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Re: New Plasticity layout - a challenge
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Date: 
Sun, 28 May 2000 14:21:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Andreas Stabno writes:
In lugnet.trains, Bram Lambrecht writes:
In lugnet.trains, Andreas Stabno writes:
I'm looking for help in designing my new layout which I've been tinkering • with
for the last week or so.  A rather large jpg can be seen here:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=astabno

Wow, that's quite a layout...do you have enough room and enough pieces for • it?
--Bram

Room and pieces always seem to be the limiting factors.  We're thinking of
finishing our basement this summer and the layout will pretty much take up the
entire space except for a narrow walkway around the tables and some space for
shelves.

Keep aisle space in mind, please. Don't expect to reach in much more than about
24-30 inches from a table edge. you may find that you need some "access
hatches" or more of a walkaround layout with peninsulas, than a huge expanse
that you can't get to the middle of.

That layout you posted was interesting from a thought experiment perspective,
but not practical from a build perspective. IMHO as an ex model railroader
where this topic comes up a lot.

++Lar



As far as pieces go I still need to make a large purchase of 9 volt rails, but
everything else is in place.

Play well,

Andreas Stabno
http://www.megsinet.net/~stabno/SimiLego.htm



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: New Plasticity layout - a challenge
 
(...) the (...) about (...) Of course there are solutions which don't require access hatches. A kind of interesting one from the latest issue of The Narrow Guage and Shortline Gazette - one modeler building in a large scale has a mine building that (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: New Plasticity layout - a challenge
 
(...) about (...) It would work fine...on the floor. This is where my layouts are for the most part, with the lego trains it works quite well to have them directly onto a solid floor. Yes, it does limit some choices of elevation, but it also adds a (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.trains)

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(...) with (...) Room and pieces always seem to be the limiting factors. We're thinking of finishing our basement this summer and the layout will pretty much take up the entire space except for a narrow walkway around the tables and some space for (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.trains)

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