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Subject:	Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc
Date:	Wed, 6 Aug 2003 20:14:27 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Mike Walsh wrote: > This past weekend NCLTC had our layout on display at the Great American > Train Show (GATS) in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is the third GATS show > we have done and while our layout has always been popular, we have never won > the competition. > > Much to our suprise, Sunday afternoon we were awarded 1st Prize! There was > no doubt that our layout consistently had the biggest crowd all weekend, but > as many LEGO Train Clubs can attest to, having the biggest crowd usually > doesn't mean much in the GATS competition. We were (and still are) pretty > excited about winning the contest and it was nice to see many of the other > groups come up and congratulate us. Congrats! thanks for sharing all this good Pictures and movies. I have seen the wireless cameras available online and was wondering how well they would work as a train engine mounted video source. Great to see the trains eye view of the layout! Was the camera you used the same camera as this site offers? http://www.plantraco.com/product_ptv16.html Do you think the static we saw on the movies might have been lessened by some foam padding aroudn the camera. I know this was spur of the moment setup so thanks for giving it a try and sharing it with us. hope you've gotten a chance to rest up ! congrats again on a job well done! John

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		Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
(...) ... Was the camera you used the same camera as this site offers? (...) If was different, but very similar. The camera fit easily in a 5 wide housing, and was less than three studs wide itself. Mike Walsh made a cradle of 1-high panels, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)

		Re: NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
"John Morgan" <trees@utk.edu> wrote in message news:HJ7s83.1rxn@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Thanks! (...) well (...) trains (...) site (...) some (...) so (...) I don't know if padding would have helped, it might have. (URL) camera sits (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc)

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		NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
This past weekend NCLTC had our layout on display at the Great American Train Show (GATS) in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is the third GATS show we have done and while our layout has always been popular, we have never won the competition. Much to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.org.us.nclug) !!

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