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Subject:	RE: Minifig What scale are they??
Newsgroups:	lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:04:56 GMT
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> The classic LEGO scale (1 door = 3 bricks high) used by LEGO from 1955-1972 is > in almost perfect HO train scale. This fact was hammered home after I did a couple of thinkgs on the weekend. 1. Played with my kids and build another 4-stud wide big rig. Small, realistic, high vroomability factor. 2. Started sorting my kids LEGO and found selection of Classic windows and doors in red and yellow. 3. Had a brainstorm and took out a section of old HO track and a boxcar and noticed that the boxcar was almost exactly 4 studs wide. This got me to thinking about how neat it would be to hack a cheap loco and attack it to a 4stud wide plate and make a LEGO train that runs on standard HO track...... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng -------------------------------------------------------- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: <http://www.hempeldesigngroup.com/lego/pbFORTH> -------------------------------------------------------- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com --------------------------------------------------------

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		Re: Minifig What scale are they??
(...) Ralph, I am creating my Classic scale LEGO town with an HO Train and track. My old yellow train station originally had a 3 track covered train shed (on my website). The shed opening originally had 1x8x2 yellow arches for the train and tracks. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

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		Re: Minifig What scale are they??
(...) The classic LEGO scale (1 door = 3 bricks high) used by LEGO from 1955-1972 is in almost perfect HO train scale. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

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