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Re: Station platforms
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 00:05:42 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford writes:
> > Hi.
> > I'm just wondering how high people usually make their station platforms? I
> > mean, assuming the track is sitting on a baseplate (not pushed down), how • many
> > plates to the top of the platform? I realise it depends on the trains, but is
> > there a sort-of "de-facto default"?
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> Dunno about anyone else but I tend to go with somewhere between 2.1 (two
> bricks, one plate) and 3.0 in thickness. This is just a bit more than the
> large platform units used by LEGO in many train and ocean sets and made in
> grey and dark grey.
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> Note that this is well below the height of most rolling stock I make,
> although some stock has lowered steps or doors.
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> It's also not unprototypical to have a platform that isn't flush with
> highdoors yet is a bit above ground level as well.
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> Real US passenger stock takes this into account, with vestibules that have
> drop plates. With the plates dropped, you walk straight out at highdoor
> level on to a high platform. With the plates raised, a set of stairs that
> gets you close to ground level is revealed (and the brakeman or porter or
> car attendent puts a small stepping platform down that takes care of the
> last step)
Thank you both for your suggestions. I checked the height of the Lego
platforms, and they looked just a little low with the cars I'm working on,
hence the question 8?) I just don't want them to look too high if I put it in a
cimbined layout with lower floor cars. I think I'll probably use about 2.1.
ROSCO
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| (...) Dunno about anyone else but I tend to go with somewhere between 2.1 (two bricks, one plate) and 3.0 in thickness. This is just a bit more than the large platform units used by LEGO in many train and ocean sets and made in grey and dark grey. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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