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Re: City blocks
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lugnet.town
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Sun, 22 Sep 2002 17:00:26 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.town, William R. Ward writes:
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> > The trouble with this is that it can't fit on a 30" or 45" wide table.
> > For some train clubs, it's important to be able to reach all parts of
> > the layout. So I am against any standard that requires buildlings to
> > be very big. But see below...
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> 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.
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 buildings themselves cover
2 x 3 baseplates.
I think the module idea is wonderful, but 2x3 baseplates seems too big to
me. How about a smaller module with standard connections (even a 32x32
baseplate alone) - anyone wanting to build larger buildings simply uses
multiple modules, and it doesn't exclude the (probably many) people who
can't run to 6 baseplates covered with buildings, and is easier to fit into
a layout on 30" wide tables.
Kevin
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| (...) 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
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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