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After many, many months of getting people to join in, planning and building,
Southern California REALLY DOES HAVE A LEGO TRAIN CLUB! Our participation
at this weekend's GATS in Anaheim, CA proved to be very successful and we
came out with a first place award for our work. As expected, like many
others, a most common response heard was "I didn't know LEGO made
trains???". People there were very intrigued with the creations and, as
expected, the kids there went nuts. We began with lots of info fliers of
the club at opening on Saturday and before Sunday was over we were out
(Post-It (tm) to the rescue). Set up and take down went very smoothly, with
some of the expected first time glitches during operation (rail yard a bit
small) but managed well. A rendition of this GATS layout is available
through our site (http://www.scltc.org/pages/layouts/gatsjanuary2002.htm)
but photos won't be up for some time (best guess is about a week). A notice
will be posted on .trains as soon as they are.
Adrian Egli
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In lugnet.general, Adrian Egli writes:
> After many, many months of getting people to join in, planning and building,
> Southern California REALLY DOES HAVE A LEGO TRAIN CLUB! Our participation
> at this weekend's GATS in Anaheim, CA proved to be very successful and we
> came out with a first place award for our work. As expected, like many
> others, a most common response heard was "I didn't know LEGO made
> trains???". People there were very intrigued with the creations and, as
> expected, the kids there went nuts. We began with lots of info fliers of
> the club at opening on Saturday and before Sunday was over we were out
> (Post-It (tm) to the rescue). Set up and take down went very smoothly, with
> some of the expected first time glitches during operation (rail yard a bit
> small) but managed well. A rendition of this GATS layout is available
> through our site (http://www.scltc.org/pages/layouts/gatsjanuary2002.htm)
> but photos won't be up for some time (best guess is about a week). A notice
> will be posted on .trains as soon as they are.
>
> Adrian Egli
Adrian,
Congratulations to you and the rest of the SCLTC crew. Train shows are a blast.
The layout give the impression of a number of interesting buildings. I look
forward to seeing the pictures.
-Jason
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Yeah you did!
I can't wait to see the pics! Any idea of how many people were in
attendence. I can imagain that a GATs in a large metro area like LA or NY
could be 5x what we get in the smaller cities.
Although we're all eager to see the pics, take all the time you need to get
them up on the site! ;D
SteveB
In lugnet.general, Adrian Egli writes:
> After many, many months of getting people to join in, planning and building,
> Southern California REALLY DOES HAVE A LEGO TRAIN CLUB! Our participation
> at this weekend's GATS in Anaheim, CA proved to be very successful and we
> came out with a first place award for our work. As expected, like many
> others, a most common response heard was "I didn't know LEGO made
> trains???". People there were very intrigued with the creations and, as
> expected, the kids there went nuts. We began with lots of info fliers of
> the club at opening on Saturday and before Sunday was over we were out
> (Post-It (tm) to the rescue). Set up and take down went very smoothly, with
> some of the expected first time glitches during operation (rail yard a bit
> small) but managed well. A rendition of this GATS layout is available
> through our site (http://www.scltc.org/pages/layouts/gatsjanuary2002.htm)
> but photos won't be up for some time (best guess is about a week). A notice
> will be posted on .trains as soon as they are.
>
> Adrian Egli
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"Adrian Egli" <adr.egli@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:GpJz81.2t5@lugnet.com...
> After many, many months of getting people to join in, planning and • building,
> Southern California REALLY DOES HAVE A LEGO TRAIN CLUB! Our • participation
> at this weekend's GATS in Anaheim, CA proved to be very successful and we
> came out with a first place award for our work. As expected, like many
> others, a most common response heard was "I didn't know LEGO made
> trains???". People there were very intrigued with the creations and, as
> expected, the kids there went nuts. We began with lots of info fliers of
> the club at opening on Saturday and before Sunday was over we were out
> (Post-It (tm) to the rescue). Set up and take down went very smoothly, • with
> some of the expected first time glitches during operation (rail yard a bit
> small) but managed well. A rendition of this GATS layout is available
> through our site (http://www.scltc.org/pages/layouts/gatsjanuary2002.htm)
> but photos won't be up for some time (best guess is about a week). A • notice
> will be posted on .trains as soon as they are.
>
> Adrian Egli
>
>
>
Why can't Sacramento have one of these...? I'd be willing to join. : '(
--
Markham Carroll
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I saw your pics on brickshelf was amazed! Do you have anymore detail pics of
the airport? For our last display at a local mall I was responsible for an
airport for a static display. Are the planes and terminal minifig scale?
