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Re: Scale - it's all in the aspect ratio
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:55:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > 1) Rail width
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> Good way IMO to determine scale. We know that proto is 4' 8 1/2" and so it's
> easy to figure out.
No. We know that most of _continental europe, the UK and North America_ are
4-8-1/2". However, there is a lot of narrow gauge stuff around, and a fair
amount of broad gauge too. All of Russia is 5' something. Africa is mostly
3'6", Australia is 5' something, 4-8-1/2 and 3 something, India is 5'6" or NG
(750mm often)
So, where do we pick for the Lego company to have based its trains on?
Anything from 15" (R&ER/RD&HR) to 7'1/4" is possible as track gauge. I would
say wider than 4-8-1/2,because a lying minifig goes most of the way between the
tracks, so if we take 4 1/3 bricks high=6ft, then the gauge is broad, not
narrow, even though the models look like narrow gauge models (the Lego ones) to
my eyes.
James
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 | | Re: Scale - it's all in the aspect ratio
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| (...) Wouldn't LEGO models look more like wide gauge trains? If they were narrow, the trains would have to be the size of G scale (although something tells me we are not on the same page here). Example: If I wanted to model, say 30" gauge, I would (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Scale - it's all in the aspect ratio
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| (...) Just for the record, Australia has an Interstate network of 4'8-1/2", and state networks of 4'8-1/2" (New South Wales, South Australia), 3'6" (Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania) and 5'3" (Victoria, South Australia) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scale - it's all in the aspect ratio
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| (...) Careful with your vocabulary. The word "gauge" specifically refers to the distance between the rails. I think you mean "scale". (...) Good way IMO to determine scale. We know that proto is 4' 8 1/2" and so it's easy to figure out. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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