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Youre' description is to me what bells were to Pavlov's dogs...
Pics? PLEASE?!?!!?
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:G76q7H.Huu@lugnet.com...
> Just a short note to let everyone know that our first show was a success. • A
> few minor glitches but overall everything went pretty well, or at least it
> was going well when I had to leave for the airport.
>
> We went through most of 600 handouts, each of which had www.lugnet.com and
> the S@H number on them as well as a bunch of other stuff including the • PNLTC
> train parts diagram... (full sheet doublesided, thanks to several folks • for
> sharing, Scott S and I put together a "best of the best" available on • request).
>
> We got second place in the popularity contest, which coupled with the
> appearance money should have covered all the expenses Chris (and a few
> others) incurred. We were on the 6 and 11 o'clock news on one of the local
> Detroit stations.
>
> Our 10 gate "new Metro Terminal" was completed AT THE SHOW by Chris in a
> demonstration of his building expertise. It's massive, and it drew a LOT • of
> favorable comment. It got done a lot faster than the real terminal at DTW
> will! AND, we had an Airport Shuttle that was actually being used as an
> Airport Shuttle, it went THROUGH the terminal building on its route. This
> area featured the ONLY non LEGO of the whole show, Chris built an Air • Force
> 1, complete with stretch limo, security team, and other aircraft waiting • to
> take off (but no Monica) which used Best-Lock stickers for the • presidential
> seal and "President of the United States" lettering along the fuselage.
>
> We learned a few lessons, but encountered no major disasters. (I don't • count
> cars of my = bullet train hitting the floor, breaking into constituent • parts
> and being reassembled as "major" disasters... that happened twice. Note to
> future shows, don't have track quite so close to the edge of the table!)
>
> Thanks to all who helped work. I'll have some show pictures up on • Brickshelf
> hopefully tomorrow from a faster connection than this NYC hotel dialup...
>
> Another plus mark in the "Lego Train clubs put on reliably crowd pleasing
> shows" ledger with GATS, which helps make it easier for the next club and
> the next show.
>
> John Neal, pay attention, another 8 wider came out of the closet and • showed
> his stuff off on the layout... :-) Beautiful Big Boy and GP30 models! We • had
> to move a few things (like an entire monorail pier) to get clearance but • it
> was a neat sight. (yes I got pics of it and the GP30)
>
> Kudos to Kai, Peter, Scott, Lester, Sandy, and especially Chris Leach who
> was the driving force in pulling it all together. Thanks also to Steve • Bliss
> and the others who loaned a few items, and a big thanks to Brad J and LD • for
> support.
>
> ++Lar
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In lugnet.trains.org, Tony Kilaras writes:
> Youre' description is to me what bells were to Pavlov's dogs...
> Pics? PLEASE?!?!!?
Tomorrow when I have a high bandwidth connection. Till then, salivate. :-)
++Lar
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In lugnet.trains.org, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains.org, Tony Kilaras writes:
> > Youre' description is to me what bells were to Pavlov's dogs...
> > Pics? PLEASE?!?!!?
>
> Tomorrow when I have a high bandwidth connection. Till then, salivate. :-)
>
> ++Lar
Scott Sanburn got his uploaded... these are smaller (640x480) pics but
faster loading:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=ssanburn
(he has his pics organized by day)
This shot of Scott's is a favorite of mine:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=28098 as it shows just how
MASSIVE the airport terminal is, and frames the monorail just emerging from
the terminal building. Chris assures me that apart from selective
compression and grey instead of white, that this is what the new DTW
terminal will look like.
This one: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=28097 is also a
fav as it shows just how badly the First Sax Player (soon to be First
Rancher) can gum up metro when he visits.
I am in the process of uploading as we speak and when I am done, mine will
be here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2837
Mine are huge (12x16hundred) so will be a lot slower to view. I just
uploaded a big zip and it failed to work so I have to do it image by image.
++Lar
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:G77JA4.7Mx@lugnet.com...
> Mine are huge (12x16hundred) so will be a lot slower to view. I just
> uploaded a big zip and it failed to work so I have to do it image by
image.
