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Re: Acela ver2: Magnetic nose coupler
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 1 Nov 2000 18:50:29 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu+nospam+
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John Neal wrote:
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> Christopher Masi wrote:
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> <snip>
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> > Point 2: you would not be able to build as many models at the same time. I
> > cannot seem to build two of anything anyway. I always have enough for 1.5 copies
> > of a 6-wide creation. So, for me 1 8-wide is better than 1.5 6-wides.
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> Interesting you should say that, Chris, because when building 8 wides and larger, I
> have found it to be exactly the opposite case. When I have a large project in the
> works, I find it very time consuming to assemble all of the necessary parts from
> auctions, trades, etc, and so many of my projects are months and sometimes years in the
> making. That's a lot of downtime between building;-) So I have at least 10 different
> creations in the works, all in different stages of completion.
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> I will say that building 8 wide requires a lot of patience and determination. Of
> course, a vast bulk selection would alleviate a lot of that!
All I meant was that I never have enough bricks to make two 6-wide models of
the same thing, so I do not loose much by making one 8-wide creation. So, the
brick count does not seem to be a big deal from my point of view. On the other
hand, if you have just enough bricks to make two 6-wide models then you loose a
whole model by switching to 8-wide, and suddenly the brick count is very
important.
This thinking is caused by my building style. I do very little planning. I sit
down with a bunch of over-turned buckets, and I build with the bricks I have. I
acquire bricks based on the feeling of what brick I might need in the future. I
used to plan, but I found that what I thought I absolutely had to have I didn't
really need. So, no more planning.
10 creations in the works! My pea brain cannot even conceive of trying to do
ten creations at once. At best I would say I have two creations in the works
(actually building/collecting parts), one maybe(collecting parts that could be
used here or elsewhere), and a few ideas for maybe someday(saw a picture of the
items and said cool maybe someday).
Lunch time is over,
Chris
> > <snip>
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> > [1] If John would pose with it then it would only be 3 studs short ;) Reference
> > to old joke made by John.
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> <a la Garth> Good one;-)
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> -John
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> >
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| Christopher Masi wrote: <snip> (...) Interesting you should say that, Chris, because when building 8 wides and larger, I have found it to be exactly the opposite case. When I have a large project in the works, I find it very time consuming to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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