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Re: A project suggestion= Let's develop a Theme ourselves....
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.town
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Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:53:08 GMT
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Instead of developing a lock plate with a fixed width, why not create a
'bluff' plate--the equivalent of one of the proposed lock plates, but cut in
half lengthwise. A builder could stick any number of flat baseplates
between two halves and create waterways as wide or narrow as desired.
Further, you could use these plates to create bluffs, terraced hillsides,
and so forth.
-Doug
Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message
news:39C286B2.A92A1B7E@compuserve.com...
> 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.
> >
> > 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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