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Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 01:23:06 GMT
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<Fpoosu.HrL@lugnet.com>) wrote at
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> I'll be blunter. Everyone on this thread, are we actually disagreeing about
> anything here??? I don't think so, really.
Probably not.
I think either John G misread my post, or I misunderstood his
disagreement, because I ended up wanting to write the same thing again
:-)
I guess I'm just trying to get people to express their objectives a bit
more clearly when talking about their designs.
Modelling trains with LEGO is fun and a challenge, but scale modelling
it ain't, so talking about scale is just a waste of time.
There. I think that's what I meant to say :-)
--
Tony Priestman
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 | | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| One other "take" on model railroading (the one that I prefer, of course) is not to worry too much about the detail of models vs. prototype, or even scale, as long as you can recognize "that's a boxcar, that's a hopper, that's a Pullman, etc." I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| Tony Priestman wrote (...) I only bring up scale because of the track gauge issue. I think trains built 8 wide compared to 6 wide "look" better. More realistic? Kinda. I just want my trains wider than a snowmobile. I want my trains to be able to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| (...) But I don't think that's what John said. He merely said that his creations were of the highest calibre. And, after I got to MSP and gave him some lessons, they are. :-) He's not claiming they're any particular scale. (...) And now I agree. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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