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Re: More fun with TD...
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Sun, 8 Oct 2000 03:09:58 GMT
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> - how important is it to have a 2-way connection between a pair of
> otherwise independent loops?
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.
> with reversing loops
> doing the job. Watch out for the electrical connections on
> that scheme, but it ought to work.
The neet thing about Matt Bates program, is that it has a way to doublecheck
your electrical connections to rule out electrical shorts.
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> - don't worry about having space for my logging stuff - I've already
> taken it apart, so next time will be something different, unless
> you all really want it back.
I loved your logging train, I definitely want it back. We can go from 4 wide
to 6 wide to 8 wide!
> - I have a *ton* of BURPS, and lots of basic bricks. So, we can build
> a fairly large section of raised terrain/mountain if we want to.
> Personally, I think that would be very cool. Also, having full-
> height mountain essentially gives us more space, by having things
> on two levels a bit. E.g. we could have a part of an outer loop
> going through the largish mountain area, perhaps going across an
> open gap (where there is a stream, which can be done by raising the
> lower track just one brick, so we could put stuff under it).
I think the tunnel(s) would best be built straight, because of the
clearance needed for turning Big Red. Other 8 wides might need even more
clearance, and we don't want to be rebuilding the mountain every year. Perhaps
a standard lower level tunnel 96 studs long, 14 studs wide and 14 bricks high,
and upper tunnel(s) either perpendicular or parallel to the the lower one. We
could cover the opening of the unused tunnel with grey brick. How careful do
we have to be about allowing access to the interior?
I had just thought of the idea of a stream this week. Lifting a section of
track up a brick or so over a waterway would be neat. I have incorporated a
waterfall into the new version of the mountain. Are there plates with a
printed waterway that is straight? Using a whole bunch of the plates from
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/6748
makes a very tortuous waterway!
I was trying to make the water glisten in blue, has anyone opened the
rotating fiberoptic light from the shuttle and other sets? I was hoping
to change the light from red to blue, and put it under some clear plates, at
the base of the waterfall.
Michel
> we could do something like have a yard on top of the raised part.
> Yup, that'll take quite a lot of bricks. I would do it out of
> the large 1-high baseplates supported by 4 x 4 pillars. I have
> 20 of the 12 x 24 x 1's, and a few of the 8 x 16 x 1's in green,
> and a bunch of the smaller ones in other colours. Also the even
> smaller 4 x 12's and 8 x 8's if we are tight. The monorail
> could spiral in-and-out of one end of the mountain area. For
> example, in either the Oct14 or Steve's version, the entire
> upper-right corner could be mountain. The northern bridge then
> heads straight into a tunnel. Too bad I don't have the software -
> I could try out some things. Maybe eventually I'll get VMWare
> going and be able to run a virtual PC with Windoze...
>
> I forget what else I was going to say - going and counting has erased
> my brain!
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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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| (...) 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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| (...) <Grin> A few comments on layout proposals: - how important is it to have a 2-way connection between a pair of otherwise independent loops? That can take not much space if it is done when tracks from the two loops are close together. The Oct4 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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