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Re: Roundy Roundy
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:39:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
> > A dogbone is good for giving an impression of a double track main line,
> > especially if you hide the loops at each end to a certain extent.
<snip>
> There's been an argument going on about this on our own club site. My side
> of it was... <snip...> Run the track around a castle, or lake, or
> fairground, or something, but don't hide it.
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> Does anyone seriously think the viewing public are fooled by this huge 6"
> square covered area where trains magically seem to enter in one direction
> and come out travelling the other way?!?!?
On the other hand, trains disappearing and reappearing is a huge facination
for children and adults alike (myself included). That's one of the reasons
why traditional model railroaders have always added tunnels and hidden loops
to their layouts.
The point of covered areas isn't to fool the public, it's to intruige them. [1]
Rick C.
[1] Also, it's a heckuvalot less work and expense to hide an area than to
detail it.
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Is it? Don't the tunnels and such need to be detailed as well? Larry's mountain may cover a large chunk of track, but I'd bet it could be cheaper to just lay down a few empty baseplates, pepper them with trees and shrubs, and stick a few (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Well, that's not exactly my argument. I'm saying when you block a large area from view just because you don't think a turning loop is 'prototypical', then your audience are more likely to see it as an inconvenience, rather than appreciate your (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| Rick Clark wrote in message ... (...) loops (...) One of our previous Vancouver Lego Club layouts had hidden sidings under a mountain controlled by Mindstorms (courtesy of the automation genius of Dean Husby) so that one train entered at one end and (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) There's been an argument going on about this on our own club site. My side of it was that if you want to model a specific length of line to your own satisfaction, then do it and forget about detailing the end loops. But, when it comes to a (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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