> > Time is the other factor that can not be scaled. Hence, we can not scale the > speed of our trains, we can only go by > what looks right to the eye. > > If we assume a scale ratio of 1/60th rather than 1/64th for the purpose of > illustration, a minute becomes a second. > 30 miles per hour is 1 mile every 2 minutes. Your train would have to > traverse a scale mile (82.5 ft) in 2 seconds to > be running at a "scale" 30 MPH. Using this logic, toy train speeds are mind > numbingly slow! > > As I said, I might be wrong, but I find it fun to think about. > > Tom Stoltz >
Time gets 'scaled' by use of the "Fast" Clock, so travelling across the pike takes minutes (or hours) instead of seconds. And a 4 hour operating session would be a 12 hour or 24 hour shift. This would also be used in conjunction with compressed distances. I'm modelling a yard which is over a mile long but if I tried to model it to scale , I'd have no room for the rest of the 20 mile mainline so rather than 82' it will be about 10-15 feet. ken The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
