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The World's Smallest Model Train

Posted by samzenpus on from the tiny-tunnels dept.

New Jersey's David Smith has built a model train that is 35,200 times smaller than the real thing. It took months to build and the locomotive only cost about $11.

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  1. Re:Not a real train - Animated Model of a Train Se by Nabeel_co · · Score: 2

    Slight misrepresentation?! It's more like kicking a kid in the balls while simultaneously telling him there's no santa right at christmas morning.

    At least that's how I felt. It's not a train unless its on tracks.

  2. Re:Not a real train - Animated Model of a Train Se by geekoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    While I would say this is a model of a train, it's not what anyone would be expecting. I was hoping it ran on tracks under it's own power. That would ahve been cool and my son would have gotten a blast, but this? meh.

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  3. Misleading Title..... by IHC+Navistar · · Score: 2

    Not even close to being a model train. The train moves WITH the tracks. It's technically a plastic tube with the end cut to look like a train AND tracks.

    A true "Model Train" would move under it's own power (it's own electric motor being powered by electricity from the tracks), and move independently of the tracks.

    This is an animated miniature diorama of a train, NOT a miniature train.

    Still neat though.

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    1. Re:Misleading Title..... by lena_10326 · · Score: 3, Informative

      You are wrong. It's a model. It's working because it moves. Therefore, it's a working model train.

      Models can be stationary, propelled by a tether, propelled by an external force, or self-propelled with onboard machinery. Examples of such models:

      • Stationary: Tester's plastic model car. Model of a city building in development. Diorama. Figurine.
      • Propelled by a tether or platform: Model plane swung with a cord. Boat pulled by a string. Model of the solar system attached base assembly.
      • Propelled by external force (on-board motor powered by external source): Slot cars. Electric trains such as HO gauge and Lionel. Model sailboat.
      • Self propelled or self powered (both energy and motor on-board): RC plane. RC car. Battery powered trains. CO2 rocket car. Estes rocket. Model cannon.

      This model would fall under tethered.

      A model is simply a reproduction of the original, generally on a miniature scale. There are no requirements for mobility or accuracy of internal machinery and external appearance to be called a model.

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