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Re: Anyone built a curved bridge?
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:20:48 GMT
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I *thought* I had seen a better one!  After going through about 20 of them, I
gave up;-)  Hey Paul, what ever happened to the thumbs?

-John

John Gerlach wrote:

In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
Paul Foster caught a picture of the GMLTC layout that barely shows our curved
bridge.  I wasn't able off hand to find a better one.  Sorry:-(  Perhaps J-1 • or
J-3?
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/legopic/nmra/gmltc5.jpg

-John

Here's a better picture (Thanks, Paul!):
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/legopic/nmra/gmltc10.jpg

Basically, Conan lays the track down and builds the grey 'bed' to fit.  Once
that is done, he comes up with a support structure to hold it.  Pretty darn
clever he is...  <grin>

J1



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  Re: Anyone built a curved bridge?
 
(...) They never went anywhere. All the pics with "th" are thumbnails. There is an index at (URL) uses all the thumbnails but the stupid page takes forever to load with 53 thumbnails. Never did get back to figuring out why the page loads so slow. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Anyone built a curved bridge?
 
Thanks for the photo, I may want to try something like that. One idea hit me last night but I have to see if the LEGO geomerty works. My idea would be to use those plate hinges; I'm going to build a test model today to see if it would work. Adrian (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Anyone built a curved bridge?
 
(...) or (...) Here's a better picture (Thanks, Paul!): (URL) Conan lays the track down and builds the grey 'bed' to fit. Once that is done, he comes up with a support structure to hold it. Pretty darn clever he is... <grin> J1 (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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