rbnicholson2001 wrote: >Yes, and we certainly wouldn't want to use rail an actual .024" >oversize that would stick out like a sore thumb on an otherwise scale >layout and earn us eternal ridicule from the experts, would we? > > All --
I know Brother Nicholson has his tongue in his cheek. Nevertheless, I feel compelled to comment. Yes, I would challenge anyone to notice a discrepancy of .024" in, say, the length of a boxcar or the diameter of a drive wheel. But the real issue is one of proportion, not size. Just as we would surely notice the difference between a 72' shorty passenger car and an 85' full-length one, we also would surely notice the difference between .148 rail and .125 rail. Why? Because human beings readily notice proportional differences, not absolute differences. In the above examples, the proportional difference between the two passenger cars is the difference in length divided by the longer length, or 13/85, which is 15 percent. The proportional difference in the two rail sizes is .023/.148, or 16 percent. So if you can readily see the difference in passenger-car lengths, you can also readily see the difference in rail height. That said, I need to acknowledge that many modelers are not bothered by either of these (shorty passenger cars, overly high rail). But that doesn't mean they don't notice them...except for one member of this e-list, who once characterized me as a rivet-counter because I wanted 85' Budd cars instead of the shortie AM versions. Dick Karnes To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL; to reply to the sender, use REPLY. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list (remember to edit the SUBJECT of your message). Change message settings, use our CALENDAR or LINKS, 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/
