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Re: Possible November 12 train show participation
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lugnet.org.ca.vlc
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Sat, 23 Sep 2000 08:28:12 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Kevin Wilson writes:
> I think we should size it by what we can fill, rather than the other way
> around. Actually when you start throwing together monorail track, train
> track AND a dock with boats, space gets eaten up rather fast.
Hmm, you're right. I forgot about the water/dock parts. :) I've got 6542
Launch and Load Seaport!! (If we need it)
> I think we could use the idea that was suggested a while back, of a
> castle on the water on the edge of town as a "historical district". We
> could moor a pirate ship next to it as a historic ship. That would fit
> very nicely.
One question: how big of a castle?
> Honestly, I don't. There were very few real buildings on that layout, it
> was terribly flat. Having a lot of train track would make very
> different though, because the buildings would be grouped into clumps and
> that would look better. Separating teh actual Lego sets from my models
> (two "clumps" at least) would be a good idea too, they don't have the
> same proportions.
Hm, you're right again. I don't know how many original Lego sets we should
include, if any! I *think* we could come up with enough creations of our own,
don't you think?
> We do need to scale the goal to fit our current abilities. But you know,
> most of the clubs which have been doing exhibits, started much smaller
> than what you see them doing now (leaving aside entirely the PNLTC world
> record layout!). We don't have to produce a PNLTC or GMLTC-scale layout
> for this.
Okay thanks for the pep talk. I feel much better now. :)
Would it be a good idea for somebody to come up with a list of "buildings"
that we should include?
Bryan
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