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  Re: City blocks
 
(...) Chris was proposing 2x3 standard 10 inch 32 stud a side baseplates I think, not the 15 inch extra large 48 stud kind. Hope that helps. (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Yes, but it's still tight fitting that on 30" wide table (either a banquet table or a PNLTC module) once you have road plates and track(s) next to it. My understanding from the pics is that the actual (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) Yup. Good points. I think the thinking behind using 2x3 was that it's large enough to be a significant block.. it does not take roadways into account and thus won't work on a 30" wide module. If you go with a one baseplate standard it needs to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) Kevin ,what is your thinking then just a block being 1 32x32 baseplate wide? That seems to small.I have seen alot of train show pics and it seems most clubs put at least 2 30" tables together(we in MichLTC do both 2 and 3 tables deep)So I dont (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
Chris Leach wrote in message ... (...) wide? (...) It seems to me better to have a small module which can be joined and arranged in many different ways, than a large monolithic module. If your basic module is 32x32 you can make an arrangement as (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) Hmmmm that's true....I was just tring come up with a stadard "block size" which is still possible if you build modules that are able to go together.Let's just say then the max could be the 2x3 32x32 plate size and no bigger which will allow (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) 2x3 being the largest blocks? Uh oh. I'm building my blocks as 2x4s with the 8-wide alley running down the middle. I have some more buildings finished and hopefully will have a sample block to bring to the next meeting. David Kohrman (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
Chris Leach wrote in message ... (...) Do we need a max size? Provided a large size module has connections in the right place, or is self-contained inside road plates, I think it could be as large as desired. The city block I built for last year's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) I was thinking a max size so that the cross roads would work and so there is a "standard" to work with.(my whole point of this)and we get a more block feel. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
Chris Leach wrote in message ... (...) is (...) feel. I like towns where the blocks are not all the same size, personally, and it's often necessary to fit into a given table area. If there was no max size, there would be nothing stopping you (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) Ok... now the fun part is we still need to come up a good standard for connecting buildings....:-) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) If I am following this right, standard block 2 x 3, add roads on 2, 3 or 4 sides depending on placement in block group. If you fill the block, then attachment to other buildings would be self contained on your block. Sidewalks would be on road (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) Matthew if you can fill a 2x3 or more block then that works.But what we are now talking about are people builing on just one baseplate(for those who do not wish to build more or can't build larger).If we can come up with a good system we can (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) How too small? Nothing prevents people from building modules, which correspond to a multiple of 32×32 plates, as long as the edges correspond to whatever connection rules we decide on. Play well, Jacob -- City X'ers truck (building (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) No. (IMHO) (...) Yes. Play well, Jacob -- Jacob's LEGO cars: (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 
  Re: City blocks
 
(...) Right I already said that sounds fine(read other post)Chris (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)

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