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Re: BUGS #10 (but really about our Brisbane train show)
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Wed, 6 Mar 2002 04:02:22 GMT
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> The day was hosted by Ken, and wife Frances (who did an outstanding job
> keeping us feed, i'm sure there was not one person who wasn't hungry by the
> end of the day.
I think there's a few too many negatives in the above :-) I think we all went
home full!
> We all agreed to meet again in two weeks at Peter's place to go over the
> display layout, so we all could know what exactly we were all doing.
To be precise, we said we'd try to get together at Peter's on Saturday 16th,
but if anyone can't make that time, Peter said to get in touch and find a
mutually convenient time. Email Peter if you need the address etc.
The track layout has already been made and is set up at Peter's. The need now
is to:
a) organise what trains/carriages etc will run on it
b) decide what buildings and other town setting stuff should surround the
track.
Peter and Gary have already made a start on this stuff (e.g. Gary's station
MOC), but obviously are looking for the rest of us to flesh it all out. Peter
and Gary have done some general "zoning" of the town (which includes a lake).
Basically they want people to look at the layout/zones and take ownership of
chunks of space and supply buildings etc to fit. Due to the curves in the
track, some of the spaces are not rectangular, but Peter has cut up a number
of base plates to fit some of the irregular spaces, so I think he can give you
the baseplate on which to build. If the space is rectangular, then I think you
are supposed to supply your own base plate. I'm not sure if there is an agreed
colour scheme on base plates?
There are a few constraints. Buildings at the front of the display (which is
either 4x2 metres or 4x3 meters -- some confusion reigned) will have to be
relatively lowset to not block the view, but the ones at the back can be high.
We also had some discussion about the structure of buildings. Should we go
with "closed" structures, and not the back-less style used in a lot of Town
sets (or the modern breezeway style with no walls at all). Or do we need more
open buildings to let light in to see interior detail and to see through them?
This links into the related issue of whether buildings should face the roads
in the natural manner or should they always be build "best side" towards the
front of the display (the only angle the public will get).
Probably I should post all of this to the newsgroup, as Peter and Gary are not
inclined to post, and I suspect there may be a few other people who might want
to know all this, or (those further afield) who might have some useful input
from doing it themselves.
Oh, in case nobody said, the train show is the Labour Day (May Day) long
weekend 4-6 May at the Brisbane Exhibition grounds. We'll probably have to
come up with a roster to man the display at some point.
Gary/Peter, correct me if I've misrepresented anything.
If anyone else out there (locally or otherwise) has any useful advice to
contribute on how to go about our first train show, speak up.
Kerry
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