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Re: First block of Main Street for Brikwars, Train, or Modern town display
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lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.us.nelug
Date: 
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 01:54:09 GMT
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Eric Kingsley wrote:

Well I won't go into to much detail here because most of it is on the web page.

The origional inspiration for this was buildings others brought to NELUG's
Brikwars games although I had stopped work on it for the last month or two as I
got distracted with other projects.  I resently was reinspired with the
possibility of NELUG doing a train display.

Here is the first Block of Main Street.

Hey Eric,

I'm not sure the small one-story building with the triangular sign sticking out
above the sidewalk is a store at all.  What it really reminds me of is a small,
one or two screen movie theater - the kind of operation that's being forced
out of business (or at least to second-run status) by the big Showcase
Cinemas-type chains.  Alternately, it could be a local theater that shows 'art'
films.

Anyway, that sign really reminded me of a lot of movie marquees that I've seen,
so that's what I think is in there.

J



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  Re: First block of Main Street for Brikwars, Train, or Modern town display
 
(...) Or, it could be a store which has opened in the building of a failed theater. (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
  Re: First block of Main Street for Brikwars, Train, or Modern town display
 
(...) Yah, the more I look at it the more it does look like a movie theater although I think one story is kind of short for a theater. Unless you assume the theater pit continues into the basement. My origional thought was that it was some sort of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.us.nelug)

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  First block of Main Street for Brikwars, Train, or Modern town display
 
Well I won't go into to much detail here because most of it is on the web page. The origional inspiration for this was buildings others brought to NELUG's Brikwars games although I had stopped work on it for the last month or two as I got distracted (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.us.nelug)  

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