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| John Neal wrote:
<larger radius curve>
YES! How did I forget? Also shorter segments to allow more layout
variety.
<8 stud rant>
I thought long and hard about 8 stud. I do understand why it would be
desirable scalewise but I think 6 stud is the way to go. Too big a
change. Everything else in LegoLand is minifig scale... so are trains. 8
stud canNOT go with that tight curve, 6 stud is bad enough. That
curvature is tolerable for euroshorties, but actually is a bit over the
edge for american lengths already. Scale up the length to stay
proportional to the increase in width and height and you quickly get out
of hand.
> Shouldn't we be cross
> posting to .dear-lego?
Let's see if we get some other ideas... I was not looking for everyone
to say "great, Lar, you got it 100% right", although that's only my just
due, of course... I was hoping for some discussion.
When we have a consensus then we could post to dear-lego to formalize
it.
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| Well, what would be more prototypical than 8 stud wide trains with tight
curves.... to me that sounds like narrow gauge. Although I'm not a big fan
of narrow gauge, it would seem to me to be the perfect application. [1]
[1] OTOH the minifig would have to been abandoned and the midifig would be
to scale. Then you'd have to go 10 stud wide, and that's G scale right
there. Sounds like fun to me!
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> John Neal wrote:
>
> <larger radius curve>
> YES! How did I forget? Also shorter segments to allow more layout
> variety.
>
> <8 stud rant>
you mean 1 stud rants;-)
>
>
> I thought long and hard about 8 stud. I do understand why it would be
> desirable scalewise but I think 6 stud is the way to go. Too big a
> change. Everything else in LegoLand is minifig scale... so are trains. 8
> stud canNOT go with that tight curve, 6 stud is bad enough. That
> curvature is tolerable for euroshorties, but actually is a bit over the
> edge for american lengths already. Scale up the length to stay
> proportional to the increase in width and height and you quickly get out
> of hand.
>
> > Shouldn't we be cross
> > posting to .dear-lego?
>
> Let's see if we get some other ideas... I was not looking for everyone
> to say "great, Lar, you got it 100% right", although that's only my just
> due, of course... I was hoping for some discussion.
of course....not! - Lisa Leubner
>
>
> When we have a consensus then we could post to dear-lego to formalize
> it.
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
> FDIC Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead...
> See http://www.defendyourprivacy.com for details
> For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
> - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
> - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
> - This is a family newsgroup, thanks.
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