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Re: Train Module at BayLUG
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lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains
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Thu, 5 Aug 1999 01:43:56 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.^avoidspam^net
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Mike Poindexter wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Mike Poindexter wrote:
> > >
> > > Would people be interested in seeing how the GMLTC modules are made?
> >
> > Na. I already know and I have the bloody knuckles to prove it.
> >
> > just kidding.
> >
> > Seriously, how do you know you're on the right track? While John G
> > posted some of the details regarding modules (2x3 of the 15 inch base
> > plates, track insets, how many bricks high it is) I didn't think that
> > the documentation available (say on my web site) would admit of a 100%
> > accurate construction.
> >
> > Well, I guess it depends on how accurate you want to be. Are you trying
> > to get details like the lattice structure right? How about where the
> > power controller cutouts are?
> >
> > Or are you just trying to get "close" in look and feel.
>
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> I got the lattice structure that is used in the GMLTC from John Gerlach. He
> sent me a .bmp file that showed how it goes together. I made the power
> controller cutouts myself, but they look pretty close. Then only change I
> made was to make my baseplate cover fit perfectly. Now it can have one of the
> yellow baseplates from the K-Mart value pack as a cover, which matches the
> yellow in the inside wall. The main thing is getting track and the outer wall
> to line up.
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> Actually, the GMLTC modules don't match eachother. Some have a "lightning"
> pattern of black on the edge while others have the "spots" of black.
>
> > I would think as long as the track center spacing was right, and the
> > height of the module was right, and the number of studs in from the edge
> > the track is offset by (a piece of track spans each module border) you'd
> > be able to interoperate, no matter what internal structure you had.
>
> Actually, mine ARE a little different. To add depth to my town layout, I am
> running the track across the 30" side with the 45" giving me more space to
> make my buildings and streets. I am just protruding the extra 15". My
> modules will basically have to go together, sort of like the strip mine has to
> be together. I think they are best that way, as there is a semblance of
> continuity.
Mike,
That is a good idea, IMO to turn the modules sideways to give yourself extra
room. I am doing the same think in my home layout of 5 modules. They are going
together like this:
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Well, it looked okay when I made it...:-p
-John
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> >
> > neat idea... I may have to see if I can build one too (but I think
> > probably I don't have enough basic bricks to do it)
>
> Please! Mr. half million bricks can't make one module! You can do at least
> one, can't you Lar?
>
> Mike
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| (...) I got the lattice structure that is used in the GMLTC from John Gerlach. He sent me a .bmp file that showed how it goes together. I made the power controller cutouts myself, but they look pretty close. Then only change I made was to make my (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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