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Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:50:45 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.=nospam=net
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Jonathan Reynolds wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
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> > I see Lego as a toy that IS a model. Sure, it is not scaled properly like a
> > highly detailed HO scale train set, but then again, those things are not
> > perfect, either. They also have items that are not in proper scale and
> > details that were left off because they were too small. Lego just doesn't
> > have the resolution. Taken another way, take a photo and scan it in at 300
> > dpi in 16 bit color. It is still a picture. Scan it in at 36 dpi in 4 bit
> > color and it is still the same picture, but at a lower resolution. You
> > can't say that it isn't a picture any more, or else a 2400 dpi true color
> > will come along and make your 300dpi scan a "non-picture."
> >
> >
> By the same token, An 8-wide tarin layout in the same area as a 6-wide layout
> will (from a distance) look MORE toy-like simply because the trains will have
> a shorter run before 'chasing their tails'. Or, put another way, if you are
> into relistic operation you need to establish several depots/stations on your
> layout from which to run trains & send them to. Using the larger (8 wide)
> scale under the same space restrictions will limit the realism of the inter-
> station distances and thus create a LESS REALISTIC OVERALL EFFECT.
Unless, of course, your layout is 22' long like the GMLTC's is (and growing;)
> Everything related to modelling trains involves the art of compromise. If you
> spend time creating a more detailed train you compromise the time you have
> available to play with/run it, if you spend time collecting as many orginal
> mint/boxed Lego models as you can, then you compromise the time you have to be
> more creative etc etc.
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> And, if you spend time rabbiting on on the internet you compromise the time
> you have available to collect, build and run any trains at all!
Not true. I rabbit sleep time;-)
-John
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> Jon
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