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Re: Train 3 Height and Width
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Date: 
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 (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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