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Re: New MOC - Giant cable-stayed bridge
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Date: 
Fri, 6 May 2005 03:57:16 GMT
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"Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> writes:

In lugnet.build, Duane Collicott wrote:

In this picture it is only 70 percent complete (14 of 20 cables), and
measures 9.5 feet long (2.9 meters).

Duane-

Well, we've still got you for the moment. Ours is 384 studs long, which is
slightly over 10 feet.

<<http://scltc.org/images/galleries/events/2004.12.26.e/mic.025.jpg>>

Nice job! Looking forward to seeing the completed work.

Oooh - a "mine is bigger than yours" contest! (Sorry, couldn't resist!).

The design is different, but at our latest GETS show, NALUG's Laszlo
Szojka showed a 17-foot bridge using a similar cable technique:

    http://www.nalug.org/TrainShow2004/Suspension/index.html

Not quite the classic cable-stay design, but similar.

--
Experience should guide us, not rule us.

Chris Gray     cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM
               http://www.GraySage.COM/cg/



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  Re: New MOC - Giant cable-stayed bridge
 
(...) Wow, very nice! I also like the shark feeding frenzy! (20 years ago, 6-May-05, to lugnet.build)
  Re: New MOC - Giant cable-stayed bridge
 
(...) show at Fullerton. I love this NALUG bridge. If immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, consider that design in the queue to have its double deck construction copied! Meanwhile, back to the "my dog's better than yours": Last time we (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)

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(...) Duane- Well, we've still got you for the moment. Ours is 384 studs long, which is slightly over 10 feet. (URL) Nice job! Looking forward to seeing the completed work. -Ted (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)

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