Subject:
|
Re: Rocky Ridge... Canyon?
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.trains
|
Date:
|
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:07:01 GMT
|
Reply-To:
|
keilers@uswest%AvoidSpam%.net
|
Viewed:
|
1045 times
|
| |
|
|
Rick, What are your thoughts on painting Lego bricks. I am sort of a purist and
therefore not so creative. I have a fantastic idea for one heck of a massive
setup. Green bricks will be very important and the details - pictures of your
discoveries. Wonderful to see a possible solution for my lack of green bricks.
Rick Clark wrote:
> Greetings to all. I'm a long-time lurker on RTL, but new to Lugnet. Been
> lurking
> here about 3 weeks now. Great discussions. Oh, and I've been a Lego Railfan for
> nearly 12 years now (came out of my dark ages in college, with the 7722 battery
> train in 1987).
>
> I have some information to offer, and a question to ask.
>
> I noticed the following about the "Rocky Ridge Playscape" plastic canyon piece
> that comes with set #6589, "Radical Racer":
>
> 1. With minimal support in a couple of places, a length of curved track will
> fit
> right through it.
> 2. There are five indentations on the surface (three on the plateaus, two in
> the
> riverbed), each designed to hold a 2x2 brick and perhaps keep a structure from
> sliding off.
> 3. It could be painted to match some color that Lego actually uses (green,
> gray,
> tan).
> 4. My local Walmart (and probably yours too) has a whole mess of them, and has
> them marked down to $4.00 each (from $9.97)
>
> It seems there is potential here. Anyone tried tapping it?
>
> Rick Clark
> jrclark@nospam.aol.com
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Rocky Ridge... Canyon?
|
| The Rocky Ridge playscape isn't real lego. So you can paint without a qualm, but you have to think twice before using it in an MOC. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Rocky Ridge... Canyon?
|
| Greetings to all. I'm a long-time lurker on RTL, but new to Lugnet. Been lurking here about 3 weeks now. Great discussions. Oh, and I've been a Lego Railfan for nearly 12 years now (came out of my dark ages in college, with the 7722 battery train in (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
|
5 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
