Scale time

[MikeDunn]

Altogether now ... :

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.

[dannyboy]

Notwithstanding all the above - have you noticed that the older you are, the faster time goes by?  David.

[Agrippa]

Time is just relative as the late great Einstein used to say (or maybe still does
in another dimension). Cue eerie Outer Limits type music............

[Mr Sprue]

Notwithstanding all the above - have you noticed that the older you are, the faster time goes by?  David.

Yep I have and I guess so MikeDunn who must have typed his post so fast that even his PC or cyber space didn't register it! 

[MikeDunn]

Yep I have and I guess so MikeDunn who must have typed his post so fast that even his PC or cyber space didn't register it! 

Did you follow the hyperlink ?  All would have been revealed 

[Mr Sprue]

Yep I have and I guess so MikeDunn who must have typed his post so fast that even his PC or cyber space didn't register it! 

Did you follow the hyperlink ?  All would have been revealed 

Sorry Mike my pc is of a different scale, so I guess I must have read your post too fast! 

[Papyrus]

"All time is an illusion, lunch time doubly so." (Douglas Adams)

Never thought I'd be able to quote that on a model railway forum... 

Chris

[themadhippy]

have you noticed that the older you are, the faster time goes by

when your 5 a year is 1/5 of your life,when your 50  its 1/50 so the older you get the shorter a year feels

[MikeDunn]

"All time is an illusion, lunch time doubly so." (Douglas Adams)

Never thought I'd be able to quote that on a model railway forum... 

Tsk, tsk - you're two days early !!! 

[Pedanticmongrel]

Of course station stops can't be scaled down because n gauge people take just as long to get on and off their trains as real people, but for operational interest maybe shortening some station stops can be a wise plan. However as a rough guide I knocked this up to demonstrate what i'd consider just the right length station stop, enough time for a few deep thoughts and off on your way again. (btw my camera glitched and I lost the 'stopping' shot, so that's why it jumps straight from approach to stationary shots)


http://youtu.be/ry4CVn6DY-Q

[Agrippa]

Aliens on distant planets 70 light years away who are watching the Earth will think our railways are still being run by the Big 4, and it will be another 50 odd years before they find out privatisation has taken place........

[edwin_m]

Aliens on distant planets 70 light years away who are watching the Earth will think our railways are still being run by the Big 4, and it will be another 50 odd years before they find out privatisation has taken place........

And they won't be able to count the rivets from their normal viewing distance. 

[Agrippa]

And they won't be able to count the rivets from their normal viewing distance. 

Not so sure.....                                                                                                                                                                        

[Biggy]

I as interested to see this topic here because I was musing along these lines after being at WMRC This weekend. I was struck by the varying approaches to speed.
On one OO layout a shunting tank engine was flying around the goods yard like a jet plane. On an n gauge layout I heard the operator complain, in tones usually reserved for describing mass murderors " He asked me if I could speed it up" imagine accompanying sad head shake.
The thing was that on his layout it took about 5-10 minutes for his train to travel about five 1:1 feet and was mind numbingly dull.

So aside from the broader topic about what makes for a good exhibition layout I do think that in N gauges scale speeds may be technically correct but don't feel right at the slower end of the speed range.

So what do you do to make it look right?

Just my oplnion of course
Dave

[Mr Sprue]

N gauges scale speeds may be technically correct but don't feel right at the slower end of the speed range.

So what do you do to make it look right?

Just my oplnion of course
Dave

For me I think all the scale speed stuff is just total bunkum, operators would provide better viewing if they ran their stock with an 'approximately dead accurate' attitude. Of course speeds should not be flat out or snails pace, but of that were an onlooker is not waiting for an eternity by the the tunnel exit poised to take a photo.

Having said that, the more larger complex layouts with four or so operators I would assume speed is a critical factor!