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Re: Moonbase: Nailing down Moonway and Rail Standard
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lugnet.space, lugnet.trains
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Tue, 18 May 2004 04:56:27 GMT
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You got me thinking and, they *can* work alongside each other : )
Check it out :
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/xanthra47/moonbase/tracks.jpg
And just to prove that I really spend way too much time in front of a
computer screen, I made some low polygon, mockup, moonbase elements in
MLcad to try out ideas for layouts:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/xanthra47/moonbase/layout.m.jpg
I was trying to re-create last year's moonbase setup at Brickfest. I'm
not sure if I used the right number of tables (6 ?) or if the size of
the tables is correct (3'x 6' ?)
PLMKWYT
-JSM
Purple Dave wrote:
> The advantage to that design is that the area between modules should already
> have 8-stud/9-brick clearance, so as long as the train isn't too high, it should
> be able to pass through safely without any major modifications to existing
> modules. The advantage to the path detailed with the official Moonbase standard
> is that it can run adjacent to a module, rather than below it, allowing for
> cargo to be offloaded into a warehouse, or attached to a standard Moonbase
> corridor. Unfortunately, since the straights are 16-studs long instead of
> 8-studs, you can't do both with unmodified track.
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