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| | | is there anyway to raise the thin baseplates above the ground. I know you can't attach stuff to the bottom but I am still hoping it's possible to raise them slightly, maybe about a full brick off the ground. I was thinking of setting up some sort of (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: Raising baseplates —Larry Andersen
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| | | | (...) works pretty well. All of my monorail is 4 bricks higher than the supports. That means that I had to raise the monorail station baseplates 4 bricks as well. Here's a rough graphic: ###### <- Plate (2x4) ###---...--- <- baseplate (## is a 2x2 (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Raising baseplates —Matt Marshall
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| | | | Okay, I think I see how it works, did you have to tun the bricks far under the baseplate so you can attach things to it while it's up there. or are the baseplates sturdy enought to do it?? Thanks for the info. Larry Andersen wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Raising baseplates —Sean M. Kenney
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| | | | | > did you have to tun the bricks far under > the baseplate so you can attach things to it while it's up there. or are the > baseplates sturdy enought to do it?? Thanks for the info. I have done a similar thing with a building I made -- I have a (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: Raising baseplates —Larry Andersen
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| | | | The basplate sags a might in the middle. I ended up doing what Sean suggests, putting columns under the baseplate. The trick is that nothing actually attaches to the bottom of the baseplate, only the top. That means that only the top plate in my (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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