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| | | (film at 11) ;) The long and short of it is that they were very impressed, and we got invited down to Supertrain 2001 in Calgary - The Calgary folks implied that we could have as much layout space as we wanted. :) The top questions were, of course: (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug) !!
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| | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —James Brown
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| | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, James Brown forgets to cross-post: (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Kevin Maynes
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, James Brown writes: (some snippage) (...) I'm workin' on it, I'm workin' on it... URL will be posted in due course. In the meantime go enjoy JB's pics. Kevin. (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Kevin Maynes
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| | | | | | (...) That same warning holds true with my batch, which is located here: (URL) mostly between 75k and 140k in size. And the movies are here: (URL) bigred_002, and viewfrmjjmp are huge files - around 5MB. The rest range from 120k to 688k. Any (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Dan Parker
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| | | | | | Fantastic job, NALUG members! When do we get a show report? Size of layout, unique features, who participated, anecdotes, new ideas discussed...... dan parker PNLTC (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —James Brown
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| | | | | | | (...) well, now that I'm awake, I'll give it a shot. :) The layout was 90" by 120", pretty small, really. As a result it was a bit cramped, especially for whoever was operating at the time. Next time around we should be able to get more layout space (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Big Red is my fave engine from your group... nice and beefy. Just don't tell me it's 8 wide. LOL. (...) Remember how I said every club needs a Thomas? I'm thinking every club that has the space ought to have a JJMP on their layout. What a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Kevin Maynes
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| | | | | | | | (...) :) Thankyou! :) (...) Um... Ok, I won't. ;) A sketch of what it would've looked like if I'd gotten around to applying (purists beware) the decals (gasp!) can be found here - (URL) not entirely complete, detail-wise, and the lettering should (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Steven Barile
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| | | | | | | | | I think I missed this one (Big Red) some how. What are the handrails made from? SteveB PNLTC (...) slight (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Kevin Maynes
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Sadly, I've got no revolutionary new assembly technique to share here. It's just a bunch of 1x1x4 antennae for stanchions, with the long plastic piping found on podracers snipped to length for the handrail, and a wee tiny dollop of "ShooGoo" (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Big Red 8 (was Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I can just imagine your chest swelling whilst over-hearing that... :-) (...) What was the "Chelsie" modeled after? I thought it was the best one there. Sorry - Big Red 8 doesn't really count, since it's in a different class. If my layout is (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Big Red 8 —Michel Magnan
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| | | | | | | | | | The Chessie engine and caboose were built by Steve Barile, really great models. Michel (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Michel Magnan
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| | | | | | | | Kevin, With the decals that model really rocks, we would have won first place if the decals had been on the model at the show! (...) I intend to rebuild the bridge, how much clearance, widthwise does big red need? The first layout I have been (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —John Koob
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| | | | | | | | | Michel Magnan wrote in message ... (...) one. (...) allow (...) beams (...) Did I here someone say "Technic beams"? :-] There are numerous ways to get the necessary clearance, and Technic beams would certainly do it. Also, the second bridge could (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well considering that train bridges are currently the prime focus of StRuCtures, it's a natural for NALug to showcase them. The simple monorail one at the show last week was a basic concept test - larger and more elaborate ones are on the way. (...) (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: NALUG Train Show - Mission report —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, I forgot my camera, and it's not as good as Chris', Kevins, and James', so I guess it's up to me to use words instead of pictures. Friday I leave work early in the hopes of having enough time to finish getting things ready for the show. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG Train Show - Mission report —Chris Gray
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| | | | | | | | (...) Mine are still not uploaded. I've been busy catching up here, and watching Kevin's videos. I'll let you all know when they are up, but having looked at the other two sets, I doubt there is much extra, although I do have one or two of the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: NALUG Train Show - Mission report —John Koob
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| | | | | | | | Chris Gray wrote in message ... (...) over a (...) one (...) I took a few photos of some of the other displays. They'll be available as soon as I find time to make some scans... John (remove the obvious to reply) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Hehe, did I miss you posting YOUR show report? We saw a lot of pictures but not a lot of talk yet. Gotta agree, though, NALUG rocked the place. Nice work guys, especially for an inaugural show. The hits (GMLTC, PNLTC, NGLTC, WAMALUG, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | Re: NALUG takes 2nd at Great Edmonton Train Show —Chris Gray
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| | | | (...) Yeah, yeah, they're coming. I'm just sitting down to the computer. :-) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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