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"SRC" <LEGOArches@yahoo.com> writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, Steve Chapple writes:
> I killed the whole morning (I could never do this with a regular paying
> job) making it, but I've got a switching yard that I like. The overall
> "industrial end" is 8'x18', with the yard 3' across. (Any wider and we
> wouldn't be able to reach it properly.) LMK what you think.
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=26059
> Yes, the piece count is correct - and I'm not even done
> yet. I think I'm going to need more track loans... 8-)
Er, one of the tracks isn't connected.
So, thats 1173 pieces of train track. My guess is about a minute to
place each one. Some as little as a couple seconds, but overall, I think
that's a not unexpected rate. That's a *lot* of time!
P.S. I've been capturing all these jpg's and putting them on the nalug page at
http://www.graysage.com/cg/nalug/
Making yard tracks closer together was one of the first things I wanted
to do with Lego tracks. Ran into the same problems as everyone else, of
course! One suggestion: cut straights in half, and pad the ladder a bit
with them. How far apart does that put the branch-off tracks?
--
Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.
Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM
http://www.GraySage.COM/cg/
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