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Hello Vancouver, I just wanted to add something that might interest you. I
was asked by an older guy on the first day of the show if I knew 'the Lego
lady from Vancouver.' He mentioned your layout at the last toy train show
you were at, I think he called it TTOS or something like that. He also
mentioned the monorail/skytrain. I told him that I didn't know 'the
Vancouver Lego lady' personally, but I knew about her and her group, and saw
pictures of the excellent job you did at the show. Of course, I'm assuming
that he was talking about Xandria. I thought that was really cool how there
are a few people who go to the different shows, and make the Lego connection
between shows.
Adam
In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, James Brown writes:
> Our train layout this last weekend was a great success, and we again
> collected the 2nd place "people's choice" award. Our major goal this year
> was to have lots of automation, and I think we managed to acheive it.
> Highlights include:
>
> fully automated 3-bay roundhouse
>
> working technic-scale boom crane (towering above the layout at ~9 feet, we
> were the tallest thing in the hall)
>
> gear-driven funicular climbing the side of the mountain
>
> "power zones" for the trains had them automatically speeding up on the
> straights, and slowing on corners and through the rail yard; it was a big
> crowd pleaser.
>
> ... as well as some other moving things.
>
> Lowlights would be the loooong setup time with finicky mechanisms (which
> fortunately shouldn't be a problem next time; this was a shakedown cruise),
> and the fire in the parking lot that had us evacutating the building
> Saturday afternoon...
>
> Pictures and mpgs available in my brickshelf gallery:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5117
> and Steve Chapple's brickshelf gallery:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7178
>
> ...More to follow as people scan or download them and post them.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> James
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