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Re: 18 Wide: Woo-hoo (was Re: Answers)
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:38:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> gianluca morelli wrote:
> > Maybe in 18 wide.....(No,I'm not kiddind,I'm really working on 18 wide
> > trains)
> As a 14 wide builder myself, I'm curious about your 18 wide trains. What
> scale are you working at? What are you using for wheels and track? My
> guess is that you are merely making static display models, but if not, I'd
> really be interested to know. BTW do you hang out with the ITLUG boys?
Hi,John,
my 18-wides started as double of 8-wides...that means with 16-wide body and
sleepers.
Because I remembered that in my N gauge trains the sleepers were 16 mm.
wide (about .65 inches),I decided to use a small N gauge wagon as
prototype,using the scale "1 millimeter = 1 stud",but I soon discovered that
the body was wider than the sleepers.
Infact (I'm speaking abuot european trains) on my trains the body is always
about 19 mm.
That means 19 studs.
For some (till now) unknown reasons,I decided to round it to 18.
For the wheels, I use the wheels you see in this pic:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6952
with a 6x6 (webbed) radar dish used as rim.
The rails are 2xn gray plates put vertically.
This means that it can also move!!
Maybe you'see the first wagon at next ItLUG legofest (that should take place
somewhere in december)
Ciao
Gianluca
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| (...) Gianluca- As a 14 wide builder myself, I'm curious about your 18 wide trains. What scale are you working at? What are you using for wheels and track? My guess is that you are merely making static display models, but if not, I'd really be (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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