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Re: Mountain Layout
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lugnet.org.us.michlug
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Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:10:21 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Jason Spears writes:
> Ok, I now have enough BURPS to start construction on the Mountain. But I have
> few questions.
(Just offering some friendly suggestions from experience...)
> 1. Should I have two tracks running through the mountain or only one?
It depends a lot on how wide your mountain is. In general though, I'd
suggest only 1, especially if your mountain goes around a corner. If you
stick to LEGO's standard spacing between tracks, there is pretty much no
room for supports between tracks going around a corner, especially if you
run 8-wides. I learned this at the mountain I built for Supertrain in
February (pics in my Brickshelf gallery, which seems to be flaky ATM).
> 2. Should it be built for a corner or a straight run of track?
Preference. IMHO, a corner is more visually appealing, but a straight run
is much simpler, and doesn't chew through bricks quite as fast.
> 3. If I do indeed build it for two rows of track, how far apart should the
> pieces of track be? If they are far enought apart, I will have two
> enterence/exits, otherwise just one big one.
Depends on your layout. It's one of my pet peeves that anyone in NALUG
could tell you about, though - I'm pretty hardnosed about sticking to LEGO's
standard geometry, even though it stinks.
> 4. Where on a 32x32 baseplate should the outermost piece of track lie, to line
> up with the rest of the layout.
Standard spacing says 4 studs in. (i.e. the track starts on stud 5)
thanks,
James
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