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Re: Bridge status and ideas (for GEMTS 2001)
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Wed, 2 May 2001 20:01:08 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Steve Chapple writes:
> Imagine the mountain sitting on a table only about a foot tall, or even on
> the floor itself, with the peaks at least a foot above the table.
That calls for a lot of brick, probably more than I have. Verticle lift is
what requires the most volume of bricks, if you want it sturdy, and I was
fairly well tapped out with the Supertrain mountain at about 2 feet of lift.
I've got some ideas I'll try and post this week, but it will have to wait
until I've got time to play with Track Designer.
> It's just a starting point - That's why I sent you the file. I don't even
> know if there are enough green tables available for it - that was to be one
> of my first follow-up questions... :-)
Right now there aren't enough tables, period. We have 6 full sets, counting
the roundhouse and the blue-topped 30x30. The original plan with a 60" gap
in the tables called for 7 sets exactly, but now without that gap, we need
to have 8 sets.
James
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| (...) I seem to recall Michel saying at some point that the table count had turned out to be inaccurate?? Six full sets as in six 30x60s and six 30x30s? That would mean then that two additional 30x60s (plus something lower for the mountain/bridge (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| (...) I agree there isn't enough room for elevation ramps. That's why my mountain-valley-bridge suggestion has both tracks at the level of the tables. The upper portion of the mountain peaks are above track/table level, while most of the "two (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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