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To All,
I invited any and all to come to my house last Saturday for help on the
train station and the module floor I have been working on, and we all had a
great time.
Attendees:
Anthony Hedglen
Rick Hallman
Steve (3) Weiser
Stefan Garcias
Jason Spears
Brickshelf Gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18902
It started shortly before 9:30AM Indiana time, when Tony and Rick arrived.
Lynn was still home, but was OK with that. : ) I had some major things I
wanted to get done, mainly get the modules done, get the switches done, and
start transferring the train station on a brick foundation, so it will match
the rest of the modules.
Rick and Tony started on the modules, while I finished a part of the train
shed area, and Steve Weiser arrived. We started on the sorting process,
since we were running out of bricks, and I had 27 3033's sitting around.
Rick and Steve worked on that, while Tony worked on switches and I worked on
more modules.
Jason Spears came as well, and helped redo the ramp and help finish one end
of the train shed area. We got some pizza and a good chow down. Stefan
Garcias also came, his aunt lives about a mile from my house, which is a
kicker, and he showed off some of his great creations:
Here is his crane:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188505
Here is his work area train creation (Forgot the name again!)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188506
After lunch, we watched the video Kai kindly made for me, and everyone
thought it was great, I think we will need to do this for the next show,
with some other things as well.
We got back to work, here is Tony and Jason, Tony is working on the switch
on the entrance from the main lines into the train yard:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188507
Here is the canopy, which I started working on a little this week, it is
still in pieces from the Novi show in January. : /
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188508
We worked on through the afternoon, Jason left sometime, and we got ready to
start working on the station itself. Rick and Stefan got some guidance for
me, as we used some Duplo elements to save some bricks, and built a pretty
solid foundation for the station. We got one done, put it near the other
side of the layout, and started the other foundation.
Tony was working on the station, when gravity took over and WHAM!!!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188509
It is not too bad, since we needed to fix a great deal on that end anyway.
Here is a shot of the rest of the train yard.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188510
Here is Rick, Stefan, and Steve working on the second foundation:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188511
Here is Steve and Rick trying to figure out how we built this darn thing!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188513
Everyone left by 9:30, and it was a blast, a big thanks goes from me to
everyone who helped, I do appreciate it. I hope that everyone else had fun too.
A few notes regarding the train station & this project in general:
I made this mostly for passenger trains, so I encourage anyone who has them
to be sure to bring them to the show. Also, after talking to Steve (2) we
are going to go ahead and redo the entrance to the train yard and the train
station so that 8 wides should be able to come up to my yard.
I think we should be able to get this done by the show. I hope!
LMKWYT!
Scott S.
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> Brickshelf Gallery:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=18902
>
> It started shortly before 9:30AM Indiana time, when Tony and Rick arrived.
> Lynn was still home, but was OK with that. : ) I had some major things I
> wanted to get done, mainly get the modules done, get the switches done, and
> start transferring the train station on a brick foundation, so it will match
> the rest of the modules.
> Jason Spears came as well, and helped redo the ramp and help finish one end
> of the train shed area. We got some pizza and a good chow down. Stefan
> Garcias also came, his aunt lives about a mile from my house, which is a
> kicker, and he showed off some of his great creations:
>
> Here is his crane:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188505
Cool crane.
> Here is his work area train creation (Forgot the name again!)
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188506
>
> After lunch, we watched the video Kai kindly made for me, and everyone
> thought it was great, I think we will need to do this for the next show,
> with some other things as well. • Can't wait to see that video.Sounds good if we want to do it again.
> We got back to work, here is Tony and Jason, Tony is working on the switch
> on the entrance from the main lines into the train yard:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188507
>
> Here is the canopy, which I started working on a little this week, it is
> still in pieces from the Novi show in January. : /
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188508
Hmmmmmmm Griswold has some repairs coming to before the GR show also so your
not alone.
> We worked on through the afternoon, Jason left sometime, and we got ready to
> start working on the station itself. Rick and Stefan got some guidance for
> me, as we used some Duplo elements to save some bricks, and built a pretty
> solid foundation for the station. We got one done, put it near the other
> side of the layout, and started the other foundation.
>
> Tony was working on the station, when gravity took over and WHAM!!!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188509
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...........
> It is not too bad, since we needed to fix a great deal on that end anyway.
>
> Here is a shot of the rest of the train yard. • Great start!
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188510
>
> Here is Rick, Stefan, and Steve working on the second foundation:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188511
>
> Here is Steve and Rick trying to figure out how we built this darn thing!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188513
>
> Everyone left by 9:30, and it was a blast, a big thanks goes from me to
> everyone who helped, I do appreciate it. I hope that everyone else had fun too.
Soiunds like you guys had fun.Wish I could have been there....
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Chris & All,
> Cool crane.
Stefan is a great guy, and a good builder. An absolute pleasure to meet him.
> Can't wait to see that video.Sounds good if we want to do it again.
Yes, indeed. Tony, can we get access to a VCR and TV down there or should I
bring mine?
> AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...........
Yes, that was a bad fall, but it is LEGO at least. : )
> Sounds like you guys had fun.Wish I could have been there....
Yeah, yeah, sure sure! ; ) I am sure it won't be the last event I will have.
Scott S.
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Chris & All,
> Cool crane.
Stefan is a great guy, and a good builder. An absolute pleasure to meet him.
> Can't wait to see that video.Sounds good if we want to do it again.
Yes, indeed. Tony, if we have a meeting on the 29th, can we get access to a
VCR and TV down there or should I bring mine?
> AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...........
Yes, that was a bad fall, but it is LEGO at least. : )
> Sounds like you guys had fun.Wish I could have been there....
Yeah, yeah, sure sure! ; ) I am sure it won't be the last event I will have.
Scott S.
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Amy & All,
> > Yes, indeed. Tony, if we have a meeting on the 29th, can we get access to a
> > VCR and TV down there or should I bring mine?
>
> Is that the video Kai made with his digital camera, or have you managed to get
> video from a camcorder?
That was from Kai's camera, he was kind enough to provide me with a tape of
it, at my request.
> I have a DV camcorder that'd probably fit on a train car. I've considered >buying a Railway Express so I can test it, but I don't know if I'll be able >to make even a half day to GATS.
Well, if you want, I can bring a Railway Express to see how it works if you
come to a meeting or whatever. If we have a meeting on the 29th, I can stop
by as well. It is a neat thing to see, I must have watched it about 50 times
now. : )
Scott S.
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Amy & All,
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=188509
>
> Is that white filler I see to the right?
Unfortunately, yes. What you see onm the right is 1/2 of the train station
base, it is basically regular plates with a 2 layer grid of 2x2's and 2x4's
on the top, to make a nice, solid base. Even with 77 tubs, I was running out
of 2x4's!! I used yellow, black, blue, and white. I tried to avoid using
red, since I am making the engine shed red as well.
The only color of filler I did not use was green, since I need to use that
for the top, I uprooted about 1/2 of the white and blue already. I hope I
have enough green to finish it! : )
Scott "Hope it doesn't come to 1x1's & 1x2's" S.
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