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I have been dropping hints in various places about the "big project" that
had been consuming a lot of time. It was revealed at the MichLTC show yesterday.
These are deep links, thanks to Peter for taking pics. More pics surely will
be available later but in case you're interested and can't wait...
Mountain overall shots
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pguenthe/0211-livonia/pb240001.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pguenthe/0211-livonia/pb240002.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pguenthe/0211-livonia/pb240003.jpg
This mountain takes up 2x3 15" grey baseplates. It splits into 3 sections of
1x2 for transport.
"new" tunnel portal (the other one, shown in the 002 pic, is a bit older
styled and has an older date)
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pguenthe/0211-livonia/pb240004.jpg
I kinda liked the cell tower on top... my criticism of my own work overall
is that it has too many colors, if I had been able to get dark grey 2x4s in
the quantities I wanted it would be mostly dark grey.
There are very few BURPS/LURPS in it at all. less than a dozen even counting
the back side that you can't see very well! Not sure exactly how that
rider/horse got up there but they are going to have a hard time picking
their way back down again I suspect.
My favorite part, though is probably the waterfall, which is shown pretty
clearly in 002. It's an old waterfall as it has etched/eroded its way back
into the rock. Most people with waterfalls don't etch back quite that far.
Thank you Harry Potter for the frogs. The gate on the flood control dam is
due to Nik.
003 shows the quarry rock face including drill/compressor and a bulkhead
flat receiving a load.
Quarry overall shot (the quarry was a last minute add because I was running
out of time to sculpt the end of the mountain, and it was faster to build
almost regular walls with dynamite holes)
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pguenthe/0211-livonia/pb240007.jpg
Note the good supplies of rock pieces on pallets ready for shipment, and the
heavy duty forklift (modeled after a 1949 Yale I remember from a summer job
that could lift 15,000 pounds) loading onto a truck.
Note also the use of Rock Raiders workers in the quarry, it somehow seemed
fitting. Two of them are using big saws to slice a block into rock sheets,
and one is on the rock face (standing way too close to the rock drill even
with eye protection!). They also are the drivers and workers on other machines.
Those are "BrikWorx gravel gondolas" (somewhat improved, of course, I don't
like train baseplates) on the siding. I meant to build a rock crusher tower
to justify the gravel loads... next show, hopefully.
Finally, where some of the rock is destined for, Peter's "Mariner's Church"
still under construction... note the quarry truck delivering a load. That
truck is a Nik special, he took a Tyne dairy truck and modified it with some
feedback from me, (dual rear, wider longer flat bed instead of refrigerator
back) and then cranked out 3 copies for me (one being loaded, one waiting
for dispatch, one at the church).
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pguenthe/0211-livonia/pb240008.jpg
Note that all this fits onto 30" wide table sections, which was quite
constraining after the rather expansive layouts we usually do (30" is only
enough for one loop without some tricks...)
Enjoy.
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| (...) <snip> (...) Very nicely done Larry! And you fit all that in such a small space! I especially like the little dam, and the etching on the tunnel entrance! Good job--it was worth the wait to see the completed version. Keep up the great work! (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Here are a few more pics I found by just iterating the numbers on Peter's images.. (you may find some dead spots but just keep iterating. there's lots to see besides just my stuff. In particular, take a gander at Tony's neato streetlights, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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| Hi Larry, I just saw your mountain/quarry in .build. I was speechless! That mountain is quite impressive. I am a .castle guy myself, but I like seeing what is going on elsewhere. Your mountain sure grabbed my attention. A guy in .castle just built (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) yesterday. That deserves to be named as big. I would even tend to huge if there weren't so much nice details and ideas in it. I especially like the portal which leads under 45° into the mountain. (...) In fact it is a little bit 'fuzzy'. As (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Nice mountain! I especially like the waterfall and the tunnel portals. Neat "keystone" effect. I'd have to agree that it has too many colors. The tan and the black are the most distracting, IMO. Cool quarry, also. Quite impressive overall, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Larry, Please post your home address so that I can send over a couple of guys with a new coat for you. The sleeves may be a bit long, but they'll help you fasten them behind your back. You are obviously a danger to yourself. Seriously, though, that (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Larry, why does it scare me when you actually run short on a particular part? - Perhaps it has something to do with that TRU stockroom-sized cache of Lego you have in your house :-) Good work on the mountain. I agree more dark gray would have (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I have dreamed of doing something like this for a long time, but I'll have to collect a lot more bricks before that ever happens. Thanks for sharing. It looks great. Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Nice work; I'm especially impressed by the angled tunnel entrance, those are always my particular demon. So much so that I've sworn against them 3 shows running now... :) Looks to be about 45 bricks of vertical or so? My only significant (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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