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Re: New Building (light gray)
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Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:54:43 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Jason Spears writes:
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Neat.  All those thinwalls are pretty impressive.  How sturdy is this?  It
looks extremely fragile.

My question as well. I have built a number of large buildings for train
shows that have traveled with varying success. How do you plan to transport
it -- or is it stronger than it looks?

So far I've tried wrapping with bubble wrap, and constructing thin-sheet
styofoam shells. Both work. For buildings without a lot of protrusions, the
strofoam shells are much easier to get off and on the building once they're
made. I also put foam inside buildings to keep them from collapsing during
transport. Most buildings have to be transported upright; even with the
packing and wrapping, they split apart if they're on their side.

You can unquestionably follow up to trains.org for this reply :)



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  Re: New Building (light gray)
 
(...) I'm assuming floors would add a lot of strength... as well as adding to the realism (even if undetailed... a big hollow shell doesn't look right unless it's supposed to be a big hollow atrium) (...) So do you have a custom carved shell you use (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)

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  Re: New Building (light gray)
 
(...) Neat. All those thinwalls are pretty impressive. How sturdy is this? It looks extremely fragile. <snip> -Jason PS Maybe you could have a little train car (2 wide or something) next to each of your buildings so the "FUT Police" wouldn't harass (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch)

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