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Re: Manchester's Millyard in the news
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Date: 
Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:21:49 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Eric Kingsley wrote:
Unfortunately the one thing that we just can't seem to show with photos is the
sheer scale of this project.  It is truely huge in every way possible.

The best I can do is show how a person (and an ISD!) actually compares to the
layout as a whole (the map isn't the most up-to-date version, but it's close
enough to get the idea)
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/millyard/millyard_scale.gif

Over 97' long and more than 23' wide. Nearly twice the floorspace of my
apartment. More than 98 minifig-scale acres. Over 3,200 32x32 baseplates worth
of area.

Actaully, I wonder how it compares to the NMRA show?

DaveE



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  Re: Manchester's Millyard in the news
 
(...) The real question on everybody's mind: how many 1x2x2 classic white windows did it take? I guess now we know why they brought those puppies back into production! (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
  Re: Manchester's Millyard in the news
 
How big is a minifig acre? (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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  Re: Manchester's Millyard in the news
 
(...) Since Teddy posted we have uploaded significantly more images to our Phase IX and Dedication galleries. (URL) the one thing that we just can't seem to show with photos is the sheer scale of this project. It is truely huge in every way (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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