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Re: Proposal for an AFOL Event at LEGOLAND Windsor
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Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:36:52 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason J. Railton writes:

Well, I've got the following MOCs I could provide:

Minifig 6-Wide Trains:
* Blue (Caledonian Railway) 0-4-0 saddle tank steam engine with seven mixed
freight short wagons.
* Red (L.M.S.) 4-6-2 steam engine with tender and two long red carriages.
* Green (G.W.R.) 2-6-2 steam engine with 2 long tan/brown carriages (one has
dining tables with lit lamps and carries the motor for this train), and an
0-6-0 pannier tank as an (idle) 'pusher' engine.

Minifig 4-Wide Vehicles:
* Orange/yellow skip lorry.
* Green sports three-wheeler.
* Yellow Chrysler PT cruiser.
* Light blue RAF recruitment Land Rover + trailer.
* Black/blue touring trike.
* Teal/pink/white tractor cab unit.

Buildings:
* Motorised windmill on standard green baseplate (in progress).
* Admiralty building in tan/sand-red.  Currently on one large grey plate,
may be expanded to two in time.
* Railway signal box.
* Rural station house with platform.
* Other small house/shop (in progress).

Other features:
* Single-track motorised level crossing.
* Single-track railway bridge over stream - I'll try to remodel this such
that the track needs a minimal rise of only a few plates.
* Motorised paired points for passing loop.

If I buy another motor in the meantime, I might do another train.  I'm also
planning an aquarium, which will probably all be on a single grey baseplate.

For power, I use a modified train controller which outputs straight 8V,
instead of using a battery box or second controller.  Polarity switches then
operate the level crossing, windmill and point motors.

I have one motorised passing loop - I could probably motorise another two
points for the display if required.  I would suggest a passing loop in the
outer loop of track right in front of people, and park a full MOT line up
there while we shoot a Santa Fe past it.  If no-one has any carriages, I'd
suggest a train of tan hopper wagons behind it as a decent-looking alternative.

Jason J Railton

Jason (and others willing to display trains),

Well, with all this stock it looks like we are half way there already! -
will these items fit onto a module (see nbltc.org) or two modules?
Essentially, a couple of trial runs are needed prior to the LLW event where
we can all get together to assemble a large layout and place buildings,
viewing points, control locations etc.

Modules are 1277 long x 638 wide (nominal 1280x640 when bolted up)and share
proportions with a 2x4 lego brick. With a dozen modules we could set up a
really decent display 6400 x 2560 (about 21ft x 8ft 6) with a central well
to hide in about 4ft x 17ft.

NBLTC will have the first 6 modules assembled and running this Saturday. Are
there any takers for the rest?

Jon



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  Re: Proposal for an AFOL Event at LEGOLAND Windsor
 
"Jonathan Reynolds" <scorch@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:GuzL9G.HtL@lugnet.com... (...) already! - (...) where (...) buildings, (...) share (...) up a (...) well (...) Saturday. Are (...) I guess I would like to see some basic design to (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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(...) Well, I've got the following MOCs I could provide: Minifig 6-Wide Trains: * Blue (Caledonian Railway) 0-4-0 saddle tank steam engine with seven mixed freight short wagons. * Red (L.M.S.) 4-6-2 steam engine with tender and two long red (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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