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Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:17:21 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
> Or with what you are trying to do. I model to 'MF scale', and I _like_ 6 wide.
> I will stay with 6 wide over the main body for what I do, but I can see that
> making 8 wide trains would allow a more realistic (?) model.
OOh, before Lar jumps in here ranting about compression, blah, blah, blah and the
flames start igniting(;) I will say these two things about 8 wide. First, I feel
8 wide *is* MF scale; it just allows for a little more interior room (Also, see
current TLC designs of *6* wide trucks), and second, 8 wide provides a better
ratio of track gauge to car body width (The ideal width of a car given the LEGO
track gauge assuming standard gauge 4' 8 1/2" would be *10* wide. Assuming narrow
gauge, say 3', the ideal width of a car would be 16 wide). Beyond that, nothing
is so radically different.
-John
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| (...) wide. (...) the (...) feel (...) see (...) LEGO (...) narrow (...) nothing (...) Whatever you choose, most Lego trains (of old) were loosely based on European prototypes. The "correct" width assuming 4'8 1/2" track gauge will of course depend (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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| (...) To clarify, I was running at the end 89 cars with 3 motors on the point. The circuit is 124 pieces long, and I had a gap of 4 pieces. So, total length was 1920 studs, with a average length per car of 21 studs. (somewhat longer than a 16 plate (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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