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Re: Track counts
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Mon, 28 May 2001 04:13:14 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek writes:
PNLTC does this and it seems to work quite well. If you can't bring yourself
to actually paint your pieces, use small labels (laser printer or similar)
and put the colored dots (or your initials) on those and stick them on the
bottom of the track. The labels adhere well but will soak off in soapy water
if the need ever arose.

Actually, this is what some of us ended up doing.  I had all 120 pieces of
my track labelled with laser printed small labels stuck into the cavity of
the track itself.  Worked pretty decently, except I suspect I forgot to
label a 8 track bundle, hence the missing stack of track :)

You guys are reinventing the stuff that a lot of other clubs have already
figured out, which is fun, of course, and it's always nice to see some
independent confirmation.

You know, it's something I think we need to do overall-it's good for us to
discover solutions to our own problems that may be unique (or very common).
Maybe we'll come to the same conclusion, maybe we won't.  Somethings we'll
borrow outright (PNLTC tables for example) but other things we'll venture in
relatively unknown into (DCC).  But it's the fun of doing it, as you
mention, and figuring it out.  We're bringing in a lot of experience with
running events overall, and picking up things along the way.

I'll mention the example of the fact we've done six Technic events since mid
1999 and while a group in Austria nearly copied exactly what we did, down to
event rules and specs, they still had lots of things to discover themselves
and come up with solutions for.  (We built a custom playfield of 1/2" ply
that is 8x8' and lug it around in a pickup truck-they just set up a
collapsing border and plunk it down on the floor :)

Calum



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  Re: Track counts
 
I have the same setup on my livingroom floor as I did before the show. No extra track, though it wasn't hard for me to count-2 expressways and a deluxe track kit--not alotta track. I have put up two tentative layouts done with Track Designer on my (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
  The right balance of original and reuse (was Re: Track counts
 
(...) I think you're spot on. You have to find the right balance between doing what everyone else did whether it's right or wrong, and reinventing everything. What is great about LUGNET is that you have an opportunity to get advice and input from (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: Track counts
 
(...) PNLTC does this and it seems to work quite well. If you can't bring yourself to actually paint your pieces, use small labels (laser printer or similar) and put the colored dots (or your initials) on those and stick them on the bottom of the (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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