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Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:53:21 GMT
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Mike Poindexter wrote:
> I checked when I was at LL CA and I am positive that they are 16 studs. LL
> CA uses a different kind of track than LL Windsor or Billund, I believe and
> so the scales of one LL train might not match up with another LL train.
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> I personally will not go to the 16 wide scale for layouts. It is just too
> much for a LEGO motor, or group of them, to handle. If I wanted a Garden
> Railroad, I would get a G scale train. I want something indoors and that
> means Lego 8 wide is about as big as I can get.
Absolutely. 16 wide is ridiculously wide for LEGO track gauge; it would have
to be on G scale gauge. Now Frank, there is no law (yet;) that says one only
must build in one scale-- I build a little in minifig (for the GMLTC layout),
mostly in 8 wide, but now I might build a few 14 wides for a garden rail some
day (I already have some G scale track)....{:^D
-John
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> Mike Poindexter
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> Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message
> news:388CAC76.2FFC283@netscape.com...
> > http://people.netscape.com/toms/Legoland/Legoland-07.html
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> > Pic 403 - http://people.netscape.com/toms/Legoland/Legoland403.jpg
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> > This leads me to believe they are 16 stud, it looks like there are 3 4stud • wide
> > sections divided by 1x tiles, and the outside edges are 1x. Then again, • the outside
> > edges could be 2x, making them 18studs wide.
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> > John Neal wrote:
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> > > Thanks, Russell, although they give nice views of the yard, etc, they • weren't quite
> > > close enough for me to be able to count studs;-(
> > >
> > > -John
> > >
> > > Russell Clark wrote:
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> > > > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > > > > 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 any. Didn't someone post some nice detailed train photos from • Billund?
> > > > >
> > > > > -John
> > > >
> > > > Try my web site: http://baylug.org/russellc/99carlsbad/
> > > > Check pictures legoland0089.jpg through legoland0107.jpg.
> > > > These might be of help. Sorry for the quality, but it was raining on • the opening
> > > > day. :)
> > > >
> > > > Russell
> >
> > --
> > | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> > | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
> >
> >
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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| (...) Not really true. If you accept that the track gauge is 5 studs, then 3x5=15, which is the maxiumum proportion one should use (3x the track gauge is how wide the maximum normal load should be) For example, the SRRL #9 (2-4-4T was 7'3" wide, on (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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| John (and others, except James Powell who no doubt knows this already) You toss around "G Scale" a lot but unlike most other gauges, G isn't really just one scale. LGB is narrow gauge and thus is to a bigger scale (22:5 to 1??) than some of the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LL Trains (was Re:8 wide and bigger(was Re: 8 Wide)
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| I checked when I was at LL CA and I am positive that they are 16 studs. LL CA uses a different kind of track than LL Windsor or Billund, I believe and so the scales of one LL train might not match up with another LL train. I personally will not go (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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