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| Let's keep a fest and the GATS straight. GATS are where they are and when they are, we don't have a say, Greenberg schedules them as they see fit. GMLTC chooses to exhibit at various GATS based on how much trouble it is to get to one, and how much, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
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| | Re: real lego layout
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| (...) The GMLTC can certainly vouch for that! We have hundreds of thousands of pieces, and we still worry about running out of bricks. Our standard rallying cry is "We need more bricks!" JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Mike, it depends. Are you a lego purist? (...) Space to protect LEGO purists (...) If you are not a lego purist, then open up the back of the point and hack off the tab. I know that there is at least 2 web pages with descriptions of the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Except the gmltc.org server is still sitting in my basement eagerly awaiting my new dsl connection so more people can connect to it. If you wanted to bring your computer over, I could wire you in though.... <grin> -john (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: Info o GMLTC Style Honeycomb structure
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| Chris Chris -- PGP public key available upon request. You know, no one has ever asked... I'll take the bait, what is it? BTW, sent to list and you personally Thanx, Mark Millére LUGnet # 525 Visit Milissa's LEGO store, Millére's Spares (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Info o GMLTC Style Honeycomb structure
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| (...) Mark, Oh, a public key is an encryption key (secret spy decoder ring stuff, but for real[1]). PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy, and it is a freeware program ( (URL) ) that encrypts files, E-mail, or anything you do not want everyone else (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| "John Gerlach" <john.gerlach@bestbu...om.nospam> wrote in message news:GCo6oJ.5v5@lugnet.com... <snip> The GMLTC had a bascule bridge on our last layout: (...) </snip> That's a very unusual design for bridge.... Is it modelled after an existing (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC Update
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| (...) Fairly easy to make your own: 1. Cut a 1m cable in half. 2. Take one half and shorten one of the two wires at the end by two inches. 3. Solder a reed switch to the ends so it lies along the cable. 4. Put some heat shrink over it all. 5. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) There could be a problem using these on that return loop. It's all curves, and this sensor looks like it has a rectangular 2x4 plate between the sleepers so it'll only fit on straights. Perhaps there's time for a quick design change John? (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) It's not too hard. I'm rubbish at soldering - I always overheat things. This worked fairly well though. Heat shrink is easy to use too - just bring it near heat like a haridryer, lighter, or cooker hob to tighten it. You have to lay the reed (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Oops - too many Johns. I meant John Barnes might be able to shave a bit off the lower plate so that it'll fit on a curve. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pictures of the completed GMLTC Plummer Building model
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| (...) Very nice! Well done, all. Excellent design. Few questions: The internal support structure: Bearing in mind that I have never built anything of this size: I would have never thought to include this. Was it needed? Why? To support the various (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) I designed it specifically to support the upper walls - each of the various ever-smaller stories above the main part of the building has columns supporting the walls all the way down to the ground. We used rubber mallets to pound on the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Upcoming AFOL Events List
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| (...) TCLTC & GMLTC showing their train layouts at the annual (URL) La Crosse Train Show> March 12 & 13 in La Crosse, Wisconsin at the La Crosse Center. JOHN (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Franchising Spamcake?
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| As we at the GMLTC rebuild our layout and create a whole new town section, I had an idea which I thought would be pretty fun. Wouldn't it be fun to build a Spamcake Diner on the GMLTC layout? Then I thought: wouldn't it be fun if the Spamcake Diner (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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