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Somehow, 65" doesn't sound right to me. Whole baseplates would be best, no?
If you are going to go that long, why not bump up to 80" so that you can use
standard hollow core doors for table tops. It would be an inexpensive
solution...
Build On!
John Matthews
John Gerlach <john.gerlach@bestbuy.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:Fru9Ay.Dys@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > > Looks like we will be switching to a 40" x 65" table (all dimensions • were
> > > based on maximizing our trailer space). Also, we will not maintain a 20
> > > brick high level, but move from a minimum of 5 up to 20 and higher.
> >
> > Would someone please give me the size in studs: I have no feeling for • other
> > non metric systems....
>
> 14 tables, each 40" x 65" (128 studs x 208 studs). Total layout • dimensions
> should be 672 studs x 1040 studs. Low end will have tracks at 8 (10?) • bricks
> above the baseplate, high end will have tracks at 20 bricks above the
> baseplate. Tentative plans are to have mountains 50 to 60 bricks high at • the
> 'high' end of the layout.
>
> This is all still in the planning stage, we haven't even figured out what
> might go where. But, we know it's going to be fun to build!!
>
> JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) If we just use the grey baseplates, 45x60 or 45x75 would make the most sense. But, our trailer is 76 inches wide, with a door 72 inches wide. With the 65 inch length, we can put the racks into the trailer sideways, and still have enough room (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) 14 tables, each 40" x 65" (128 studs x 208 studs). Total layout dimensions should be 672 studs x 1040 studs. Low end will have tracks at 8 (10?) bricks above the baseplate, high end will have tracks at 20 bricks above the baseplate. Tentative (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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