 | | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Sorry wrong math the bridge were A 10ft (12 32x32 Baseplates) (384 studs) B 15 ft (18 32x32 Baseplates) (576 studs) Also forgot link to current bridge (URL) mike (17 years ago, 24-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) John, Ok, I usually let JT start the NGLTC threads, but I wanted to make things less quiet... As for Brickshelf...well, I forgot my password, and never got a reply for a password reset...and, there was that whole "Brickshelf is closing" (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Ted, Sorry, I can not stand it anymore. A 48 stud baseplate is 15" and a fraction. Two at 96 studs would be 30" and a fraction. Four at 192 studs would be 5 feet and a fraction. Therefore 384 studs would be ten feet 3/4 of an inch. Bruce (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Wow! This has all been great information and the pictures are wonderful. I'm really excited to get a closer look at some of these bridges at various shows this summer. :-) I might even have to get out to somewhere where SCLTC is displaying (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Mike- The 192 stud (10 ft) cable-stayed bridged that I posted a picture of earlier in this thread has a middle open span of 96 studs (5 ft). When we originally designed it, we made the deck just 5 plates thick with the intention of having the (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) I've never deemed any of your rants to be 'crummy'--what other colourful words I may have used to describe your rants aside... :p And this thread is worthy. At the very least, it's (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) ... Snip ... (...) O be patient ranting one WIP will come and go but MOCs will be announced and posted when it is their time. Ohmmmm ... And to strike a serious note (I am rarely serious) - I fully agree with your point. If I was posting (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) I know that you are kidding, but it is for the sake of the poster that I am concerned! This is a crummy, rant thread, unworthy to have MOC posts of others buried in it! Also, it makes it very hard to search for MOCs in the future when things (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) You seem to be rather protective of YOUR thread ;) Are we not worthy? Do we polute your thread? Ooops I appear to have stood on your grass :p Chris (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) Sounds great, Scott-- I look forward to seeing them. But why not on Brickshelf? I have to admit that I hesitate going to Flickr-- I just feel more comfy viewing LEGO MOCs on BS. Ahem, and be sure to start your own thread! :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Dave, I built a 128-stud, truss style bridge for NGLTC shows that's become a staple of the layout. I use ZNAP as structural "members" to go over the tracks. The bridge does not use any support other than the compression between two tables. (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) (snip) John, NGLTC did a train show this past weekend, (Jan 19-20). Due to time constraints, the layout was similar to the one that was done at our last show in November. New parts of the layout included some additional Cafe Corners with an (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Well after reading your post one last time before I sent this I realized you wanted info on truss designs for a suspension bridge (like the Golden Gate) not a cable stay. But the second post threw me off due to the same problem I have had that (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Trains at Brickworld 08!
|
|
Hello all! We are starting our planning for Brickworld 08 and the train area will be bigger than ever! I've started a Yahoo group for planning discussion, so if you are interested in attending, please sign up (I've sent some invites out, but they (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX) !
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) Nah. "Huge" is such a relative term;-) (...) UP had a few turntables that could turn Big Boys; otherwise they would just use wyes. Not sure about modern one, though. JOHN (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: IT'S TOO DARN QUIET!!!!!!
|
|
(...) Thanks John The only thing I know for certain is that they cost me a lot more than 2 cents! I have built up quite a fleet of some of these cars, I have a sizable unit train of both spine cars (6x3) and bulk carriers (6x2) which are both very (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Here's a 288 stud bridge Bob Kojima built: (URL) next to see a few more pictures. Frank (17 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) I built one a couple of years ago that spans 128 studs, with two tracks. It's pretty minimal. I used double 1x16 technic bricks to support the deck, then combinations of technic bricks for the trusses. The deck is just strips of 2x16 plates (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Dave- All our public images are posted on the (URL) SCLTC website>. This (URL) will take you to every photo that contains a bridge. Just click on the ones that interest you for a larger image. I'll gather some photos of the newest bridge and (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
|
|
(...) Ted, Once again, you come through in spades! You always seem to have the answers I'm looking for. Do you have a Brickshelf folder or image gallery on the web where I can find a bunch of close-up pictures of your truss bridges? I want to get a (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
|
