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Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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Date: 
Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:46:11 GMT
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"Brian Darrow" <bdarrow@insightbb.com> writes:

> Hi Chris,
> Here's a close-up picture of the lower bridge.  As you can see the bridge is
> an illusion.  I needed to keep it at table level since all the track running
> under the mountain is on the table.  I considered a slight elevation of a
> couple of bricks for the bridge but it really didn't look much different
> than the table level rendition.  It all sets so far back in the layout that
> it just wasn't worth complicating what takes place under the mountain to get
> a little air under the bridge.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bdarrow/ExpoModule/2005_0205image0001.jpg

Ok, thanks.

> Here's a diagram of the track layout, however, I'm not at all proficient
> with track designer.  The green is the main level, the yellow is the upper
> level and blue represents the drop down section with the stone arch bridge.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/bdarrow/ExpoModule/mountain.jpg
> Some of the spurs and turnouts are not on this diagram, but hopefully you
> can get an idea of how the whole thing lays out.

Oooh - that's tricky. I bet viewers spend a lot of time watching to see
where the trains are going to appear next! That's always good fun.

Thanks!

--
Experience should guide us, not rule us.

Chris Gray     cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM
               http://www.GraySage.COM/cg/



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Do you have (...) Hi Chris, Here's a close-up picture of the lower bridge. As you can see the bridge is an illusion. I needed to keep it at table level since all the track running under the mountain is on the table. I considered a slight elevation (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)

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