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Re: Packing the Mountain
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:40:14 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brian Darrow wrote:
> I took the mountain apart tonight and made some sequential pictures. Some of
> the boxes are a little snug so I use pieces of a cut up bed sheet to lower the
> sections in and lift them out. All total it's 17 boxes and 8 table sections. It
> took about two hours to pack it up carefully, but I think actual show teardown
> will go much quicker since it won't need to be so carefully packed and my
> IndyLUG friends always help me.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=116274
> Brian Darrow
I see most of the modules are fascias for the raised table sections.
This one
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1095622>
shows me how you've supported the mountain. I can see the cubic structure -
about every 16 studs? However, is that a stack of red 1x4 bricks at the middle
of the back? I'd be waiting for that to break! <shudder>
I wonder if I'm using too many bricks for my modules in the pursuit of long-term
strength. After all, I'd expect to make modules with at least a 5-year
exhibition life.
Mark
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| (...) Mark, The lowest section of the support column is 2x4 duplo bricks. The middle column progresses to 2x8 LEGO brick configuration as it climbs up the back of the module. I do use 1x's on the cross members but all the main support columns never (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| I took the mountain apart tonight and made some sequential pictures. Some of the boxes are a little snug so I use pieces of a cut up bed sheet to lower the sections in and lift them out. All total it's 17 boxes and 8 table sections. It took about (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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