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Re: Track Bed Ideas
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Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:44:10 GMT
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Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> and box it up while I lived in smaller (but safer)apartments. I am now ready
> to start building a new town and have two train lines planned. I was
> wondering if anyone knew of some pictures showing track bed ideas. I don't
> want to just lay the track on baseplates. I have thought of using brown
> plates (of which I have plenty). I have also thought of using the Lego
> Mosaic & mixing up the colors.
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> Does anyone have any helpful links or ideas in this regard?
Hi Jonathan...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2934
elevate the track by one plate. i tend to use 1x8 plates on the track
ends and then add 2 1x2 plates in the center of the track section span.
fill in with very light gray and lt gray pieces from the mosiac set,
placing them in a random pattern as opposed to strict checkerboard fashion.
i have a post somewhere on lugnet explaining this in more detail and
with estimates of linear distance one can cover with a mosiac set.
-chris
ps: glanced over your pics of the elevated subway. great stuff as always!
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| (...) Hi Chris, thanks for the reply and link. that is exactly what I am looking to do. I found your study of ballast as well. (URL) didn't know it was called ballast....(townie factor) Thanks for the compliments & thanks again for pointing me in (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| How do you handle curved track? I don't believe that such a rectangular arrangement will work with curved track. I considered using tiles, but a large supply of gray tiles would be hard to get. Any thoughts? - John Eric "Christopher Tracey" (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hello, Due to 3 break in's last summer, I felt it was time for me to move. I had to dismantle my Urban Landscape and elevated subway (URL) box it up while I lived in smaller (but safer)apartments. I am now ready to start building a new town and have (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.trains)
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