To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.loc.ukOpen lugnet.loc.uk in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Local / United Kingdom / 4390
4389  |  4391
Subject: 
Re: Metro Terminus - Work in progress
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:23:45 GMT
Viewed: 
1082 times
  
In lugnet.trains, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
Though I would share with you the current state of Metro Terminus

Wow! That is amazing, even for a teaser. VERY nice work, even incomplete. Some
questions:

- That's a lot of train shed for only 4 tracks... any chance to rearrange
platforms (maybe with narrower platforms) to squeeze 6 in? Zurich hauptbahnhof
has I think 12 tracks across. Even with selective compression, it's a shame
not to scrape up a way to get to 6. (sith infiltrator has lots of plates in
it... ;-) )

- NEAT idea on the curved baseplates for the shed roof. By chance did you get
lucky and the curve matches the outer rail from grey track so you can build
some kind of curved truss? That would be so cool. Right now it looks kind of,
well, unsupported. What about the ZNAP red curved pieces?

++Lar



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Metro Terminus - Work in progress
 
(...) Obviously thats a possibility. However, I had planned on putting stuff on the platforms. Its probably not obvious on the picture, but half way down each platform there is already a staircase going down to the subway/underground (giving (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
  Re: Metro Terminus - Work in progress
 
(...) I could add I only have 3 Metroliners (but that would be boasting) regards lawrence (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)

Message is in Reply To:
  Metro Terminus - Work in progress
 
Though I would share with you the current state of Metro Terminus This is a large Terminus style station building that covers 6 48stub base plates (so pretty large!). It uses a further 4 baseplates for the roof over the platforms. Platforms will (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)  

9 Messages in This Thread:




Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR