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Re: blue foam sheets

by Joe Ellis <synthfilker@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jun 8, 2008 at 12:49 PM

In article <TfS2k.19581$Xu2.922@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bill <res00351@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
wrote:

> Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> 
> >Joe Ellis <synthfilker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:synthfilker-
> >7B3A1F.23485407062008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> One thing... a 4 x 8 layout in ANY scale is a mistake... it's far to 
> >> awkward to work on in the middle. Rethink to a 3 x 8, or an "L"
shape. 
> >> You'll find it much easier to work on and run.
> >> 
> >Agreed.  I'd also like to recommend using a CAD program like XtrakCad 
> >that allows you to run virtual trains before you start building, to get
a 
> >feel for how your layout will operate.
> 
> Like anything else in life, there are plenty of exceptions.
> I agree that 3 feet is a practical limit for any layout up
> against a wall.  In this case though, foam construction
> makes it a lot easier to pick up the layout and move it to
> the center of a room so that you can work on all sides.

....try that when you've got a derailment on the back of the layout. 
You'll have cars on their sides all over after you move the layout.

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 21 Posts in Topic:
blue foam sheets
"The Stare" <  2008-06-07 20:33:12 
Re: blue foam sheets
some guy <1@[EMAIL PRO  2008-06-08 01:46:22 
Re: blue foam sheets
Puckdropper <puckdropp  2008-06-08 02:11:24 
Re: blue foam sheets
"Mark Mathu" &l  2008-06-07 21:22:30 
Re: blue foam sheets
Calvin Henry-Cotnam <c  2008-06-09 23:04:23 
Re: blue foam sheets
Joe Ellis <synthfilker  2008-06-07 23:48:54 
Re: blue foam sheets
Puckdropper <puckdropp  2008-06-08 05:24:52 
Re: blue foam sheets
Bill <res00351@[EMAIL   2008-06-08 14:45:07 
Re: blue foam sheets
Joe Ellis <synthfilker  2008-06-08 12:49:17 
Re: blue foam sheets
Wolf Kirchmeir <wolfki  2008-06-08 09:41:38 
Re: blue foam sheets
Rick Jones <r.t.jones@  2008-06-08 16:02:05 
Re: blue foam sheets
Calvin Henry-Cotnam <c  2008-06-09 23:06:28 
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Robert Heller <heller@  2008-06-08 18:47:02 
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Wolf Kirchmeir <wolfki  2008-06-08 20:39:14 
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Greg Procter <procter@  2008-06-09 15:51:17 
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Steve Caple <stevecapl  2008-06-08 21:30:52 
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Wolf Kirchmeir <wolfki  2008-06-09 08:33:48 
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Larry Blanchard <lblan  2008-06-09 09:50:38 
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Bernhard Agthe <dark2s  2008-06-09 13:23:28 
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skstone <skstone@[EMAI  2008-06-10 13:34:21 
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newhouse@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-06-09 23:17:37 

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