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(...) I think we have enough Lego for a building like that - the catch is we might not have enough for other buildings. I seem to recall that the one thing we're all short of is town stuff. (windows & doors, and minifigs, oh my.) Bricks we can do (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) a (...) Solvable. :) (...) Heh... No, but it's not a bad idea. :) I can, without having to stretch my collection at all (although my big castle will have to come apart - which is OK, it has to anyway) raise a 61" square by 20 bricks. I suspect (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Thanks John, When I get to that stage, I might borrow those plates from you. I guess James has used regular lights, (but it would take a lot of them!), to do something similar. James could you bring it for a demonstration, the next time we meet. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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James, The switching yard looks better. Unfortunately moving the mountain up, means a curve leads into it, requiring significant clearances. Not insurmountable. Lifting the city portion is a neat idea, but I couldn't help but notice that the WAMALTC (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) Look on the right hand side. The mountain has been moved up about a table, and a three spur ladder-style yard broken off the outside loop. (...) Why, out of curiosity? More of a pain to turn it into a jpg? James (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) Here's the photo for the TD impaired... (URL) confess I don't notice a difference between it and Michel's.) Please make any future layouts wider than they are tall. If I have time, I'll make up one that fits my descriptions to date. SRC (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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We took Chad (6yrs) to the Space & Science Centre for his birthday. After seeing the IMAX Dolphins movie (which was good) we hit the K-Nex exhibit. They had several two meter long dinosaurs, a shark (a good three meters long), a dolphin, and a 17' (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) Love it - Raise the whole town section. The outer loop (with switches straightened) could run underneath, and the incline could bring the inner loop up to it. The bridge would connect the town and mountain, and then slope back down the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) Finally got around to drawing up what I meant... (URL) the 2000_v1b.tdl file. James (...) Another thing that we could do (I'm positive that either Chris or I have enough individually, and certainly if we combine resources) is raise the entire (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) My main problem here is that the main-line loops all have places where the train has to go through the curved part of a switch. The outer loop has three. That could restrict operation at high speed, and unattended. If you can fix things so (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) Well it ties into the mountain - Chris was talking about making the mountain even bigger, and that's fine by me. The layout photo as it stands might be a bit off, but I'm sure could make it work - especially if the clearances are for the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) The narrow gauge train was cool. :) (...) Even with Big Red's clearance factor, it won't be a problem to build a mountain he can turn in. (...) It's not a problem to build something with a wall that can come off easily. This fortress here: (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) OK. I was just throwing ideas around. :) (...) Well, presumably, a 61 inch span could be gotten at from either side... We almost need a part of the layout being 61 deep if we want to have any depth for more buildings. (...) Good point. I was (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Michel Magnan writes: <snip> (...) Bridges are what I do - I can't concieve of a NALug layout that I would not be able to provides the bridges for. (If we got a major influx from other clubs or TLC I might have a problem, but (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey - We warned you... 8-) SRC (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) An alternative I've been thinking of is to have a largish mountain area, and have a small loop that runs entirely on the mountain. This avoids long regions of sloping track (although I have thoughts on that, too). Basically, I'm trying to get (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Michel Magnan wrote in message ... (...) That (...) If we have an extra table or two on the outside, place buildings in the center of the 61" span. Any derails would occur near the center hole or near the outside edge, where there is easy access. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Michel Magnan wrote in message ... (...) at (...) I have trans-dark blue plates and bricks which could be used to with lights behind them. Trans-red plates with flickering lights worked well for James' stove. I know I have these (all in trans-dark (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Hello Steve, The new train yard is much better. But, the elevated section doesn't really tie in to anything, it is just there because. The clearances are inadequate, both for the trains, only about 12 bricks I think, and the monorail track is about (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) It would allow a train to run uninterrupted on both loops, such as we did at the end of the show. Plus as others have said, more options to do switching, other the the 5 finger way. (...) The neet thing about Matt Bates program, is that it (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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