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Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
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Date: 
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:41:44 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.texlug, Tom Reed writes:
> > Tom: Fantasy train, black ship (pirate, death, death-pirate???), pirate
> > outpost, black futuristic loco, boxcar
> The ship was "The Sea Snake!",

Ah! Sorry I didn't catch the name. A most excellent model!

> the outpost was Morgan's hideaway!, and the
> boxcar was not my original design..I think I got the idea from Jason McKee
> (I hope that's the right name..my apologies if I made a mistake there!  I
> just changed the color scheme.)

Do you mean Jake McKee's boxcar:
http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/equipment/boxcar/index.cfm

> > We ran various train combinations around the tracks and bridges, and we
> > found out the hard way which train cars didn't fit through the bridges.
> Unfortunately, that applied to most of my cars.  But the bridges were great!
> I just wished I could have planned for the clearance.

Ha! I though I was being conservative in my bridge design. I allowed for
8-wide cars and a 14 brick-height vertical clearance. It turns out that was
nearly the minimum needed. I goofed when I built my tank car too tall.

The next time I'll try and let everyone know, and I'll most definitely build
more clearance into my bridges.

TJ

> I want to say I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the "regulars" again and meeting
> the newbies!  This was a lot of fun and I am in awe of all the great
> designs, MOCs, etc.  I hope those that didn't make it will be able to the
> next time.  You don't know what you missed!  Kudos to all that helped to
> make it happen!  I think we've got a great group in the making...  I look
> forward to the next time!
> Thanks All!
> Tom



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  Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
 
(...) The bridges were plenty wide. The boxcar my wife built was just too wide in design. She's working on a redesign right now that I think will be much more visually pleasing and a bit narrower. I'm also working on my engine, but I'm afraid it (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)
  Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
 
(...) Thanks! (...) deserves the credit for the model. I had looked at it once and tried to duplicate it by memory. I think I was close. Thanks Jake! (...) Well the bridges were great! I didn't mind the problem. Most of the trains made it through (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)

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  Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
 
(...) I know I had a really good time! (...) The ship was "The Sea Snake!", the outpost was Morgan's hideaway!, and the boxcar was not my original design..I think I got the idea from Jason McKee (I hope that's the right name..my apologies if I made (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)

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