To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.org.us.michlugOpen lugnet.org.us.michlug in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Organizations / United States / MichLUG / 489
488  |  490
Subject: 
Re: Train Show Meeting Summary
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.org.us.michlug
Date: 
Wed, 4 Apr 2001 03:09:22 GMT
Viewed: 
699 times
  
Kai,

Everything sounds great.  I WILL NOT be attending the show due to events
scheduled 4 years ago :).

Pah, what could be more important than a LEGO train show for GATS? ; )

I will send my track up and the road plates that
I have with who ever.  I will have some buildings to put in.  Do you guys
want the water tower again?  I could make it taller, and bigger.

Anything and everything would be fine, Kai.

At this show I will not send up everything like I did last time.  Maybe • some
boats for the water scene and everything else I mentioned earlier.  I dont
think Scott, Chris or any one else wants to haul all my stuff up.

Well, I think Chris or Steve could arrange to pick up your stuff, I will be
in Indiana by April 14th, so I don't want to drive here, then there if I can
avoid it.

Some thing I want to talk about is the electrical layout.  We did not have • a
very effecient electrical system last time.  I think we should have block
controling again but have all the blocks controlled from a single point.
That will mean bringing even more long wires and extension cords.

Indeed. Any thoughts on this? Chris, Larry, etc? We might need some
controllers on each of the holes, that should take care of a lot of the
problems I think.

And maybe
Mindstorms controlled layout?  So many times around for a train and the
switches bring the train in and let another train out?  DCC even?

Whoa, whoa, hold on Kai! We nee dto see the feasibility of that before we go
and make it into a train show. Is it feasible to have Mindstorms control it?
Did anyone ever do it? Probably one of our future things we want to look at,
not this showe, though.

Scott S.
--



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Train Show Meeting Summary
 
(...) I think the appropriate thing to do is what has been learned by hard experience by GMLTC. Use blocks. Make them electrically separated using either tape between both rails at a joint or by attaching straight track to a plate with a one stud (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Train Show Meeting Summary
 
<snip> Everything sounds great. I WILL NOT be attending the show due to events scheduled 4 years ago :). I will send my track up and the road plates that I have with who ever. I will have some buildings to put in. Do you guys want the water tower (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)

9 Messages in This Thread:



Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR