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Hi All,
The 2008 Perth Hobby Train Show is on at the moment at Claremont Showgrounds,
featuring a large town/train layout by the Perth Adult Lego Society.
The show is running over the long weekend so come along, say hello, and check
out our impressive stand. We had a great crowd in yesterday with lots of kids
and adults alike lining the barricades.
Our stand's highlights include...
- Kylie Minogue Concert - with lights, video screens and smoke machine!
- The longest single span Lego bridge in the Southern Hemisphere
- A massive cruise ship in minifig scale
- Theme park with moving rides
- Full city layout from port to CBD to suburbia
- Monorail and lots of trains.
Doors open at 10am, hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Braith Garden
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> - The longest single span Lego bridge in the Southern Hemisphere
Oooh, them's fighting words! I foresee a rash of even longer single span
Lego bridges breaking out across the Southern Hemisphere :-)
Seriously, how long is it?
But, seriously, the layout sounds fabulous. We look forward to the happy
snaps!
Kerry
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > - The longest single span Lego bridge in the Southern Hemisphere
>
> Oooh, them's fighting words! I foresee a rash of even longer single span
> Lego bridges breaking out across the Southern Hemisphere :-)
> Seriously, how long is it?
The bridge is a little over 6 metres long. It's now in pieces but we took
plenty of photos and video of it. The crowds loved it and we had many retired
engineers studying the construction closely.
> But, seriously, the layout sounds fabulous. We look forward to the happy
> snaps!
>
> Kerry
Thanks Kerry, well I'm proud to say we won most popular exhibit at the show! I
think we had over 9000 people through and our display was lined with kids and
adults every day. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who helped out.
Lots of pics coming very soon.
Cheers,
Braith.
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In lugnet.loc.au, Braith Garden wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > > - The longest single span Lego bridge in the Southern Hemisphere
> >
> > Oooh, them's fighting words! I foresee a rash of even longer single span
> > Lego bridges breaking out across the Southern Hemisphere :-)
> > Seriously, how long is it?
>
> The bridge is a little over 6 metres long. It's now in pieces but we took
> plenty of photos and video of it. The crowds loved it and we had many retired
> engineers studying the construction closely.
>
> > But, seriously, the layout sounds fabulous. We look forward to the happy
> > snaps!
> >
> > Kerry
>
> Thanks Kerry, well I'm proud to say we won most popular exhibit at the show! I
> think we had over 9000 people through and our display was lined with kids and
> adults every day. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who helped out.
>
> Lots of pics coming very soon.
>
> Cheers,
> Braith.
Here's a link to a bunch of pics I took over the long weekend...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=322346
Enjoy,
Braith.
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In lugnet.loc.au, Braith Garden wrote:
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Here’s a link to a bunch of pics I took over the long weekend...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=322346
Enjoy,
Braith.
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Perth Model Railway Show 2008 - Most Popular Exhibit as voted by the public.
You can’t do much better than that!
Great work, Braith and co.
Cross-posted to .trains, who I’m sure will be impressed!
Spotlighted!
Cheers
Richie Dulin
CO Legeaux
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That’s a big display, how many peoples collections when into it?
And while I’m asking how long did it take to setup?
The bridge was awesome (as was the ship), please give us more details. Number of
peices, build time? But as much as I love Kylie the tank factory was better.
Terrific job, post more photo’s.
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Edwards wrote:
> That's a big display, how many peoples collections when into it?
> And while I'm asking how long did it take to setup?
The ship and concert stage belong to Aaron Gibson while the rest is from the
Tidman Brother's collection, mainly David I believe. The display was started
last September and added to every weekend when we could. It was a full day to
set-up, a few hours to tear down.
>
> The bridge was awesome (as was the ship), please give us more details. Number
> of peices, build time? But as much as I love Kylie the tank factory was
> better.
>
> Terrific job, post more photo's.
Piece count? Not sure on a total number, but I do know though that there are
roughly 900 1x16 technic beams in the bridge. That's all I have a figure for
unfortunately.
I found some more pics on Brickshelf...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=322005
Enjoy,
Braith.
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> The display was started
> last September and added to every weekend when we could. It was a full day to
> set-up, a few hours to tear down.
It shows. I know how much time goes into the SLTC layout, and you have truely
shown that a big commitment leads to a big result.
Can you tell us what the longest span lego bridge is/was ? Im in the process of
a 3m span for the SLTC.
> but I do know though that there are
> roughly 900 1x16 technic beams in the bridge.
That explains the lack of those beams on Bricklink. Ha !
Well done. An awesome layout.
Steve
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In lugnet.loc.au, Stump Dunn wrote:
> > The display was started
> > last September and added to every weekend when we could. It was a full day to
> > set-up, a few hours to tear down.
> It shows. I know how much time goes into the SLTC layout, and you have truely
> shown that a big commitment leads to a big result.
> Can you tell us what the longest span lego bridge is/was ? Im in the process of
> a 3m span for the SLTC.
I'm not sure what the longest bridge was, maybe Rosco's harbour bridge at around
4m. We couldn't find any examples of a bigger one south o' the equator so we
claimed us a record.
>
> > but I do know though that there are
> > roughly 900 1x16 technic beams in the bridge.
>
> That explains the lack of those beams on Bricklink. Ha !
>
> Well done. An awesome layout.
>
> Steve
Cheers mate. Bigger and better next year.
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In lugnet.loc.au, Braith Garden wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Edwards wrote:
> > That's a big display, how many peoples collections when into it?
> > And while I'm asking how long did it take to setup?
>
> The ship and concert stage belong to Aaron Gibson while the rest is from the
> Tidman Brother's collection, mainly David I believe. The display was started
> last September and added to every weekend when we could. It was a full day to
> set-up, a few hours to tear down.
>
> >
> > The bridge was awesome (as was the ship), please give us more details. Number
> > of peices, build time? But as much as I love Kylie the tank factory was
> > better.
> >
> > Terrific job, post more photo's.
>
> Piece count? Not sure on a total number, but I do know though that there are
> roughly 900 1x16 technic beams in the bridge. That's all I have a figure for
> unfortunately.
>
> I found some more pics on Brickshelf...
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=322005
>
> Enjoy,
> Braith.
Here are a couple of links to video taken at the show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyxlHUbptYk
- Lego display starts at 2:15 in, till 3:10 (bridge side)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_6sAsTB3Fg
- Lego display starts at 3:07 in, till 4:22 (city side)
Cheers,
Braith.
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