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(...) Given most of us hang out here, unless there's any (local) objections LUGnet is a good place to post info. Even so, a mailing list probably should be organised. But there's no reason to keep it to just the trainheads. A lot of what would go (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) were (...) or (...) with. Sure, I just thought maybe if we're gonna start talking about organisational stuff, who's doing what with train tables, what we want to call ourselves (nice to have a name for train shows), how we handle money / (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I have all 9V and am trying to get enough bits together to make some decent scenery. (...) As Ross pointed out previously, my non-Lego building is taking up most of my weekends at the moment, otherwise I am interested in being involved. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) The Americans love the (Location)LTC form (much as they love the (loc)LUG.) This would make us ALTC Australian... EALTC Eastern Australia PELTC Pacific East NHLTC New Holland TILTC Terra Incognito TALTC Terra Australis and many more (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Only one I can think to add to the list is AusLTC (but see my vote below!). I'd probably favour a country-wide club initially. (...) about (...) tables. (...) However, if we can get it built custom size & design for a similar price, that would (...) (23 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Final Call for naming of The Australian LEGO Train Club. Currently TALC (Trains of Australian LEGO Clubs) Two votes. For other suggestions see previous posts. (...) More news here. Alan has Okayed the idea of a LEGO layout, and I gave the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Not that I have a vote or anything, but I just thought I'd toss in my .01 AUS... Seems to me that "TALC", while forming a pronouncable word, is kind of clumsy at best when working out the name ("clubs" plural?? Are there more than 1?) And what (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Epping (...) Here's one I prepared earlier(!) - (URL) a couple of loops, a (small!) area in the middle if needed for operations, plenty of siding room for storing trains, a town area, and a long straight section if anyone wants to do a bridge. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Great Idea Guys We in Brisbane have also discussed the idea of doing the Brisbane Train Show as well Good luck the layout looks great. Peter Parsons Space Bug (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) By my count there are some 6 Australian clubs (one for each captial city). To get numbers/models for any show we'd consider doing recruiting from more than one club will be necessary. (...) I don't think that'll be a problem. After all there's (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Looks good. A reasonable amount of "town" space is a good idea at least the first time. And the yard area off to the other side will make a good show. Any objections to the plan as a draft, anyone? James (who will have to borrow 150ish (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Given that the show is on a long weekend, anyone from Bris would be welcome to drop down and bring some trains to run (or buildings or whatever). Or even send down a boxcar with a BUG icon on it and we'll take pictures of it running on the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Ahh, now that's a new concept-- so the TALC would actually be a consortium of LTDs from all of the Aussie LUGs. I kind of like that idea. Build on! -John (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Yep! Just gotta get some buildings to put there! (...) Useful for staging trains with minimum "dead time", too. (...) Well, you dont necessarily have to cover the whole area. Also, you might want to leave a hole in the middle for access (under (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) (URL) my suggestion, it's really mearly a rework of Ross' plan, with added baseplates. I also added connections betweenthe inner and outer loops meaning we can run trains on and off that middle bit. I figure around about three controlers (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Looks good! Much better idea putting the cross-overs in rather than the extra yard on the inner loop! What's the chances of getting a lower table for the "river"? That'd be much better for a bridge - even 4 or 5 bricks would make it much (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I volunteer the use of my hacksaw to produce a lower table... Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.au)
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