Author Topic: Telegraph lines? (Read 12671 times)

sukhe_bator · « **Reply #30 on:** January 25, 2011, 08:14:14 AM »

Spotted this lovely pic from someone's travels in the Gobi Desert
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/51597762_34f22993e1.jpg
Note the pole is shorter and buttressed to give it greater staying power against sand and wind.

Sangennaru · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2011, 08:23:47 AM »

Quote from: sukhe_bator on January 25, 2011, 08:14:14 AM

Note the pole is shorter and buttressed to give it greater staying power against sand and wind.

hei, what is that white dot on the left?
o, yeah, is a white car!

no, i believe it is 3-4 meters tall but... just try to see it as a huge colossus in the desert, whith a white jeep on the left...
it should rock!
(maybe more for VSF than BoB

)

Mindenbrush · « **Reply #32 on:** January 25, 2011, 12:04:30 PM »

An idea I saw used by David Bonk and Chris (Sash and Sabre designer) during some of their Carnage and Glory games was to put tubes into the terrain and have a spigot under the tree base to secure the tree into the tube. Same idea could be used for the telegraph poles. Any unused 'tubes' could be 'plugged' using a bush on a washer with spigot.

Hammers · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2011, 02:25:07 PM »

Quote from: Mindenbrush on January 25, 2011, 12:04:30 PM

An idea I saw used by David Bonk and Chris (Sash and Sabre designer) during some of their Carnage and Glory games was to put tubes into the terrain and have a spigot under the tree base to secure the tree into the tube. Same idea could be used for the telegraph poles. Any unused 'tubes' could be 'plugged' using a bush on a washer with spigot.

Dead clever, him. Best suggestion so far.

carlos marighela · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2011, 09:38:19 PM »

Very hard on the dining room table if your terrain consists of a ground cloth.

Ignatieff · « **Reply #35 on:** January 29, 2011, 09:04:12 AM »

Westwind poles arrived this morning. Perfect size and look great. A good weight as well. I am going to mount them on 2p pieces to give them extra stability. Will need a bit of cleaning up as they are a tad flash heavy. Recommended.

Hammers · « **Reply #36 on:** January 29, 2011, 11:21:59 PM »

Quote from: Ignatieff on January 29, 2011, 09:04:12 AM

Westwind poles arrived this morning. Perfect size and look great. A good weight as well. I am going to mount them on 2p pieces to give them extra stability. Will need a bit of cleaning up as they are a tad flash heavy. Recommended.

Are you going to wire them?

Ignatieff · « **Reply #37 on:** January 29, 2011, 11:44:29 PM »

Yes. 230volts.

Hammers · « **Reply #38 on:** January 30, 2011, 08:25:30 AM »

Quote from: Ignatieff on January 29, 2011, 11:44:29 PM

Yes. 230volts.

Oh, you are a card, aren't you!

Not a bad idea though, that'd keep the clumsier gamers off the scenery.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #39 on:** January 30, 2011, 10:08:23 AM »

Quote from: Hammers on January 30, 2011, 08:25:30 AM

Quote from: Ignatieff
Yes. 230volts.
Oh, you are a card, aren't you! Not a bad idea though, that'd keep the clumsier gamers off the scenery.

Having seen some of Ignatieff's devotion to the hobby in the flesh, I think he might only be half joking.

cuprum · « **Reply #40 on:** January 31, 2011, 01:29:26 AM »

115 V ?

Ignatieff · « **Reply #41 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:28:58 AM »

Quote from: cuprum on January 31, 2011, 01:29:26 AM

115 V ?

should be 240v, of course. No idea why we pour twice as many volts through light fittings than everyone else....

carlos marighela · « **Reply #42 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:13:08 AM »

Try Brazil, where you get 115, 220, 240 etc etc depending on what state and sometimes even what city you are in.

Ignatieff · « **Reply #43 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:33:57 AM »

I remember that Carlos from my time living in Rio!

Patrice · « **Reply #44 on:** January 31, 2011, 11:02:45 AM »

If this is historical wargaming, then you must have the same voltage as was in use in Russia in 1920.

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