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And there are many more differences, but the ones listed above probably represent the most glaring. Additionally, the entire second half of the station is not modeled: the real WUS has a second whole building attached to the back of the front buildings, and for obvious space reasons I decided not to model that.
A lot of people refer to this as a "scale" model of WUS, and I have to correct them: this model isn't even close. For starters, it is a little bit more than 1/3 the size it should be if it were modeled to 1:48 scale. (Seriously.) Which means it's not even quite large enough to be HO scale. Not only that, but as you can see in the above list, it is substantially simplified and selectively-compressed, mostly to make the overall footprint of the station squeeze into a moderately-sized layout. Despite these efforts, it is just over 68" in length, and disproportionately dominates my 22' x 8' layout.
Still, there is something about it that makes people want to call it "scale", and none of us seems to be able to put our finger on it. Maybe it's the detail? Is it the weathering and choice of colors? The lighting? Or maybe the sheer size just tricks us into thinking it's scale?
I wish I could tell you. The truth is, it's much more like a "LionMaster" or "Imperial RailKing" species - surprisingly detailed and sophisticated, but still just a caricature of its prototype.
John
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