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Re: Moonbase at Brickfest... how was it planned?
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lugnet.space
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Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:51:35 GMT
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In lugnet.space, David Laswell wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Steven McDonough wrote:
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At our next meeting I had people bring any modules they had done for a trial
fit together. Only some of the members could make it but it helped finalize
the layout design.
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That’s a really cool idea if it’s feasible to do something like that. I
don’t think MichLUG has that luxury, since the bulk of our Moonbase capacity
is split between Indiana and Canada. Our solution is simply making sure that
we all confirm the corridor arrangement of our modules for the person
designing the layout plan, but it doesn’t help so much with pre-planning any
Monorail or Space Train additions.
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Yeah it did not turn out as useful as I hoped because many people either were
not there or they didn’t have their module done. It did however whip up more
interest in the club members that were not into space. It also let the people
who didn’t have their modules done really see what was needed of them. I had a
hard time getting number of corridors from people. Mostly I think, because they
didn’t have their module done.
I think it would be cool if IndyLUG and MichLUG could do a layout together
sometime. We pretty much used all of the club members grey baseplates this time.
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My only other suggestion is to make some “hanging corridors” like this.
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We inadvertantly ended up with something like that at the Novi Toy & Hobby
Expo. Rick put together a last-minute 4-way to fill in part of the center,
and the support beam was only 8-high (miscommunication about which standard
we were using). It was a pretty lightweight 4-way, so he just popped the
support beam off and suspended it from all four connecting modules. It
didn’t actually end up being necessary for the Monorail track layout, but it
looked really cool just hanging there. I think the best shot I got of it was
this one:
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I really like the hanging corridor idea. I think you can expand the base really
fast with out tons of bricks. And it gives lots of ground space. Hopefully it
will catch on for other moonbases.
-Steve McDonough
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Yeah, I can see how that could be a problem. Do you make updated layout plans available to club members on a regular basis? That might help people who can't show up for a dry assembly meeting see what needs to be filled in a bit more. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Moonbase at Brickfest... how was it planned?
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| (...) That's a really cool idea if it's feasible to do something like that. I don't think MichLUG has that luxury, since the bulk of our Moonbase capacity is split between Indiana and Canada. Our solution is simply making sure that we all confirm (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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