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Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
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Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:20:59 GMT
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Ha! I though I was being conservative in my bridge design. I allowed for
8-wide cars and a 14 brick-height vertical clearance. It turns out that was
nearly the minimum needed. I goofed when I built my tank car too tall.

The next time I'll try and let everyone know, and I'll most definitely build
more clearance into my bridges.

TJ


The bridges were plenty wide.  The boxcar my wife built was just too wide in
design.  She's working on a redesign right now that I think will be much more
visually pleasing and a bit narrower.  I'm also working on my engine, but I'm
afraid it will always have those side clearance problems at corners and toss
signs across the room.

For next time I plan on making an engine designed for a head-on collision.
I'll make sure it flies apart in a dramatic way and snaps back together easily
for another run!  Anybody else interested?

Leonard



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  Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
 
Okay Leonard, When TJ wrote Mr and Mrs Leonard I forgave him for not knowing your wife's name (because I managed to forget it, too). You should use it, though. She is as valuable a member of Texlug as you (even more so, because she is a woman). So (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)
  Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
 
In lugnet.org.us.texlug, Leonard Erlandson writes: <snip> (...) I don't mean to "butt" into y'alls group, but I was wondering how you plan on running two trains so that they can hit head-on? You can't do that with the standard out of the box LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)

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  Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
 
(...) Ah! Sorry I didn't catch the name. A most excellent model! (...) Do you mean Jake McKee's boxcar: (URL)We ran various train combinations around the tracks and bridges, and we (...) Ha! I though I was being conservative in my bridge design. I (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)

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