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Re: The Future of Trains
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lugnet.lego
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Date:
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Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:19:42 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, Rob Hendrix wrote:
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An AFOL already made some headway on that one, way back in ‘05..
http://users.erols.com/kennrice/flextrack.htm
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Whoa, I never saw that. Brilliant! My only suggestion would be to somehow
use 1x8s instead of 2x8s, and spaced every other-- more prototypical that
way.
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Doesn’t look like it would work out as nicely. The connectors have two metal
tabs on the bottom that appear to line up nicely with the studs that were cut
off the 2x8 plate. Switch to a 1x8 plate and you’d have to cut away part of the
base and wrap the tabs around from the sides, which might not hold as nicely.
Additionally, for most people, it would mean they wouldn’t be able to mix and
match the flex track with their existing track collection. Now, if someone was
to switch over completely, and didn’t have a problem with the fact that they’d
need to be much more careful with the ties, there are actually some interesting
possibilities that could be explored. Like using brown plates instead of some
shade of grey.
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| (...) 1x8s instead of 2x8s, and spaced every other-- more prototypical that way. In any event, well done, Kenn! JOHN (17 years ago, 4-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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