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Re: Trains around the Christmas Tree
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Sun, 15 Nov 1998 12:19:59 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I'm searching for bow and ribbon ideas. One idea that Taya, my 9
> year old, came up with is to just use a 2x2 or 2x3 brick and put a
> flower (petals only, not the green stem) on the center of 4 of the studs
> to represent a bow. I really liked that, it works well. Any others?
What an absolutely brilliant idea. The kid's a genius (but you
knew that already, right?). I have a baggie full of those
useless things, must run home and try it out.
> I'd love to see a discussion on building christmas specific stuff if
> people are interested...
Presumably the 1807 Santa (change his legs to match the keychain
Santa) as engineer. Maybe a stock car full of reindeer? Anybody
have a good reindeer design?
> One big problem I have in general is a severe lack of green in mass
> quantities. (I did put a bid in on Scott's big green lot...) But we all
> have that problem I bet, especially for green plates....
But white (snow/ice) is easier to come by. A few pine trees should
be all the green you need.
--
Steve Jacquot
sj5w@virginia.edu
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| (...) My stock car does not give much visibility... so I probably, if I did a stock car, could get away with horses, but I'd rather do a flat or gondola (Don't tell the SPCA or PETA about this) with the reindeer standing on it (and the next flat (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Trains around the Christmas Tree
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| For many years, on and off, we have run trains around the tree. First in HO, then in LGB G scale, and last year I had a small one around a tiny tree in my apt in Detroitland. Well, this year I have a LOT more parts to build with and plan to do (...) (26 years ago, 15-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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