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Re: Moonbase Monorail: What is the track elevation?
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Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:16:54 GMT
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> > On some of our train layouts, I use 21 bricks and one plate as the elevation
> > standard--it really came out of a large module that one of our club members
> > built. However, with the new standard height of an airlock being 10 bricks high
> > and corridors being 5 high, with a plate thrown in, if you actually stacked two
> > corridors directly on top of each other (assuming you do the following:
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> > 10 bricks for elevation
> > 1 plate for floor #1
> > 5 bricks high for corridor (floor 1)
> > 1 plate for ceiling #1/floor #2
> > 5 bricks high for corridor (floor 2)
> > 1 plate for roof
> >
> > That puts you at 21 bricks..all you would need to have a monorail on top would
> > be a single plate--which you could just stick on top of a connector, and you can
> > run monorail that way.
> >
> > If you only had one story, you could put a 5-brick and 2-plate support for the
> > monorail on top of the connector.
> >
> > not saying it's a standard, but if you want a two-story module, the monorail can
> > sit right on top of the module.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Scott
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> The 21 height works to clear train and run over top of modules. However, I am
> running monorail directly through some of my modules. I will go over others and
> under others. I will be going over hills and mountains, and through hills and
> mountains. My home building table is 9'x 6'. Plenty of space for many different
> types of modules and terrain.
> I also plan on at least 2 independent monorail lines.
>
> Steven Weiser
Hm (Thinking about something like a monorail station)...21 bricks and 1 plate
minus a "down" ramp which is 10 high and you have = 11 bricks and 1 plate.
Deduct the one plate for a moonbase floor, and you have 1 brick difference
left...hm... maybe you could have a step-up platform in a large double-high
opening that would look like an atrium (and you could have a second level
overhang inside the atrium for the moonbase citizens to look down into the
atrium..
Plus, dropping down a second ramp would put you at one brick and one plate high,
which would let you build a little bit below, especially if it was a low
tunnel...
Like I said before..not a standard by any means, but an idea that I had...
Scott
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| (...) The 21 height works to clear train and run over top of modules. However, I am running monorail directly through some of my modules. I will go over others and under others. I will be going over hills and mountains, and through hills and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.space)
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