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Re: Check out the NALUG layout at the Edmonton show
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:07:12 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Robin Sather writes:
> Thanks James, for the personal reply! As you probably know from the
> other posts in .org.ca.vlc, we're going through all of this for the
> first time right now, so we'll all probably have a few questions for
> you and your fellow NALUG'ers. As it was, I had pencilled in the show
> to attend myself, had we been up in Edmonton as we had planned. Plans
> changed, and now we're going up for Thanksgiving.
Hey, cool. If you've got spare time when you're in town, let us know - we're
always up to meeting new AFOL's.
> Anyway, perhaps you have a few tips and traps that you could share
> with us as a group embarking on our first public event. Please feel
> free to post anything you think might be helpful, especially stuff
> that you know now, but wish you had known at the start.
Hmm...
Well, labeling the bottom of baseplates was a Good Thing. Everyone got their
own baseplates back with minimal confusion.
Another thing that worked well, if by accident, is that several people brought
spare bricks & plates for last minute work (like monorail pillars & holding
plates together). By sheer luck, Chris brought black, I brought grey, and
Steve brought other colors. It was *very* easy to sort out who owned what,
and having those extra bits there was absolutely necessary. Next time it may
be less necessary, but it's still a good idea.
Another things is the "don't touch" rule. In general, it's a good idea, and I
highly recommend it. However, having a couple extra pieces of track nearby
that can be shown/handled by other train hobbiests seemed to go over well. I
absolutely made an young (11-ish?) girl's day when her mother asked (she
seemed too shy) how the roof on the tan house was done, and I took the roof
off and handed it to her. I also showed several people how the monorail
worked, and other people did similar things for very interested observers.
Those were the sorts of people we tried to make *sure* got Lugnet flyers.
> It was a really great compact layout with lots of variety, colour, and
> even a little humour (loved Chewie with briefcase in hand waiting to
> board the monorail)!
Thanks! Good luck with your plans!
James
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