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Re: new bridge
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 18:09:19 GMT
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The columns could be taller if you wanted to make the arches more shallow.

Chris

P.S. It still looks better than any arched bridge that I have tried to make.

Dan Boger wrote:

> In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> > Dan,
> > 
> > It is a nice bridge, but (sorry I had to add a but) it seems that the
> > arches are too pointy. It almost looks like the arches are gothic arches.
> > I am more used to seeing arches that are either romanesque or flatter
> > than romanesque (like the simple looking bridges that cross the Seine in
> > Paris).
> 
> Well, the limitations of the baseplate size, and the required height pretty
> much dictated the arches.
> 
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > P.S. It looks better than any arched bridge that I have tried to make.
> 
> Thanks! :)
> 
> Dan



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  Re: new bridge
 
(...) Well, the limitations of the baseplate size, and the required height pretty much dictated the arches. (...) Thanks! :) Dan (26 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.trains)

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