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(...) That's what I was wondering. I notice James and Chris were silent about being able to make a 60" x 60" mountain with four tunnels, one of them with a spiral chamber, and all of them curved. 8-) With enough time and bricks it would be "doable", (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Latest Larger Layout (was Re: Get-together last Sunday)
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(...) The tables are all there, you just have to imagine them while following the outline, since putting the green plates tends to hide other aspects (like buildings and mountains). :-) Chris wrote: (...) Well, by my count, James' layout Ver.2 uses (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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SRC wrote in message ... (...) a table. Interesting... However, it lacks a crossover for the inner loop. This makes the inner loop nearly twice as long regardless of the layout. If you don't know what I'm referring to, check out the layout James (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Layout with large yard (was Re: Get-together last Sunday)
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) IMO, the one you made yesterday was great, but this is even better. It met the specs, including a large realistic yard, the mountain in an inside corner, and the cross-over. Also, it looks less crowded than (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) <snip> Yikes! Well, I have an inherent dislike of starting over, so I played around with the things I was doing yesterday, keeping those criteria in mind, and came up with this: (URL) think it qualifies for most of those. :) Only problem - it (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Hello Steve, It is looking promising, not sure about the practicality of such a large mountain! The other major problem, is that as currently drawn, it takes one more small 30.5x30.5 table than I currently have! I only have the equivalent of 18 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Alright, here it is with some "terrain" filled in. (URL) lower right is the town, the upper left is a monorail station. Here's a closeup of the mountain and switching yard. (URL) notice that the mountain has three parallel tracks entering from (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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James, in short back to the drawing board! Mountain on 30.5x61 inch table, in the corner, with two 9V tracks at ground level. Not sure if only 1 or two loops of 12V above this, will depend on experimentation. If John is able, a rackrailway a la (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) OK - I did up one based on what I think the table layout was... (URL) I didn't know how to indicate the mountain, but the top right corner (all 61" x 61" of it) is mountain. The mountain has multiple peaks and valleys, so that the monorail (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) (URL) a recurve inserted to prevent the see-thru tunnel effect. James (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I came up with a design that's based on what we were talking about when I left (mountain in the corner). It's basically a variant of Michel's layout that I started toying with. The grey plates are (roughly) where a mountain might sit. :) (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I think so - Michel and I had come up with the largest layout possible with the existing tables (based on the blocks he was using as substitutes) I was going to make up a plan, but I'm not sure how many tables of each size he has for sure... (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Well, I had to take off early, but when I left, track layouts were being tossed about... Anything conclusive come out of that? James (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Joint NALUG-VLC show? (was: Re: Supertrain - I plan to go)
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(...) In theory I'd be interested but in practice there's no way I'd be able to get over to Calgary. Nice idea though! Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.ca.ab, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.cal, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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This is a long shot, but hey, I'll try anything... Would anyone in VLC be interested in helping us with a layout at the Supertrain show in Calgary (Feb 17-18)? NALUG has been invited, but not all of us can attend. The real need just one more person (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.ca.ab, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.cal, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Michel Magnan wrote in message <39EF828C.E0629C77@t...et.net>... (...) In my list, there are no numbers for black beams. And I recently found out that the yellow beam pack is no longer available. In my case, I'm lucky I stocked up on the yellow (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Well I finally got most of my extra new pieces into my BrickBay store. (URL) I still have some more sizes of black bricks to add, but it's basically ready. I've also put in few dozen extra sets. All sets are MISB and all parts and new. Hopefully (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I suppose I could use blue or some other color, but for a railroad bridge, it's not going to look right unless it's black. If anyone has a DACTA catalog that has black beams in it please LMK. Thanks for the tips Michel and James. I called (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) <snipped Michel's suggestions> If none of those pan out, you could try phoning Countryside Toy Outlet, in the St. Jacob's outlet mall: (URL) carry the full line of Lego products, & discontinued stuff. I think they also purchased a lot of the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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Hello Steve, Here are a few options for technic beams: Contact someone in Europe, to see if they could purchase and forward to you the black technic beam packs. Just because North America is out doesn't mean other countries are. Did you find out if (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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