody ever tried to build a Legoland scale train. I
believe that they are 16 studs, but I may be mistaken. I would love to go
there and bring a home made train body that looks better than their stuff.
Perhaps a large steam loco would do the job. The moving parts would really
be cool looking.
Mike Poindexter
PS: Perhaps we should rename John2 to John8 to avoid confusion over who is
who in this ongoing debate.
John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
news:3885FFB1.EF5D2A99@uswest.net...
>
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> John Gerlach wrote:
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> > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > <snip>
> > >
> > > Welcome to the "Dark Side [1]"
> > >
> > > -John
> > >
> > > [1] In reality, the correct side;-)
> >
> >
> > Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain... -grin-
> >
> > For those of you who don't know what we're talking about, John Neal (aka
> > "John2") thinks that all LEGO trains should be built 8 studs wide. The
> > civilized world thinks they should be built 6 studs wide. So, we have • this
> > running argument going on!
>
> > But, even though we (the GMLTC) think John2 is *wrong*, we still like • him...
>
> But you have to admit that they look great (8 wides) compared to toyish 6
> wides. I like the analogy of comparing 6 wides to Lionel trains. They • just
> don't look right. And although 8 wides look "LEGO goofy" compared to • model
> trains, they at least have potential. If TLC would create proper trucks, • driver
> wheels, window shapes, non-magnetic couplers, larger turns, scale railings
> <takes a breath>, etc, we would have a full-blown hobby going here. We • already
> do now, but, like I said, it's a Lionel-type hobby. The possibilities are • so
> vast-- I could see the TRAINS theme become more popular than all the other
> *combined*, including SW. That's my vision. But it has to be 8 wide (at
> least;)
>
> Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go work on my letter to Mr. Justus...
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> -John
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> >
> > And I keep saying, once he gets a couple of million bricks, we'll build • him a
> > layout suitable for 8 wide trains! Any time now, John... ;-)
>
> Drat, I forgot to play again;-) [1]
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> [1] The lottery, which, in fact, I never play.
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> >
> >
> > John1, GMLTC
> > (remove the '.nospam' to reply...)
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| (...) Mine is 8 wide compatible, too. Would be fun to get them together:-) (...) I'm guessing that mine is the "coolest" [1] (...) LOL No, I don't have any Freudian desire to have the biggest on the block BUT.... I figure that 10 is roughly (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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| Mike, et al- I have begun construction of a 14 wide box car [1] and am suddenly very interested in the scale of the LL trains. Does anyone know how many studs wide those babies are? I am looking for some good pics on line, but can't seem to find (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) But you have to admit that they look great (8 wides) compared to toyish 6 wides. I like the analogy of comparing 6 wides to Lionel trains. They just don't look right. And although 8 wides look "LEGO goofy" compared to model trains, they at (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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