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Re: Bridge Building Questions
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 8 May 2001 08:18:13 GMT
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Duq wrote:
> I'm not a LEGO trainbuilder, but I've been into model trains for years. and
> this is an idea I got from some modeltrain book: forget about ramps. What?
> Forget about ramps. Think Moses, mountain....
> If it's hard to raise the level of your track, lower the base of the bridge!
> Ever thought about a bridge between two tables?
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> Duq
Indeed. We always have multiple bridges connecting tables at all PNLTC shows.
Another, similar idea is to build a table lower than the adjacent table,
creating an opportunity for a rampless bridge.
Any good model railroading book will confirm that this is preferred to trying
to fiddle with inclines, which in scale modeling have a tendency to cause
derailments unless very carefully aligned. And the prototypes avoid ramps even
more than model railroaders.
Good call, Duq.
Rick Clark
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| I'm not a LEGO trainbuilder, but I've been into model trains for years. and this is an idea I got from some modeltrain book: forget about ramps. What? Forget about ramps. Think Moses, mountain.... If it's hard to raise the level of your track, lower (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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