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Re: ballast
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:14:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Tracey writes:
> Then I thought about the mosiac kit. My kit arrived last week.
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2934
René has done something similar at our FGLTC event: he used black bricks for
ballast and brown bricks for sleepers. Best of this was the sound effect: when
the 100++waggons train passed this section of track it gave a increased sound.
I was great to listen to this...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=26014
But I fear the idea might be good, but too expensive for a track layout with
dozens (or even hundreds) of meters.
Regards,
Ben
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| (...) Yes, that is an issue. It might be a useful technique for isolated sections of layouts that are especially detailed for an added level of realism. Mileage from the mosiac kits could be increased by using a gray 2x4 plate as the ballast between (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| A few weeks ago I had this idea for a solution to a problem that had been bothering me for a while. Whenever I see a green baseplate between the ties of the train track, it looks really wierd to me. I seen the GMLTC pics where they use a combination (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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