That would be your first clue that these images are *way* too big for most
folks.
Thanks for sharing Larry, but these pictures would be better if formatted
for downloading and viewing on a 'normal' system. Not everyone has a
broadband connection and a 20" monitor...
Build On!
John Matthews
>
> ++Lar
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This is AMAZING -- love the airport!
David
"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:G77JA4.7Mx@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains.org, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.trains.org, Tony Kilaras writes:
> > > Youre' description is to me what bells were to Pavlov's dogs...
> > > Pics? PLEASE?!?!!?
> >
> > Tomorrow when I have a high bandwidth connection. Till then, salivate. • :-)
> >
> > ++Lar
>
> Scott Sanburn got his uploaded... these are smaller (640x480) pics but
> faster loading:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=ssanburn
>
> (he has his pics organized by day)
>
> This shot of Scott's is a favorite of mine:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=28098 as it shows just how
> MASSIVE the airport terminal is, and frames the monorail just emerging • from
> the terminal building. Chris assures me that apart from selective
> compression and grey instead of white, that this is what the new DTW
> terminal will look like.
>
> This one: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=28097 is also a
> fav as it shows just how badly the First Sax Player (soon to be First
> Rancher) can gum up metro when he visits.
>
> I am in the process of uploading as we speak and when I am done, mine will
> be here:
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2837
>
> Mine are huge (12x16hundred) so will be a lot slower to view. I just
> uploaded a big zip and it failed to work so I have to do it image by • image.
>
> ++Lar
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In lugnet.trains.org, David Mitby writes:
> This is AMAZING -- love the airport!
Thanks David.I actually had to finish it as the show was going.It didn't
make the trip there to well.Most of it was done but before the show but
transporting it took a big toll on it.I will redesign it a little to make it
alot stronger.It also was the last thing i worked on as i wanted to make
sure everything else was ready.I figured if it wasn't done by show time i
would treat the crowd to a demonstration on how to build a little.
> David
> > >
> > > ++Lar
> >
> > Scott Sanburn got his uploaded... these are smaller (640x480) pics but
> > faster loading:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=ssanburn
> >
> > (he has his pics organized by day)
> >
> > This shot of Scott's is a favorite of mine:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=28098 as it shows just how
> > MASSIVE the airport terminal is, and frames the monorail just emerging • from
> > the terminal building. Chris assures me that apart from selective
> > compression and grey instead of white, that this is what the new DTW
> > terminal will look like.
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Matthews writes:
> [snip]
>
> Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> news:G77JA4.7Mx@lugnet.com...
> > Mine are huge (12x16hundred) so will be a lot slower to view. I just
> > uploaded a big zip and it failed to work so I have to do it image by
> image.
>
> That would be your first clue that these images are *way* too big for most
> folks.
Since I haven't sat down and figured out how to automatically resize and
rename a bunch of pictures at once inside of the tool I use, the time to
reformat all of them wasn't available to me. So it came down to those or
none. I chose those rather than none.
Since you have thumbnails to choose from, you only pay the price for ones
you want to see. Since other people uploaded smaller ones, you don't have to
look at mine at all if large images get you all annoyed.
I could see a basis for your carping if I was the only source. But I wasn't.
++Lar
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In lugnet.trains.org, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains.org, John Matthews writes:
> > Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> > > Mine are huge (12x16hundred) so will be a lot slower to view. I just
> > > uploaded a big zip and it failed to work so I have to do it image by
> > > image.
> > That would be your first clue that these images are *way* too big for most
> > folks.
>
> Since I haven't sat down and figured out how to automatically resize and
> rename a bunch of pictures at once inside of the tool I use, the time to
> reformat all of them wasn't available to me. So it came down to those or
> none. I chose those rather than none.
>
> Since you have thumbnails to choose from, you only pay the price for ones
> you want to see. Since other people uploaded smaller ones, you don't have to
> look at mine at all if large images get you all annoyed.
>
> I could see a basis for your carping if I was the only source. But I wasn't.
And in case it's not apparant, Lar - some folks appreciate your larger pics,
so please don't assume from the negative comments that its not worth the
effort - it is.
Thanks,
James
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