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Philosophy Friday -- The Allure of Trains
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<p>[quote user="jwhitten"]</p> <p> </p> <p>Do you think there are common sizes-- whatever the dimensions work out to be, and of course relative to the selected scale-- that things turn out to be? Like structures and their footprints, both the actual footprint, and one for the extended footprint which includes whatever infrastructure that is related to it. For example, let's say a trans-loading facility which, in HO scale let's say, might have the actual footprint of 8 inches by 6 inches, and an extended footprint of 12 by 10 when you add in the tracks on one side, the parking lot for the trucks on the other, and a bit of road to connect it to the rest of the layout. So, in round terms, perhaps you could say that the general footprint for that is 12 by 12 inches (rounding up to the nearest convenient quantum, which in my mind is perhaps 3 inches).</p> <p>And so on? So that there are several "standard" block sizes, and they don't have to be square, that was just a suggestion / example?</p> <p>If so, what sizes would you say exist?</p> <p>john</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>John,</p> <p>I hope I am getting this right, as I am reaching the limits of my English more rapidly these days. </p> <p>6" by 12" for a straight module and 12" by !2" for a corner module in N scale is not much real estate for anything, including scenery. To be able to mix & match the modules, just like dominoes, track location is fixed - no flexibility there. This modular system is based on Kato´s Unitrack, so even track length, bridges, etc, are pretty much fixed as well. Each "block element", like platform width/length etc. needs to follow the same set of rules - they need to be in "standard sizes" to be compatible. </p> <p>Just take a look at some of the modules:</p> <p><img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/Modul-Track1-3.jpg" style="max-width: 550px;" border="0" /></p> <p>In fact, this system is all about common sizes. May sound boring, but you´d be surprised at the amazing results which can be achieved.</p> <p>Just leaf through some of the pages in this <a target="_blank" href="http://space.geocities.jp/popoya2008/menu.html"><b>link.</b></a></p>
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