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Dear All
I’m pleased to announce pictures of the fourth Great Western LEGO Train Show at
STEAM, the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon, UK. The event took
place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October and saw over 2600 visitors through
the doors.
The display was built by six individuals: Chris Dee, Justin Dee, Martin Long,
Huw Millington, Mark Palmer and Jason Railton. Thanks also go to Dean Earley
who provided rolling stock and another pair of hands to operate the layout
whilst we talked to the visitors.
For those people who like to put faces to names, here we are:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2062030
Left > Right:
Dean Earley, Martin Long, Mark Palmer, Justin Dee, Huw Millington, Jason
Railton, Chris Dee.
There were loads of little highlights - far too many to mention. Take a look at
the pictures and see if you can spot the details that caught other people’s eye.
Everything was there for a reason - you just need to work out what that reason
was! We also had a permanently live traincam showing a minifig-eye view of the
layout, which was hugely popular with the visitors.
Martin’s photo gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=209070
Huw’s photo gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=209425
Mark’s photo gallery:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=209579
Enjoy!
Martin Long
GWLTS-IV co-ordinator
Member of the Brickish Association
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Long wrote:
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Dear All
I’m pleased to announce pictures of the fourth Great Western LEGO Train Show
at STEAM, the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon, UK. The event
took place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October and saw over 2600 visitors
through the doors.
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Brilliant work, guys! Your layout is filled with many stunning MOCs in stunning
colors that really is very pleasing in appearance. It seems to me to be more
asthetically pleasing to present a layout in-line rather than in a large
rectangular-type format. Unless the backdrops for a large, enclosed layout is
extensive, I think the “background noise” of the other side is too distracting
and detracts from the overall presentation. Does that make any sense? I mean,
this is so nice (apart
from the vagrant sleeping in the back....just kidding, Dean:-) having a “quiet”
background of the wall to allow the viewer to focus on the layout and appreciate
it more fully.
Kudos from across the pond! Thanks for sharing!
JOHN
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John wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Martin Long wrote:
> > Dear All
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce pictures of the fourth Great Western LEGO Train Show
> > at STEAM, the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon, UK. The event
> > took place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October and saw over 2600 visitors
> > through the doors.
>
> Brilliant work, guys! Your layout is filled with many stunning MOCs in stunning
> colors that {really} is very pleasing in appearance. It seems to me to be more
> asthetically pleasing to present a layout {in-line} rather than in a large
> rectangular-type format. Unless the backdrops for a large, enclosed layout is
> extensive, I think the "background noise" of the other side is too distracting
> and detracts from the overall presentation. Does that make any sense? I mean,
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2061989 this> is so nice (apart
> from the vagrant sleeping in the back....just kidding, Dean:-) having a "quiet"
> background of the wall to allow the viewer to focus on the layout and appreciate
> it more fully.
Thanks for that John, it does seem to work well.
I suppose the Lego shows over here tend to be one group in a smallish
area whereas yours are lots of groups in a HUGE hall making linear
layouts impractical.
Oh yeah, my brother was banned from the second day :D (Well, He had
other things on anyway)
ps, my photos are all available at:
http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk/gallery.php/LEGO/GWLTS%204/
--
Dean Earley (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web: http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)780 8369596
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Brilliant work, guys! Your layout is filled with many stunning MOCs in
stunning colors that really is very pleasing in appearance. It seems to me
to be more asthetically pleasing to present a layout in-line rather than in
a large rectangular-type format. Unless the backdrops for a large, enclosed
layout is extensive, I think the “background noise” of the other side is too
distracting and detracts from the overall presentation. Does that make any
sense? I mean, this is so nice (apart from the vagrant sleeping in the back....just
kidding, Dean:-) having a “quiet” background of the wall to allow the viewer
to focus on the layout and appreciate it more fully.
Kudos from across the pond! Thanks for sharing!
JOHN
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Thanks John! In-line layouts just happen to suit the venues we usually display
in. The problem tends to be trains being out of sight as they could be 15m+
away from you. We solve that problem by having a couple of joined in-line
layouts that seamlessly integrate (but are not necessarily connected by track)
and also placing controllers in a reasonably central position.
The STEAM museum is a fantastic place and our display is very fitting there. I
like your comment about the absence of background noise, but did you notice what
was behind the
visitors? That takes some ignoring...or our display is even more impressive :-)
OK, we can dream!
Martin
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> The STEAM museum is a fantastic place and our display is very fitting there. I
> like your comment about the absence of background noise, but did you notice what
> was <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2071050 behind> the
> visitors? That takes some ignoring...or our display is even more impressive :-)
> OK, we can dream!
Well, Caerphilly Castle doesn't change and grow every year (and it
doesn't move :D
--
Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web: http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)780 8369596
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Long wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Brilliant work, guys! Your layout is filled with many stunning MOCs in
stunning colors that really is very pleasing in appearance. It seems to
me to be more asthetically pleasing to present a layout in-line rather
than in a large rectangular-type format. Unless the backdrops for a large,
enclosed layout is extensive, I think the “background noise” of the other
side is too distracting and detracts from the overall presentation. Does
that make any sense? I mean,
this is so nice
(apart from the vagrant sleeping in the back....just kidding, Dean:-) having
a “quiet” background of the wall to allow the viewer to focus on the layout
and appreciate it more fully.
