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Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 9 Feb 2000 03:47:42 GMT
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IMHO you have a choice of throwing out the minifig scale and create a
nice "relatively" scale model of rolling stock (as per TLGs modelers) ((and
forget about running it on the track)) or create a nice looking model in
minifig "scale" and enjoy running trains. Either way the LEGO track radius is
absurdly small (just look at the way the passenger car ends and middle from
4559 & 4561 overhang when going around a corner) and since TLG has not seen
fit to offer flex track we're kinda stuck with what we got.
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 | | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| (...) The track they sell has a 12.5" radius. (Radius is measured from the center point of a circle to the point midway between the inside and outside rails) My track has been running curves on a 22.5" radius. (If I did the math correctly, I thought (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Mike Poindexter (<FpMJo1.HDw@lugnet.com>) wrote at 18:38:12 (...) This is quite a good argument for six wide. The fundamental difficulty with trying to make scale model trains in LEGO *is* the scale problem. Because there is no (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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