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Re: Track? MOC or New?
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:14:24 GMT
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FWIW, a few years back, Aurora managed to produce flexible race car track!
The system used a herring-bone type arrangement for the plastic track base
with spring-like rails, thereby making it fully flexible...
Not sure if any such arrangement could be applied to trains where obviously
the rails need to be more solid?
Food for thought ;-)
Just Jono .oO
"Josh Baakko" <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GoK786.E29@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes:
> > > Tony Priestman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have some ideas about flexible track which I intend to develop, but • I
> > > > think the current track geometry is too limited to be worth expanding.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure LEGO flex track would work very well. Flex track needs to
> > > be cut to fit.
> >
> > Not necessarily. That's the conventional way to do it, yes... but what if
> > there were sliding parts at each tie point? in that case the outer rail
> > would "get longer" so to speak, with no cutting needed. Might be • frightfully
> > expensive though.
>
> I'd like to comment a little on this, I've thought about the logistics...
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> First, model trains have flex track, one rail is usually permenant, while
> the other slides. Also, they have pure metal rails, now with LEGO track,
> there is plastic under the rails, this plastic would have to be soft, but
> then it would loose its weight holding ability... Now, I'm sure that • there
> is SOME way that it could be hardened. Now what about cutting, & still
> having the connector ends? My wee little mind is saying "Complicated,
> possible, but really complicated" & just think of the COST (producing...)!
>
> Josh
> (please don't start yelling, but is it feasable?)
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| (...) I'd like to comment a little on this, I've thought about the logistics... First, model trains have flex track, one rail is usually permenant, while the other slides. Also, they have pure metal rails, now with LEGO track, there is plastic under (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.trains)
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