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Re: YOU be the designer
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Tue, 27 Apr 1999 03:05:37 GMT
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Most of that sounds good, although I'd like to see TLG make the jump to 8 stud wide cars and engines which allows for more room and better modeling IMHO. If you are going to take the time and effort to overhaul the theme, why not do it right? What (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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