Sir Lamiel’s 777 Quest - A Scale7 Micro Layout Challenge
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Hayfield1
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A year's membership might be considered a very modest 'entry fee'
Plus you get track building materials at very competitive prices and a great quarterly mag
Hayfield1
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RichardG
Western Thunderer
I have an idea.
I was thinking how awkward 7 square feet is with metric board sizes. Then I realised a circle with a radius of 300 mm has an area of 0.28 m2. And so a quadrant is 0.07 m2, and this ties in with the 0.65 m2 from Fraser.
If you start with a "metric 4 x 2" baseboard, this gives 1.2 x 0.6 = 0.72 m2. So if you remove one such 300 mm quadrant, e.g. with the backdrop or one front corner, you get 0.72 - 0.07 = 0.65 m2. Which is 7 square feet
Addendum: sorry but these calculations are all wrong, see this post.
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Crimson Rambler
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Please what is "Scala Septem Sancti Graalis"?
I went to a state school and we didn't do Latin there, and Google Translate says "The Seven Ladders of the Holy Grail"
@RichardG - If it is any consolation I went to a state school and suffered the misfortune of masters trying to teach me Latin - I hated it! But then it was all a long time ago and since then ideas about education have changed somewhat.
Crimson Rambler
I went to a state school and we didn't do Latin there, and Google Translate says "The Seven Ladders of the Holy Grail"
@RichardG - If it is any consolation I went to a state school and suffered the misfortune of masters trying to teach me Latin - I hated it! But then it was all a long time ago and since then ideas about education have changed somewhat.
Crimson Rambler
Jordan or Plymouth Mad
Mid-Western Thunderer
I hesitate to butt in as a non-S7 modeller, and permanent resident of The Back of The Class, but the usual definition of a true "Micro" layout is a layout of 4sq/ft or less in area. 7sq/ft would more acceptably be described as 'minimum space' perhaps, especially for a 'proto' scale such as S7.
Of course an 'ordinary' O Scale continuous run layout in 4 square feet, without specially modified stock, is impossible, isn't it.
Except I built one - a dual-gauge 32mm & On30 'pizza' on a board 2ft x 2ft....
Ok I'll get back in the Naughty Corner now & leave you all to it....
Of course an 'ordinary' O Scale continuous run layout in 4 square feet, without specially modified stock, is impossible, isn't it.
Except I built one - a dual-gauge 32mm & On30 'pizza' on a board 2ft x 2ft....
Ok I'll get back in the Naughty Corner now & leave you all to it....
Overseer
Western Thunderer
Except you have removed the area outside the quadrant. 0.3 x 0.3=0.09 therefore 0.09 - 0.07 =0.02, 0.72 - 0.02=0.7, so still a bit big.I have an idea.
I was thinking how awkward 7 square feet is with metric board sizes. Then I realised a circle with a radius of 300 mm has an area of 0.28 m2. And so a quadrant is 0.07 m2, and this ties in with the 0.65 m2 from Fraser.
If you start with a "metric 4 x 2" baseboard, this gives 1.2 x 0.6 = 0.72 m2. So if you remove one such 300 mm quadrant, e.g. with the backdrop or one front corner, you get 0.72 - 0.07 = 0.65 m2. Which is 7 square feet
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RichardG
Western Thunderer
The task of designing something of (up to) seven square feet using metric sizes of baseboard kits is frying mine. A spec of 0.65 m2 is an ugly number but somehow I expect I will find it easier to work to in the long run.
NewportRod
Western Thunderer
If we're looking at rectangular layouts (but they don't have to be rectangular. of course, other shapes are available) here is a list if rectangle dimensions that work out at 7 sq ft.
simond
Western Thunderer
"Goal Seek" sub Excel est instrumentum quod requiris.
Try "Scala Septem Sanctus Graal"
jonte
Western Thunderer
Erm, what’s Ecxel, Simon?
I’d have qualified that earlier post but unfortunately- as wot I wrote elsewhere - this iPad thingy is playing up and sadly ran out of ink, and I’m in the process of replacing it.
Indeed, Latin.
As a Roman Catholic, my faith and the ‘language’ were inextricably linked, or so it seemed as a child. I recall - at around six or se en years of age - having to receive ‘lessons’ over a six week period to recite prayers at Latin mass (as it was back then) before being allowed to serve on the altar as an altar boy (weddings and funerals paid well and I looked forward to the annual altar boys outing).
But then my brain links it to school where we received Latin lessons, which links it to the ‘Christian’ Brothers, then a Boarder and homesickness, muddy rugger pitches and an overwhelming sense of anxiety which I don’t think has ever left me, my friend, which almost culminates in ‘diaphoresis’ (cold ‘sweats’ to save anyone -bothering to read this far - checking it out on Elcex).
Perhaps I’m suffering from PMT or whatever it is those lawyers are increasingly using in mitigation in court these days!
Not aimed at you particularly, Simon, as you’ve merely entered into the spirit of things with your post, but as a casual observer of the human condition, the only Latin word to strike a chord with me was ‘praetendere’, which I’ve applied - quite accurately in my humble - to those I’ve had the misfortune of meeting over the years who like to ‘spout’ the stuff, especially where there’s an audience.
Bless ‘em.
Jon