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Hello Guys, I WILL motorize the turntable before September, even if it kills me. The roundhouse itself just needs a few finishing touches. I still have my single wide 30 inch bridge, I could make it a bit longer and keep it all black and grey, or (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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From what we talked about on our Tuesday meeting (mar 27), there are definately some things we want to have on our layout, and I'd like to get some people willing to commit to them. Not everything is fixed in stone yet, but we can fix some stuff and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Layout change for GEMTS 2001
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I was contacted by the fellow tearing out his hair making the floorplan for GEMTS 2001 and asked how flexible our layout plan was, and if we could do a different size. We bounced around a few numbers for a bit, and agreed to a tentative 15' x 25' (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Missing Freight Loads from SuperTrain...
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(...) I found a green tractor on white pallet cargo, but no "six-pack". If I remember correctly, all the un-marked six-packs went to Michel... SRC StRuCtures (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) If the green "Z" tape wasn't on the bottom, then it's a safe bet they're in with JamesP's containers - "unless marked otherwise" designated JamesP. I'll unpack and have a look and take a few photos. I can send them to you along with some of my (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) If they are in my stuff, and it shows up before it gets checked over again, I'll fire them off to you...but, you might do well to Email me again when I reapear (I'm going to be going off line soon for most stuff...I go househunting on (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I seem to recall both of those loads existing, and I'm fairly certain they're in with James Powell's stuff. (...) It's *extremely* unlikely that they walked away. We were undermanned, but had a good crowd barrier in place and any attempted (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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First, I want to congratulate the team that staged SuperTrain 2001! That was a huge effort, and the pictures bear witness to the size of the effort, as well as to the crowds that were captivated by the display. (So, my second thanks go to the folks (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | March 27 - past tense
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Well we managed to stuff John and his LEGO and Chris and his LEGO and me and most of my LEGO into the Honda. I could tell how bumpy the road was by how many pieces fell off the sign into John's hand. :-) John showed off his crane, and then I got to (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | GEMTS2001 layouts (or, It Starts Again...)
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More endless rounds of Track Designer files floating around NALUG until we're buried in them... Whee! ;) (URL) up on a couple of the suggestions from last night's shindig, I messed around in TD this morning... Mostly getting the railyard to a state (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Supertrain Success
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(...) Well Michel thought they might be his, [ Ah - the pains of having such a large collection you can't remember parts of it... :-) ] but Zonker and JamesP are both sure they're not theirs, so... SRC (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Supertrain Success
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(...) James (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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OK, The yellow one with a Z on the bottom is already accounted for, they're not an Octan color scheme for Michel, and JamesP doesn't think they're his. Perhaps if I show you guys a couple of pics... (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Supertrain Success - more pics
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(...) Nice job on the long shots... that's one thing the Mavica doesn't go a great job on; it tends to pixilate too much for good long focus shots. You also got a shot that I didn't think to grab - the mountain in pieces: (URL) large chunk in the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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I checked out SuperTrain on Saturday, and sorta' saw you guys :-) Great set up. Also, is there something wrong with someones mail server? I am just curious, after recieving a few hundred emails <g> -- "To infinity and beyond!" (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Supertrain Success - more pics
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SRC wrote in message ... (...) I've scanned more shots of the NALUG layout at Supertrain: (URL) you can see, the layout was quite large. We were fortunate that we managed to get everthing reasonably presentable in time. Let us know what you think. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I did some "creative editing" - Here's my favorite "show photo": (URL)Goodness that is pretty. Are you using the "hook handed railing (...) KevinM's 8wide back-row/left-side does use minifig hands IIRC. SteveB and SteveC were talking about the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Goodness that is pretty. Are you using the "hook handed railing technique"? Are there some closer pictures of this creation? Thanks, Chris Are we supposed to be looking at the 8-wide CP engine or are we supposed to be looking at the GP in the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I intend to - I ran out of time. (That's why my bridge isn't finished.) SRC (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Supertrain Success
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(...) You can have them until about ~20th May or so :). (...) _bad_ experience taught me to use the Ziplock bags. The first show I went to (hey, the only one I _have_ been to :( ) I took a bunch of stuff, including my passenger train (based on (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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