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  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
 
(...) 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
 
(...) 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
 
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
 
(...) 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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