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Re: Road baseplates
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Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:35:19 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Simon Robinson writes:
> Then there's ones with islands - like the incredibly wide road in the
> 6337 Pit Stop(? Not certain of the US name), which markings of which
> match very well with the 6339 baseplate markings. (Have either of these
> plates appeared in any other set?)
The roadplate with an isalnd that I have came with the Central Precinct HQ. It
is different from the 6337. The road is relatively straight, but after a few
studs, the road bends toward the edge of the plate and then goes straight
again, making a shape sort of like this (the ='s being the island):
_______
_/ \_
=======
___________
That plate has no markings other than some lines down the edge of the road.
There are also a few other types of road plates. Take for instance
the "driveway" roadplates which have a very narrow road that bends in one
spot. These were mostly used with older sets, but the last one came with the
most recent (non-junior) police station. There are also the driveway plates
that are 16x16 and came out just a few years ago. Then there are the plates
with a three pronged road and two islands in between the prongs. These were
used in old police and fire station sets.
Greg "I've just thoroughly confused myself." Majewski
citrusx__@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/
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> Simon
> http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Road baseplates
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| I've got about 8 different of the early grey roadplates that have islands and other "forks in the road". These are of the type without bikepaths/sidewalks. They came in 1980's racer, fire stations, police stations, public works sets, etc. When you (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Road baseplates
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| (...) It's a bummer that they don't sell a mirrored version of this plate so you could make a two-plate-long driveway. It'd be great for a drive-through restaurant. Steve (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Road baseplates
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| Has anyone ever counted how many styles of road baseplate are in existence? When I first came out of the dark ages I thought there were two: The new green ones and the old grey ones. I quickly gathered this was incorrect in that there were at least (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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