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Re: A project suggestion= Let's develop a Theme ourselves....
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Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:29:38 GMT
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Farlie A wrote:
> Well no lock because I was thinking more along the lines of the systems in
> Europe (and possibly Norfolk?) which as far as I am away don't have locks. Ie
> canal as in Ship Canal?
Inland navigable water systems have to have some method of changing
level, which usually means locks (there are other methods, but they are
less common). Water going downhill tends to get a bit too exciting for
reliable passenger or freight transport :-) From a Lego POV, in fact
you would be better off keeping everything on the same level but a canal
or river system without locks would seem a bit odd. European water
navigation sytems do indeed have locks, including on rivers like the
Rhine, very large ones in fact! LL Windsor has a nice set of locks in
the Sweden area of miniland, IIRC.
> > One thing to bear in mind is that canal systems vary widely from country
> > to country and are almost non-existent in the US as compared to Europe.
> > Sounds like you're planning a UK-style canal system which might not have
> > very wide appeal.
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> Not at all. Like I said above. Think navigable waterway (as in Shannon,
> Missipi,Rhur etc.) not Birtish Canal (as in the Grand Union). I think that
> river based navigational 'systems' exist in the US?
We're talking big, wide waterways here. Even road width of a standard
roadplate would only be about equivalent to a Brit-style narrow canal.
Narrowboats are 8ft wide I believe which would approximate to the same
width as a car for lego purposes.
> Canal was just a convinent notation for the parts and sets.
> I felt river would have meant lesiure craft only. I wanted something that
> involved frieght movment as well as passangers!!
I agree. I like the whole idea very much but I think you're thinking
tooo small scale! If this is our own theme we don't have to stick with
Lego's production limitations, we could use 32x32-stud blue plates for
the waterway.
Another nice thing about introducing canals or rivers is that they give
us a great excuse for bridges!
Kevin
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