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Re: Help with train show.
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:29:39 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> > Don't see myself manning a stand (being such a delicate flower, and not
> > being a trainfiend) but there are some things I can do:
> > kick in some dough
> > provide all the sea baseplates and 6 of the green
> > cover the 3 x 3 plates on the road side of the river
> > (ie 3 sea, 6 land), with a large ship moored in the
> > river and an Australiana Park c/w railway station,
> > small barracks (4 sided, ~16 x 32), stage coach,
> > gaol (3 sided ~ 8 x 30) and ample marching red coats
> > and convicts, and visitors, parked cars, bus etc.
> > (I'd happily forego the curve and straight road
> > plates, and build an entrance gate at the cross
> > roads. There'd be space for a period steam engine
> > too - I can provide one, but I imagine a
> > trainfiend could provide a much better one to sit
> > on a display track.)
> > put a paddle steamer in the river, optionally packed
> > with tourists
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> Kinda "Old Sydney Town" idea? Great! I love it. I can do any amount of old
> grey track for display engines.
Sounds excellent!
> > help with setup early Saturday morning, and with
> > knock down Monday afternoon.
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> Also excellent. Thanks in advance.
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> > Questions:
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> > how big is the step down to the water?
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> Given the legs haven't been completed yet, it's still variable. I was
> thinking 13 bricks + plate (or 16 studs length) drop on a 6 plate table,
> leaving one plate at one end and two at the other to build back up to
> equivalent table height.
Not sure I understand what this last bit means?
> Too much drop?
Definitely not. Do we want anything (ie ships) under the bridge? If so, 13
bricks probably isn't enough, and we'll have to have a bridge with sloped
approaches to make it higher. We can still only get to about to about 15-16
bricks anyway, so may not be worth it. The other option is a moveable bridge
(swing/lift) but that has other associated problems...
ROSCO
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| (...) Kinda "Old Sydney Town" idea? Great! I love it. I can do any amount of old grey track for display engines. (...) Also excellent. Thanks in advance. (...) Given the legs haven't been completed yet, it's still variable. I was thinking 13 bricks (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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