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In lugnet.build, Chris Gray wrote:
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Oooh - a “mine is bigger than yours” contest! (Sorry, couldn’t resist!).
The design is different, but at our latest GETS show, NALUG’s Laszlo
Szojka showed a 17-foot bridge using a similar cable technique:
http://www.nalug.org/TrainShow2004/Suspension/index.html
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Chris-
I meant to get back to this message sooner, but I was hip deep in our weekend
show at Fullerton. I love this NALUG bridge. If immitation is the sincerest form
of flattery, consider that design in the queue to have its double deck
construction copied!
Meanwhile, back to the “my dog’s better than yours”: Last time we stayed at
Hotel LEGOLAND, we would head down to the LEGO room each night when most guests
had gone to bed and build somethimg BIG. One item was, if I recall right, an 18
foot long flat deck bridge completely supported from below by two towers. Our
criteria for doing great was to make something so awesome that the hotel staff
would not take it apart during the daily cleanup. Of course, the first round of
little kinders in the morning that arrived without parents would have things in
megapieces in seconds.
-Ted
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"Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> writes:
> I meant to get back to this message sooner, but I was hip deep in our weekend
> show at Fullerton. I love this NALUG bridge. If immitation is the sincerest form
> of flattery, consider that design in the queue to have its double deck
> construction copied!
I'll let Laz know (I don't know if he reads Lugnet) - he'll be pleased.
> Meanwhile, back to the "my dog's better than yours": Last time we stayed at
> Hotel LEGOLAND, we would head down to the LEGO room each night when most guests
> had gone to bed and build somethimg BIG. One item was, if I recall right, an 18
> foot long flat deck bridge completely supported from below by two towers. Our
> criteria for doing great was to make something so awesome that the hotel staff
> would not take it apart during the daily cleanup. Of course, the first round of
> little kinders in the morning that arrived without parents would have things in
> megapieces in seconds.
All in one night? - that's a lot of putting together! I don't know how long
Laz took to do his bridge, but I imagine it was a lot more than one session.
There were 4 or 5 people that did pieces of the High Level bridge (last
year's show was a "bridge and island" layout, deliberately), and we spent
time over several weeks finishing it all off.
This year we are having a theme based on the province of Alberta's
centennial. The project John and I are doing was started a couple of
months ago, to be ready for September. Sometimes it seems like my dining
room (where I build) is never without piles of Lego!
-Chris Gray
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