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Re: A project suggestion= Let's develop a Theme ourselves....
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.town
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Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:35:35 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Farlie A wrote:
>
> > Well no lock because I was thinking more along the lines of the systems in
> > Europe (and possibly Norfolk?) which as far as I am away don't have locks. • Ie
> > canal as in Ship Canal?
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> Inland navigable water systems have to have some method of changing
> level, which usually means locks (there are other methods, but they are
> less common). Water going downhill tends to get a bit too exciting for
> reliable passenger or freight transport :-) From a Lego POV, in fact
> you would be better off keeping everything on the same level but a canal
> or river system without locks would seem a bit odd. European water
> navigation sytems do indeed have locks, including on rivers like the
> Rhine, very large ones in fact! LL Windsor has a nice set of locks in
> the Sweden area of miniland, IIRC.
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> > > One thing to bear in mind is that canal systems vary widely from country
> > > to country and are almost non-existent in the US as compared to Europe.
> > > Sounds like you're planning a UK-style canal system which might not have
> > > very wide appeal.
> >
> > Not at all. Like I said above. Think navigable waterway (as in Shannon,
> > Missipi,Rhur etc.) not Birtish Canal (as in the Grand Union). I think that • "Mississippi."
> > river based navigational 'systems' exist in the US?
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> We're talking big, wide waterways here. Even road width of a standard
> roadplate would only be about equivalent to a Brit-style narrow canal.
> Narrowboats are 8ft wide I believe which would approximate to the same
> width as a car for lego purposes.
Don't get me started with British-scale industry. They made the clearance rate
for their railroads too small to handle more sizely loads. They will never see
a double-stack (DTTX) container well car, unless it's carrying one container at
a time!
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> > Canal was just a convinent notation for the parts and sets.
> > I felt river would have meant lesiure craft only. I wanted something that
> > involved frieght movment as well as passangers!!
IMHO, I say that we should try to build a LDraw (LCAD) based theme on Town Sr.
or Space. American frieght & passenger railroads also hold promise.
I'm in the process of designing a street sign element that will easily fit on
my lightpole design and I've completed several custom spacesuits, as well as
new element pattern designs. see
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~jejackso/ledit.html and ask me about my "video
game console" 1 x 2 tile design. If you ever wanted to use one, now you can.
Now your minifigs can have intelligent conversation about Super Mario Bros.,
LEGO Racers, Mega Man V and other cult hits! I have made racing driver torsos
(which I also recolored for soccer players) as well as other ideas. If you wish
to offer a suggestion, don't be afraid to ask.
James J.
(The man who builds an interlocking "freeway plate" gets 5 schillings!)
> I agree. I like the whole idea very much but I think you're thinking
> tooo small scale! If this is our own theme we don't have to stick with
> Lego's production limitations, we could use 32x32-stud blue plates for
> the waterway.
>
> Another nice thing about introducing canals or rivers is that they give
> us a great excuse for bridges!
>
> Kevin
Good answer, Kevin. Bridges are always a good idea!
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