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Re: Train fans: Let's get our act together before Gosport!
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 19:45:04 GMT
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:G9vu6x.9D9@lugnet.com...
> So, I am proposing that we do a bit of planning to allow us to set up a
> table-height layout.

Sounds good. Just watch for falling Metroliners a la PNLTC video...

> I don't know much about pasting tables, but I imagine they are roughly the
> same size and (more importantly) height wherever they come from. Any • height
> differences can be sorted out using bricks and plates under the legs.

...or brick under the trach to make bridges, viaducts or even inclines...

> We could even suggest that those who want to take part that don't have a
> table already buy them from the same shop chain (e.g. Homebase) to • guarantee
> size uniformity. I think they only cost a fiver or so.

Mine were £6 from B&Q. Not sure how many of the three are caked in paste now
though! I'll happily turn up with half a dozen clean ones, but I might need
a few for my parts bins ;-)

> How many people would be interested in this scheme? Let's see if we can • get,
> say, a 2x3 table rectangular layout (10 tables, hole in the middle) so I • can
> give my trains a good run :-)

I'm in. How about double-width tables on one side to allow for fiddle yards?

Just Jono .oO



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  Train fans: Let's get our act together before Gosport!
 
While I prefer the atmosphere of a home-based LEGOFest, one good thing about having 'fests in halls is that there's plenty of space for setting up a train layout. We have set up fair sized layouts in the 2 hall fests we have had so far, but they (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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