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Re: Mountain/Quarry
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Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:32:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Brown writes:
> Nice work; I'm especially impressed by the angled tunnel entrance, those are
> always my particular demon. So much so that I've sworn against them 3 shows
> running now... :)
One entrance/portal has angled wings (something that you don't see much in
LEGO models) and the other has straight wings but an angled portal. The
angle is 45 degrees and it's almost an integral distance, there is a little
bending at the top to get it to work, so small you can hardly see it (but
enough misalignment that the portal top tends to stress fracture a bit and
has to be constantly pressed back together).
The wings are the connection points and hold the portal via hinges.
If I had it to do over again I might only connnect one wing and let the
portal AND the other wing float (held in place with guides but not connected)
> Looks to be about 45 bricks of vertical or so?
Thereabouts.
> My only significant
> suggestion would be to not shy so hard away from burps; used properly they
> can give you the uniformity of a background color without killing the
> non-sculpted look. I tend to run the burbs as a background layer, between 2
> and 10 bricks in, depending on what kind of slope I'm looking for.
Do you mean you cover them up? In that case why bother? My issue is that by
the time you've added enough bricks that they are no longer recognisable as
burps you hvae spent almost as many as you would to just sheathe.
> How is it braced internally,
GMLTC standard lattice structure, with extra bracing in areas where the wall
is thin. Tunnel roofs are using huge bricks (one 32x32 with corner missing
and a lot of 12x24s) and plate bracing. The bracing is embedded in the
lattice and then the lattice is just layered on top of the huge bricks and
away you go. I used a spacing of 5 vertical between each 2x4 lattice layer.
There is an opening in the back of the middle module to allow access in case
of derailments. But we ended up with a narrower room than we were told
(shoddy commmunication by the organizers) so the mountain ended up flush
against the wall. Fortunately we only had one in tunnel derailment and it
was easy enough to clean up.
> and what size of train is it rated for? It
> looks like only 6-wide clearance on the inside of those curves, but the
> perspective makes it hard to tell.
I originally planned to use a standard template but ended up just using
certain items of rolling stock to check clearances. Like I said, it clears
the bullet train, which has long overhanging noses so the outside curve
clearance is generous. It also clears a stock doodlebug and a stock drop
center transfomer car (the transfomer load is 8 wide) so it should fit short
8 wides, but not long ones.
> James
> (...built a few mountains in my time...)
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| (...) I don't completely cover them; just about 1/2 covered or so. It lets me get a consistent background color by using piles of grey or dk grey burps. I find that it does take quite a few bricks, but because the burps are the structural layer, I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Nice work; I'm especially impressed by the angled tunnel entrance, those are always my particular demon. So much so that I've sworn against them 3 shows running now... :) Looks to be about 45 bricks of vertical or so? My only significant (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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