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Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
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Mon, 14 Jul 2003 21:33:42 GMT
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <ben@1000steine.SPAM-block.com> wrote in message
news:HI18Iz.1qGs@lugnet.com...

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(*) in fact I have suggested these years ago and at that time some other • AFOLs
doubted the sense of these pieces as well....
<http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=5232http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=5232>
(have a look at question number 5!)

Everytime I see a reference to these pages I have to go back and look at
Ben's April Fools catalog:

http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/misc.phtml#fun

In particular, the catalog images:

http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/pi403.jpg
http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/pi404.jpg
http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/pi405.jpg
http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/pi406.jpg
http://www.fgltc.org/bwoabs/misc/pi407.jpg

The amount of discussion, excitement, debate, etc. over those pictures was
amazing.  There was tons of excitement over the 1/4 and 1/2 track segments.
Even looking at these pictures now I am amazed at how well Ben pulled off
this spoof.  If only it hadn't been a spoof!

Mike


--
Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders
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  Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
 
(...) Hi Jeroen, as the others told already: you need it to fix geometry problems with odd angles. And with the straight-curve-strai.....-system, you can make up lots of new curve radius', with half straights. I would(*) even suggest quarter (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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