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Re: TEXLUG Meeting Wrap-up
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lugnet.org.us.texlug
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Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:48:42 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.texlug, Thomas Avery writes:
> 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!",
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> Ah! Sorry I didn't catch the name. A most excellent model! • Thanks!
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> > 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.)
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> Do you mean Jake McKee's boxcar:
> http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/equipment/boxcar/index.cfm
Yes that's it! An excellent design! I'm sorry I got Jake's name wrong. He
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!
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> > > 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.
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> 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.
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> The next time I'll try and let everyone know, and I'll most definitely build
> more clearance into my bridges.
Well the bridges were great! I didn't mind the problem. Most of the trains
made it through just fine.
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> TJ
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> > 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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