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Re: How to incorporate Large Church into town layout?
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Sun, 3 Nov 2002 04:51:19 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Paul Janssen writes:
> Thanks for all your nice comments, it looks lioke over 1000 hits in 1 day on
> my Brickshelf folder, could that be true? In order to proceed with the
> project, I have a few questions as a beginning city designer. I want to make
> my church a part of my city, but don't want it to take up too much space. I
> thought of building it onto a rock-like structure, high enough for monorail
> and trains to go through. I would then be able to make it a corner project,
> thereby not blocking view of other projects, and under the church would now
> be the usually least exciting part of a layout, like 2 parallel railway
> track corners. For now, the base of my church is 76 studs at its widest
> point, and 163 at its longest. Before I take on my project, I'd like some
> things clarified, so I only have to do it once. I'd like the input regarding
> the following
I can't answer them all, others will I am sure speak up too.
> Should I build a base in multiples of 32 studs, or 48?
32 will be more flexible.
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> How many bricks high (and wide) should the tunnels be to allow most MOC
> trains to pass smoothly (including the track)?
Depends on the size of the MOC. RTLToronto's template seems reasonable enough.
> How many bricks around a corner should be left free for trains to pass?
See above
> Does the base need easy access to potentially pick up derailed trains?
Probably. Depends on how long the tunnel section is and what the track shape is.
> In a layout, how many studs are the tracks from the corners, i.e. in a
> double track, where on the base (48 or 32, see question 1?), are the tracks
> located usually?
On a 32 stud base the spacing is:
4 studs of space
8 studs taken up by track (remember, track is 8 studs wide including the ties)
8 studs of space
8 studs taken up by track
4 studs of space
In other words the track centerlines are at 8 and 24 studs in from the plate
edge...
This is not the only way to do it but this spacing works out well for
corners as the outer corner is 1 track segment offset from the inner.
> Other things I may need to consider before pooring time (and money) into this?
Na.. L0L
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