 | | Re: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted.. —Stephen F. Roberts
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| | | (...) discussion thru threads before now :-/. But I can say I support the idea and am figuring out now how to make our layout compatible with the modular one. ...We are using table top layouts based loosely on the PNLTC standard. An observation I (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | Re: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted.. —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) There are two 'standard' heights: 29 3/4" table + baseplate + 10 bricks + 1 plate 29 3/4" table + baseplate + 22 bricks + 1 plate (extra plate is used to represent 'ballast' under the tracks) The higher one should be close to PNLTC / WAMALUG (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | Re: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted.. —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | | And the BayLTC layout will be using the upper height exclusively, as our layout will include the optional low track at 4 bricks+1 plate. JIG: Where the heck did you guys get THAT MANY small black and gray plates? I can't imagine how I am going to (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted.. —John Kelly
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| | | | | | (...) The last layer where we would normally brick over the top instead gets a layer of whatever plates are available. Then we use black and grey bricks to get the rest of the height. -John (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted.. —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | (...) So to get our 20 bricks + a plate we have: Baseplate + 19 bricks + 1 plate (usually something big like 6x8) + 1 brick... Yea, it's cheating, but it works! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | Re: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted.. —Stephen F. Roberts
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| | | | | (...) ...Yea, its closer, but overshoots some :-/ (sunken rail beds? :-) ...Its only a nuisance because its close to 2" for either version, and as we all know, LEGO trains do _not_ like going up or down slopes much :-/ (...) ...That's about all I'm (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | Re: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted.. —Stephen F. Roberts
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| | | | (...) ...Well, since most of the terrain is red bricks, it could also be shielding from the rolling rivers of lava... :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (24 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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