While my next one might not be as big as that one I'll try to keep to
minifig scale. I realaise that you might not be ther person to ask but I'm
hoping the person/people that made it will reply.
-Tim Tosino
In lugnet.general, Adrian Egli writes:
> After many, many months of getting people to join in, planning and building,
> Southern California REALLY DOES HAVE A LEGO TRAIN CLUB! Our participation
> at this weekend's GATS in Anaheim, CA proved to be very successful and we
> came out with a first place award for our work. As expected, like many
> others, a most common response heard was "I didn't know LEGO made
> trains???". People there were very intrigued with the creations and, as
> expected, the kids there went nuts. We began with lots of info fliers of
> the club at opening on Saturday and before Sunday was over we were out
> (Post-It (tm) to the rescue). Set up and take down went very smoothly, with
> some of the expected first time glitches during operation (rail yard a bit
> small) but managed well. A rendition of this GATS layout is available
> through our site (http://www.scltc.org/pages/layouts/gatsjanuary2002.htm)
> but photos won't be up for some time (best guess is about a week). A notice
> will be posted on .trains as soon as they are.
>
> Adrian Egli
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Hello Tim,
We will have more pictures and lots of explanation on our web
site(www.scltc.org) in a few days, but to answer your question, yes, the
airport is in minifig scale and it is incredible. Stay tuned...
Robert Powell
SCLTC
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Tim -
I built the airport terminal and my dad built the airplanes and jetways. My
brother added a motor to the small prop plane to spin the propellers. They
are all minifig scale.
I decided while building my terminal that the LEGO standard 4-wide airplanes
would look like private jets when compared to the rest of the building. So,
after many experiments, we settled on an 8-wide cylindrical fuselage for a
large 757. I designed the wings, and my dad assembled the fuselage, nose,
and tail. While the structural supports make it impossible for a minifig to
actually fit inside the plane, it still looks a reasonable size compared to
the ground crew and the jetways.
The jetways are fully articulated, capable of rotating left and right on
wheels and elevating up or down. The "mouth" of the jetway can also swing
left and right to better line up with the plane. Unfortunately, the jetways
can not extend and contract, since that would require some rather incredible
feats of engineering. (They look like they can because my dad decided they
should be different lengths.)
I hope this information answers all the questions you brought up. Stay in
touch with our website at www.scltc.org for more pictures of our planes,
trains, and our pretty blue ribbon.
- Thomas
PS the only true minifig scale aircraft are in LEGOLAND Denmark! Ours just
look big enough...
In lugnet.general, Tim Tosino writes:
> I saw your pics on brickshelf was amazed! Do you have anymore detail pics of
> the airport? For our last display at a local mall I was responsible for an
> airport for a static display. Are the planes and terminal minifig scale?
> While my next one might not be as big as that one I'll try to keep to
> minifig scale. I realaise that you might not be ther person to ask but I'm
> hoping the person/people that made it will reply.
>
> -Tim Tosino
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Michon writes:
> Tim -
>
> I built the airport terminal and my dad built the airplanes and jetways. My
> brother added a motor to the small prop plane to spin the propellers. They
> are all minifig scale.
>
> I decided while building my terminal that the LEGO standard 4-wide airplanes
> would look like private jets when compared to the rest of the building. So,
> after many experiments, we settled on an 8-wide cylindrical fuselage for a
> large 757. I designed the wings, and my dad assembled the fuselage, nose,
> and tail. While the structural supports make it impossible for a minifig to
> actually fit inside the plane, it still looks a reasonable size compared to
> the ground crew and the jetways.
>
> The jetways are fully articulated, capable of rotating left and right on
> wheels and elevating up or down. The "mouth" of the jetway can also swing
> left and right to better line up with the plane. Unfortunately, the jetways
> can not extend and contract, since that would require some rather incredible
> feats of engineering. (They look like they can because my dad decided they
> should be different lengths.)
>
> I hope this information answers all the questions you brought up. Stay in
> touch with our website at www.scltc.org for more pictures of our planes,
> trains, and our pretty blue ribbon.
>
> - Thomas
>
> PS the only true minifig scale aircraft are in LEGOLAND Denmark! Ours just
> look big enough...