Kudos from across the pond! Thanks for sharing!
JOHN
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Thanks John! In-line layouts just happen to suit the venues we usually
display in. The problem tends to be trains being out of sight as they could
be 15m+ away from you. We solve that problem by having a couple of joined
in-line layouts that seamlessly integrate (but are not necessarily connected
by track) and also placing controllers in a reasonably central position.
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You might try tossing more than one train on a line, but that gets pretty
labor-intensive having to mind it constantly...
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The STEAM museum is a fantastic place and our display is very fitting there.
I like your comment about the absence of background noise, but did you notice
what was behind the
visitors? That takes some ignoring...or our display is even more impressive
:-) OK, we can dream!
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lol, actually, that is perfect, because it is behind everyone, and a big
draw to get the crowds in the doors. That’s probably really nice for you guys
to stare at all day:-)
Which makes me think: has there been any talk around the island about where the
Hogwarts Express will end up after all of her Hollywood work is over? I hope it
is in a nice venue such as STEAM.
JOHN
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Long wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Brilliant work, guys! Your layout is filled with many stunning MOCs in
stunning colors that really is very pleasing in appearance. It seems to
me to be more asthetically pleasing to present a layout in-line rather
than in a large rectangular-type format. Unless the backdrops for a large,
enclosed layout is extensive, I think the “background noise” of the other
side is too distracting and detracts from the overall presentation. Does
that make any sense? I mean,
this is so nice
(apart from the vagrant sleeping in the back....just kidding, Dean:-)
having a “quiet” background of the wall to allow the viewer to focus on the
layout and appreciate it more fully.
Kudos from across the pond! Thanks for sharing!
JOHN
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Thanks John! In-line layouts just happen to suit the venues we usually
display in. The problem tends to be trains being out of sight as they could
be 15m+ away from you. We solve that problem by having a couple of joined
in-line layouts that seamlessly integrate (but are not necessarily connected
by track) and also placing controllers in a reasonably central position.
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You might try tossing more than one train on a line, but that gets pretty
labor-intensive having to mind it constantly...
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Actually we do tend to run multiple trains per track, including lightning runs
by the ghost train. It works pretty well untill Martin introduces his IR
train...
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Which makes me think: has there been any talk around the island about where
the Hogwarts Express will end up after all of her Hollywood work is over? I
hope it is in a nice venue such as STEAM.
JOHN
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“Hogwarts Expres” lives in Scotland.... http://www.steamtrain.info/harry.htm and
is owned by a commercial company. Although it is an ex GWR loco so could have a
place at Steam (“The Museum of the Great Western Railway”).
Mark
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Palmer wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Martin Long wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
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Brilliant work, guys! Your layout is filled with many stunning MOCs in
stunning colors that really is very pleasing in appearance. It seems to
me to be more asthetically pleasing to present a layout in-line rather
than in a large rectangular-type format. Unless the backdrops for a
large, enclosed layout is extensive, I think the “background noise” of the
other side is too distracting and detracts from the overall presentation.
Does that make any sense? I mean,
this is so nice
(apart from the vagrant sleeping in the back....just kidding, Dean:-)
having a “quiet” background of the wall to allow the viewer to focus on
the layout and appreciate it more fully.
Kudos from across the pond! Thanks for sharing!
JOHN
|
Thanks John! In-line layouts just happen to suit the venues we usually
display in. The problem tends to be trains being out of sight as they
could be 15m+ away from you. We solve that problem by having a couple of
joined in-line layouts that seamlessly integrate (but are not necessarily
connected by track) and also placing controllers in a reasonably central
position.
|
You might try tossing more than one train on a line, but that gets pretty
labor-intensive having to mind it constantly...
|
Actually we do tend to run multiple trains per track, including lightning
runs by the ghost train. It works pretty well untill Martin introduces his IR
train...
| |
Which makes me think: has there been any talk around the island about where
the Hogwarts Express will end up after all of her Hollywood work is over? I
hope it is in a nice venue such as STEAM.
JOHN
|
“Hogwarts Expres” lives in Scotland.... http://www.steamtrain.info/harry.htm
and is owned by a commercial company. Although it is an ex GWR loco so could
have a place at Steam (“The Museum of the Great Western Railway”).
Mark
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In front of the coaling stage is a remote-controlled passing loop with signals.
I was using that to trap and release a second train (like Percy or the Rocket)
on the line, though you can’t always do that when some of the bigger trains are
already pulling with three motors.
The IR train is ideal to run on the same track as something else. It’s a
mistake to try and juggle its position with the stepped IR controller though.
You get much more precise control by setting its speed then varying the speed of
the 9V train with the track controller.
Ivor was running, although putting BBB wheels on an IR motor just exacerbates
the power issues. It slows right down on the long turns, then accelerates along
the straights. If you take it up a notch it keeps going through the corners but
gets dangerously fast on the straights, making it hard to keep two trains apart
(or keep the IR train together!). Obviously it’s easier to manage if you have
the right size wheels on the motor in the first place, but the IR system is
affected by corners more than the 9V.
Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll be able to sort my photos until after
Legoworld.
Jason R
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