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Re: Need some help with some Train specs
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Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:19:40 GMT
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Basicly this is going to be a two part clinic, first an oral presentation
with pictures and notes (intro, history, MOCs), then the second part is
going to be interactive. I'm bringing track, power supplies, engines, train
wheels and tons of bricks. The idea is after I spend a half hour talking
about trains, they're going to get to build and play with their own trains
and cars.
It should be lots of fun, and a big hit I'm sure.
jt
In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley writes:
> In lugnet.trains, James Trobaugh writes:
> > As I had mention a few months ago, I'm preparing a presentation to my local
> > division of the NMRA on LEGO trains next week. I have most of the
> > presentaion done, but would like to know if anyone knows the real gauge of
> > LEGO track. I know it's "LEGO" gauge, but I want to know the real numbers.
>
> Thats what I told the folks at the Greenberg show last weekend. Many of them
> ran off with a piece of track to measure it but I never asked what they came up
> with.
>
> Just say its "LEGO" gauge because Minifigs aren't to scale with "us" anyway
> hence it doesn't fit into a standard railroad gauge anyway.
>
> > Also what is the radius of the track curves?
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> Really really tight. Also my answer at the Greenberg show. Just say there is
> only one raidus of curve, one length of straight track, left and right points,
> and a crossing (9v of course). Also make sure you mention or demonstraight how
> reliable the track is. I know most of the people looking at our layout
> couldn't believe how smooth the trains ran and how reliable the track was.
>
> Oh and it doesn't run on batterys!!! We got lots of what kind of batterys does
> it take too.
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> > I figure these are some of the
> > questions I'll get from the members of the division.
> >
> > If anyone knows of other question that you heard from other train modelers,
> > let me have them too...preferably with the answers :)
>
> Well I put a few things above but also mention that for the most part we all
> design our own rolling stock and engines, they are not kits. Same with the
> buildings. I know most of the model railroaders we talked to said "Oh you
> kit-bash everything". I guess thats what we do and it puts it in model
> railroading terms.
>
> For fun if you have something you don't mind dropping on the floor you might
> want to do a drop demonstration to see the looks in their eyes. Then tell them
> you can either put it back together or build something else, its not broken.
>
> Have a plain old train motor to display to show them what makes it go and maybe
> demonstraight how you build from that.
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> There is so much that is different from traditional model railroading using
> LEGO trains that you need to "show it all" but also demonstraight that we are
> just as passionate about our hobby as they are about theirs. People don't
> expect much from a LEGO layout but once they see it they see there are real
> possibilities using LEGO as a medium and we can do some really cool stuff.
>
>
> Eric Kingsley
>
> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
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| (...) Thats what I told the folks at the Greenberg show last weekend. Many of them ran off with a piece of track to measure it but I never asked what they came up with. Just say its "LEGO" gauge because Minifigs aren't to scale with "us" anyway (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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