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Re: Moonbase: Starting to put up the rail standard
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lugnet.space, lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:52:08 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Jason S. Mantor wrote:
> Jon Palmer wrote:
> > Now that I disagree with. I don't think the standard should bend because we
> > need tall trains. Just make em short. Like Larry said, even some mining
> > carts are only 48" tall.
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> That's great and all but most people don't commute to work in mining
> carts : P We can live with the height, I guess, but what about the
> width ? An eight stud wide road isn't even wide enough to get realistic
> cargo containers through : ( 10 would be workable, but 12 would be better.
This is going to be impossible to nail down until an actual layout is done at
NWBrickCon (hope I spelled that right). Some modules don't have connectors on
all sides.
I think that someone should take track at NWBC and use it to eyeball trouble
spots for a train, and see how easy it would be to avoid those areas in a future
layout.
I ALSO think we should scrap trains for NWBC and concentrate on monorail &
moonways; these two travel options are less space-intensive (SPACE). Let's get
some measurements & logistics worked out.
We shouldn't compromise the integrity of the MB standards much more to
accomodate bigger train cars. If trains can't adhere to a 6-wide standard with
some spillover greebling, our MB's get smaller & smaller. It should ALWAYS be
about the MoonBase, not the accessories.
-nk
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