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| Beautiful! Just beautiful! -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Chan" <markhchan@home.com> wrote in message news:Gt58xn.F8M@lugnet.com... (...) announce (...) real (...) Chan (...) largest (...) build (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| (...) Thank you for the compliment! Miniland is IMO the highest standard of detailed construction, although they get to use things we mortals could never get our hands on, even with BrickLink. (like several hundred of those 4 scoop white ice cream (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| (...) Um... I'm speechless. Almost. :-) This minifig scale building rivals the detail and look of some of Miniland's finest. IIRC the KC US is still standing, not too far away from Crown Center, and is now a museum. The real station is kind of at a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| I find myself looking for adjectives to describe this model. Simply outstanding! Any detail you could give on the roof construction would be greatly appreciated. I am always looking for ways to build roofs without slopes. TIA, Robert Powell (24 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| After 3 years of planning and 6 months of building, I am pleased to announce the completion of the main section of Union Station, modeled after the real building in Kansas City, MO. This is also my entry for the 2002 Town Building Contest C (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan) !!
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| Sorry I have been out on vacation and busy with the baby. (Interestingly he is already asking for Legos and at only 2 weeks old.) I am very willing to help start up a LUG or LTC or both. It has been my ambition to show St. Louis and Missouri what (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) True, and from all the posts I've read and websites I have seen, they are a friendly, sharing and creative group as well. Thanks for your support! (...) There is great BBQ on both sides of the state line. Jack's Stack (my favorite) has a site (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
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| In lugnet.loc.us.ks, John Gerlach writes: <snip> Yes indeed the fine folks in trains.org are always happy to help! (...) Stop it, I haven't had dinner yet and I hate getting drool on the keyboard. (so does KC Mo or KC K have the better BBQ goods? I (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) And, be sure to post any questions to .trains.org - there will *always* be people happy to help! Great, now I'm thinking of Kansas City BBQ, and it's making me hungry... JohnG, GMLTC (former Kansas City resident...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) Ditto! The established train clubs certainly give us something to work towards. I've enjoyed much of the content on North Georgia's club web page. I plan on attending the Greenberg train show on February 16th and 17th, so I can see their (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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