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Re: Post Show Debriefing
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Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:03:21 GMT
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Robin Sather wrote:
> - Internal Skirting: We all agree it looks way better covered up
> along the inside perimeter of the layout. I think Alex agreed, and is
> going to snag some more of that lovely fabric.
Agreed it looked MUCH better with the inside skirting.
> - Wires: There has to be something we can do to hide these better.
> Will they make that much of a difference if they wre threaded under
> baseplates. Even if the track is not completely and perfectly level,
> I think it would be much better.
I've been doing some thinking on this. For the last show we put a lot of
wires up under the monorail track. This looked really good. I'm going to
build a little 'Power Station' type building for the monorail where the
RCX can be hidden with wires out the top. But for the hogwarts area maybe
putting them under base plates would work. Not sure, there's so many of
them.
> - Freight Yard: Frankly, this area was a bit of a disappointment to
> me. It was by far the "emptiest" part of the layout. There wasn't
> much of the "Industrial Crap" that we discussed and agreed on. It's
> worth noting that among the 160+ pix that Alex took of the layout, not
> one direct picture was taken of the freight yard. The rolling stock
> was awesome, but there's a lot of work to be done on the yard area
> itself
We were pretty rushed for this show. Each of us was pretty maxed out. We
need to discuss what exactly we want in there. With all the track in that
area it's hard to build items.
> ** Selfish side note: You may have noticed how crowded the Hogwarts
> area was. I have about a hundred more ideas for that area, but zero
> space. I would love to expand that area somehow. If we shrunk the
> freight yard slightly, and rerouted all the track in that area, we
> could get an extra baseplate of room there.
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> Just as an idea, I've uploaded a very rough design (2-r0006r.tdl) to
> the ftp site. The old mountain ridge AND the proposed mountain ridge
> are both shown. I've lengthened the frieght yard sidings further to
> the east, except for the bottom one, where there was a building. Note
> that I've also added the 18 inch table beside the farm, below the
> freight yard.
I don't agree with anything that makes the sidings any smaller then they
already are. I found the trains too short as it was at the last show, I
don't want to see them any shorter. Switching yards are pretty boring in
RL. But I'm sure there's something cool we could do. Perhaps add some more
space inside our area for another siding or two? We had a lot of space in
there that we didn't use really.
Also, with your hogwarts expansion you've not left enough space for the
switch building...
> - Plexi / Rope: We do have to decide on this, and get moving. I did
> notice that the Florida GATS show on the weekend had little "Do Not
> Touch" signs all around the layout. I'm not sure I like that idea,
> but I'll bet it worked.
I don't like signs of any kind on the layout, it really snaps the viewer
out of LEGO reality...
> - Oil Dock: Will we have one for the next show?
I'm sure it can be done now.
Dean
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Dean Husby
LUGNET Member #320
TFM's LEGO Workshop - www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm
The Vancouver LEGO Club - www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/
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| (...) I think it would. Specifically, the baseplates that we were using there are the ones with the majorly rounded corners, in other words, tons of room for wires to peek through. If we make sure that the wires aren't twisted, and even space them (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| Hi guys, Well, it's time that we turned our minds towards the next show, whichever one that is. Let's take another look at our layout, logistics, organization, etc. and see if we can't improve on it. I've listed a few points. There are no doubt many (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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