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Re: Train 3 Height and Width
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:26:13 GMT
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> (Looks like I *can* make it to train3 after all, btw.)
Excellent.
> I think we found at the MONLUG train show that the width of the eluraCar is
> extremly disproportionate to the height. It's tall, but it's not wide. It's
> an 8wide car (with hand strap secured to the body of the camera so it
> doesn't flop all about), but at like 14.1 high (bricks.plates, ie, 0.3 =
> 1.0). So it tends to make openings in structures really nasty sized :-/
From my perspective I don't find the 15 block height to be out of proportion.
My "GO Train" cars are exactly 13 blocks high. The 2 block clearance looks
about right when they go into a tunnel. However I seem to be the only one
building 8 wide cars. :-(
> I guess we just have to decide, does the satisfaction people get from
> watching the POV clips in the videos outweight the added headaches of
> construction? It's something I've been thinking about for a while. I hate to
> like, imply that everything HAS to have an opening that big, just for the
> camera I happen to have. Feels kinda guilty :-/
I'm all for the video. It looks so cool running that camera around.
Derek
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| "Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3C3DEAD5.59BB05...aka.com... (...) proportion. (...) looks (...) I'm thinking about trying an 8-wide project soon. But I'm too lazy to actually *build* anything. :) Iain (25 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| "Jeff Van Winden" <Jvwinden@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:GpLEE0.7Kq@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) (Looks like I *can* make it to train3 after all, btw.) I think we found at the MONLUG train show that the width of the eluraCar is extremly (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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