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Questions about 8 wide
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 4 Feb 2001 09:10:53 GMT
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Hello All,
I've just recently gotten into Trains and 8 wide seems to be the best for
modeling but I have a few questions.
1. What's a good length for a Diesel?
2. A Passenger car?
3. A Freight car?
4. What's a good height?
I understand that the answers to these questions can be very subjective, but
I would appreciate any help I could get.
TIA,
RObert Powell
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| (...) Height...hmmm. My stuff tends to be a bit taller (1 brick at most 2 bricks) the standard LEGO stock. Length varies. I usually go 1 stud = 1.25 feet. When I am trying to copy a prototype I usually try to judge by the size of the wheels and (...) (24 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Questions about 8 wide
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| Robert- Welcome to trains! :-) And congratulations on your width choice;-) I will try and answer some of your questions as I have been modeling in 8 wide for quite some time now... Modeling 8 wide is approximate to modeling in O scale, or 1:48. A (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Robert,welcome to the marvellous world of 8wide! :-) About lenght: 8wide is as big as O gauge,but the radii of curves are much smaller(half of smaller O gauge radii)....this is a big limit,because you can't build trains at their effective (...) (24 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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