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Lego G Scale, why not

I didn’t know that Lego trains were as popular as they are. I thought I might get one of the Lego kits, or off brand Lego type kits on Amazon and give it a go. Why I would do this, I have no idea why, but some of them look like they would be fun to do. This gets me thinking that a Lego G Scale engine, cars, etc. might be fun to build just to have something to do. Just get an engine block, or two, raid my grandkids Lego stock and start to build. I see many with Lego trains are making parts on their 3D printer, just adding more to the builds. Good, or Bad idea.

judging by the size of the figures, LEGO should be more in direction of O-Scale.

Great idea!

There was an article in Garden Railways about converting the lego wheelsets to use on 45 mm track. Lego, or “L” scale is ~38mm.

It was in 2018, I think. I remember the article detailing the hardware needed, it seems like it wasn’t too complicated. I can try to look for the article tonight if you’d like.

There was a young man (like in his early 20’s or less) on LSC years ago that used to build lego trains in g scale. Caleb is the name that comes to mind but I could be wrong.

The Lego layouts can get pretty elaborate, and presumably addictive, so be careful! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: I took this shot last year at a local Greenburg show, and was impressed with the details of everything (especially the buildings) and the functionality of the trackwork & trains.




From the Syracuse show. They are very detailed for being Legos. Go to a Lego store and you can buy all kinds of individual blocks. One daughter buys Lego flower kits and they are quite nice.

Hey John have you got bricks?

Have you had a look at Rebrickable? They have heaps of trains to choose from too.

Cliff, Mark,

Don’t you two think it’s about time to grow the hell up ! Lego is pretty “dope” as my boy would call it.

the nearest to 38mm, i heard of, would be what europeans call An 3.5
with a gauge of 37.5mm it represents a Narrow gauge 3’ in 1:29
(so for 60mm figures)

Spot on Korm