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Re: Chain link fence/fence ideas.
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lugnet.build
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Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:01:42 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Manfred Moolhuysen wrote:
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In lugnet.build, Aaron M. Sneary wrote:
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Is chainlink not used in Denmark?
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Speaking for The Netherlands (but I think this could be representative for a
large part of Europe), all fences around building yards and so were made of
wood up util deep into the sixtees. In my childhood memory, these fences were
assembled from standard pannels of a vertical lattice type, with openings
between the planks about just as wide as the planks were. I remember these
fences were carefully taken care of, disasembled and re-used to a much higher
degree than temporary fences are nowadays. Cost of labour really has changed
since then.
More permanent enclosure solutions were:
- When it had to be representative, brickwork pillars with wrought iron pannels in between.
- Otherwise a plain brick wall was used, or prefab-concrete posts with vertical grooves holding a stack of horizontal prefab-concrete planks in between these.
- The Dutch Railroads mostly used a very simple low fence of steel or prefab-concrete post with two strands of plain iron wire (usually not barbed).
- Along railway lines in Belgium and France you also found (and stil can) fences of concrete posts with, sometimes very decorative, prefabricated concrete lattice fence pannels between these. A bit like part 30077 - Fence 1 x 6 x 2, but often more elaborate.
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This probably explains the significant lack of any LEGO part that really looks
like chainlink fence.
In the states, however, the stuff grows like Kudzu (another common american
roadside site). Every industrial complex, many residential backyards, and even
delivery areas of commercial buildings are wrapped in the stuff.
I was strongly considering O gauge model railroad options
(http://valleymodeltrains.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=289) and
may still. But I did just find 15 Bar, Grille 9x13 on sale real cheap. They
should easily wrap a 48x48 baseplate, with some posts between and at the
corners. Too bad they dont make those with the diagonal square holes, like the
smaller lattice parts.
Aaron
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| (...) Speaking for The Netherlands (but I think this could be representative for a large part of Europe), all fences around building yards and so were made of wood up util deep into the sixtees. In my childhood memory, these fences were assembled (...) (18 years ago, 18-Nov-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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