Hi Thomas,
I'm working on a minifig scale airport (grey + white with exterior glass)
now that'll occupy a large grey base plate and more. The scheduled
completion is when the sucessor to the 3033 comes out in April with the
XTreme Team and Spiderman. Then I don't know how big it'll get :) . I think
I have to stick to the classic lego themed planes, I'm just a stickler for
functionality I guess, so far I have a regular Lego styled Lear Jet 45,
B-727, MD-80, and the Beechcraft 45 along with a small Cessna. Too bad I
didn't figure out the use for the droid escape sets before, they were
selling at Superstore for only $4.00 CDN. For the airport I built last
month, I wasn't too happy with the control tower. Do you have any details of
that? I have an idea to copy the tower at YVR using parts from the new
XTreme Team sets. Sorry for replying late, been too absorbed in the
Spiderman Pics :)
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Tim -
Right now, I don't have any better pictures of the tower than what you can
see on our website
(www.scltc.org/pages/galleries/layouts/gatsjanuary2002/air.htm).
When I designed the tower, my goal was to make the vertical section as tall
and as visually interesting as possible. I decided early on to use an
octagonal shape, and sketched out various concepts for the top, but not many
for the vertical section. Finally, I settled on an idea, which would involve
a square vertical section, using trans-light blue panels (for an elevator
shaft maybe) with large, thin black rings to break up an otherwise plain
look. When building the tower, I managed to match my sketch almost
perfectly, down to every last detail drawn!
The top involves inverting four of the large 5 x 10 x 3 sloping octagonal
windshields in light blue. I felt they had the proper look for a control
tower, and had to come up with a way of hodling them in place, which was not
that hard. The roof and the section just below the windshields used slope
bricks, placed an various angles to make sure that the shape stayed
rectangular while expanding.
I figured the tower would not look good just standing by itself, and so
attached a building to it to make it look less top heavy. Anyway, I think it
seems more realistic to have a lobby area =). The miscellaneous details
added to the tower, such as the radar and microwave antennas, just make it a
little less bland.
The color scheme and design looks too much like that of a military base to
me, though, but I thought of an excuse. "The tower is a relic of the air
force base which once occupied the location...".
I hope this information helps, and I will try to get more detailed pictures
added to the website under www.scltc.org/pages/galleries/models.htm.
- Thomas
"Tim Tosino" <timtosino@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GpzxGt.ICA@lugnet.com...
> Hi Thomas,
> I'm working on a minifig scale airport (grey + white with exterior • glass)
> now that'll occupy a large grey base plate and more. The scheduled
> completion is when the sucessor to the 3033 comes out in April with the
> XTreme Team and Spiderman. Then I don't know how big it'll get :) . I • think
> I have to stick to the classic lego themed planes, I'm just a stickler for
> functionality I guess, so far I have a regular Lego styled Lear Jet 45,
> B-727, MD-80, and the Beechcraft 45 along with a small Cessna. Too bad I
> didn't figure out the use for the droid escape sets before, they were
> selling at Superstore for only $4.00 CDN. For the airport I built last
> month, I wasn't too happy with the control tower. Do you have any details • of
> that? I have an idea to copy the tower at YVR using parts from the new
> XTreme Team sets. Sorry for replying late, been too absorbed in the
> Spiderman Pics :)
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Thomas Michon writes:
> Tim -
>
> Right now, I don't have any better pictures of the tower than what you can
> see on our website
> (www.scltc.org/pages/galleries/layouts/gatsjanuary2002/air.htm).
>
> When I designed the tower, my goal was to make the vertical section as tall
> and as visually interesting as possible. I decided early on to use an
> octagonal shape, and sketched out various concepts for the top, but not many
> for the vertical section. Finally, I settled on an idea, which would involve
> a square vertical section, using trans-light blue panels (for an elevator
> shaft maybe) with large, thin black rings to break up an otherwise plain
> look. When building the tower, I managed to match my sketch almost
> perfectly, down to every last detail drawn!
>
> The top involves inverting four of the large 5 x 10 x 3 sloping octagonal
> windshields in light blue. I felt they had the proper look for a control
> tower, and had to come up with a way of hodling them in place, which was not
> that hard. The roof and the section just below the windshields used slope
> bricks, placed an various angles to make sure that the shape stayed
> rectangular while expanding.
>
> I figured the tower would not look good just standing by itself, and so
> attached a building to it to make it look less top heavy. Anyway, I think it
> seems more realistic to have a lobby area =). The miscellaneous details
> added to the tower, such as the radar and microwave antennas, just make it a
> little less bland.
