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Re: YOU be the designer
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 27 Apr 1999 04:36:43 GMT
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johnneal@uswest#StopSpammers#.net
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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:
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> <larger radius curve>
> YES! How did I forget? Also shorter segments to allow more layout
> variety.
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> <8 stud rant>
you mean 1 stud rants;-)
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> 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.
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> > Shouldn't we be cross
> > posting to .dear-lego?
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> 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
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> When we have a consensus then we could post to dear-lego to formalize
> it.
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> --
> Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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