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Re: More fun with TD...
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Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:43:53 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Michel Magnan writes:
> > > - 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.
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> I loved your logging train, I definitely want it back. We can go from 4 wide
> to 6 wide to 8 wide!
The narrow gauge train was cool. :)
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> > - 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).
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> 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.
Even with Big Red's clearance factor, it won't be a problem to build a
mountain he can turn in.
> 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?
It's not a problem to build something with a wall that can come off easily.
This fortress here:
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/mm2.jpg
the entire left side of the mountain hinges open, and the flat areas on the
right all come off.
> 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!
There are straight waterways. I've got one or two, I think. It could also be
easily done with blue plates & bricks.
> 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.
I've had pretty good results just using multiple 9 volt lights.
James
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