>
> The color scheme and design looks too much like that of a military base to
> me, though, but I thought of an excuse. "The tower is a relic of the air
> force base which once occupied the location...".
>
> I hope this information helps, and I will try to get more detailed pictures
> added to the website under www.scltc.org/pages/galleries/models.htm.
>
> - Thomas
Thomas, funny that Military Airbase thing is what *I* was thinking when
building my previous models. Canada built a bunch of Airfields for the BCATP
durring WWII. Two years ago I spent 6 weeks on one of these decommisioned
bases, and after flying between 3 of these airfields that have been
converted to airports in a Cessna I noticed that they all have the same
design. It's pretty much like yours, Most of them have obviously upgraded
since WWII but the design stayed the same, a square vertical tower set upon
building that's not attached to the terminal. For my terminal (Which is
going to have the internal details because I wanted the entire outside
glass!) I'm just planning a vertical section like you described (Inside the
Terminal) , with 2 levels of Bay Windows and 2 4 x 1x 6 windows. I'm not
sure weather I'll just put the control inside there or If I can find enough
blue large windshields (The part # escapes me now) to have traditional
control tower setup.
-Tim
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Tim -
Sounds cool. I like the idea of two rows of the giant blue windshields. That
probably means though that you should make the vertical section at least
14-6 in diameter and a lot taller, or else something will look out of
proportion. After I built my tower, I saw pictures of the minifig-scale
control tower in LEGOLAND Billund and realized how dinky mine looked. For a
future revision of my tower, I'll probably make the control section wide
enough for people to reasonably fit, and so I can fit what should be the
elevator access. Right now if I put a 6 x6 square for the elevator shaft,
minifigs could not realistically move around the top of the tower!
It's amusing to find out we had the same ideas on our mind about the
military air base thing. I had to come up with an excuse as to why it didn't
look friendly for my parents. You were just going off of fact =).
- Thomas
"Tim Tosino" <timtosino@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Gq0oqB.L4t@lugnet.com...
> Thomas, funny that Military Airbase thing is what *I* was thinking when
> building my previous models. Canada built a bunch of Airfields for the • BCATP
> durring WWII. Two years ago I spent 6 weeks on one of these decommisioned
> bases, and after flying between 3 of these airfields that have been
> converted to airports in a Cessna I noticed that they all have the same
> design. It's pretty much like yours, Most of them have obviously upgraded
> since WWII but the design stayed the same, a square vertical tower set • upon
> building that's not attached to the terminal. For my terminal (Which is
> going to have the internal details because I wanted the entire outside
> glass!) I'm just planning a vertical section like you described (Inside • the
> Terminal) , with 2 levels of Bay Windows and 2 4 x 1x 6 windows. I'm not
> sure weather I'll just put the control inside there or If I can find • enough
> blue large windshields (The part # escapes me now) to have traditional
> control tower setup.
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In lugnet.trains.org.scltc, Thomas Michon writes:
> Tim -
>
> Sounds cool. I like the idea of two rows of the giant blue windshields. That
> probably means though that you should make the vertical section at least
> 14-6 in diameter and a lot taller, or else something will look out of
> proportion. After I built my tower, I saw pictures of the minifig-scale
> control tower in LEGOLAND Billund and realized how dinky mine looked. For a
> future revision of my tower, I'll probably make the control section wide
> enough for people to reasonably fit, and so I can fit what should be the
> elevator access. Right now if I put a 6 x6 square for the elevator shaft,
> minifigs could not realistically move around the top of the tower!
>
> It's amusing to find out we had the same ideas on our mind about the
> military air base thing. I had to come up with an excuse as to why it didn't
> look friendly for my parents. You were just going off of fact =).
>
> - Thomas
I've been up in the tower here in Vancouver a few years back. I'd guess
right now that they probably wouldn't let any members of the public up there
with the new security mesaures. The elevator ride up is bland (no windows),
in fact it was to small to fit the 10 members of my group we had to get up
there in two sets. There are actaully two levels to the tower, I think
there's some sort of kitchen/washrooms/office space in the lower parts that
are below the control centre. You have to go up some stairs and then you're
in the control room. The entrance isn't that noticable and if you were
standing one the other side of the room, you woldn't notice it because it's
hidden by equipment in the centre of the room. So I think it's perfectly
fine to have a really small elevator shaft. Though I think if you look at
the picture of the tower that the lego club in Georgia? built I think it
looks really large, almost office tower like compared to the terminal. I
think I should findout where I can get more of those control tower windows
before I start thinking too big.
-Tim
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