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Re: Zoo area for GATS
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Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:52:44 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.indylug, Brian B. Alano wrote:
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David “Fuzzy” Gregory wrote:
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We will need 2 train-size gateways--1 at each side.
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I was also thinking about putting a pedestrian gate near the middle of the
wall.
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Sounds cool. I wonder if it would be possible to make some of those
person-counter-roll-when-you-walk-through things (like they have in subways) in
minifig scale for the pedestrian gate.
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The nice thing about using the castle wall standard is that anyone can
contribute a single baseplate-length of wall. I propose using primary and
secondary colors (red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple), in any design or
pattern as long as you meet the castle standard. I think the wall should
figuratively shout “Fun at the Zoo! Fun at the Theme Park!”.
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It would look really neat if each wall section could have a studs-up mosaic in
it. The mosaic wouldn’t have to be big or eleborate. It could be something
simple like a rainbow or a 2-tone skyline. From the park1.jpg pic that you
posted, it looks like the meeting distance between the park and zoo is 6
baseplates. One baseplate at each end of that will have a train going through
it, so that leaves 4 wall sections. Then we’ll have a gate for pedestrians, so
that leaves us with only 3 wall sections to make.
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David, an issue with the castle standard is that the wall is in the middle of
the baseplate, so the divider between the zoo and the theme park will take up
a whole row of baseplates either on my side or yours (or in some combination).
I suggest we just wait and see how much stuff we end up with on each side and
lay the wall accordingly. If we put a dogleg in the middle, we can almost
divide the area evenly.
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That’s fine. If needed I can bring 16X32 baseplates to pad either side with
ground area.
That terrarium looks cool! The colors and lid look fine. That type of
container was exactly what I had in mind for the creepy crawly kinds of animals.
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I think I’ll build a wall section with dinsours crashing through it into the
zoo. What do you think, David?
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Great idea; Jeramy will love it! Just make sure that Stormtroopers are riding
on all of the dinosaurs. ; ) Actually I was thinking of making a big escape
at the zoo on the Sunday of GATS with minifigs getting mauled and stuff.
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Should the walls be on green baseplates?
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Sure.
I also forgot to mention earlier that I have enoung of the 1X4X2 black lattice
fence pieces to go around the entire zoo side of the area.
David “Fuzzy” Gregory
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| (...) or an Elephant parade, or maybe we could inset all those minifig horses into the wall. A nice idea. Just so I understand, the mosaic would be on the face of the wall, not on the top of the wall, right? From the park1.jpg pic that you (...) (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| (...) I was also thinking about putting a pedestrian gate near the middle of the wall. The nice thing about using the castle wall standard is that anyone can contribute a single baseplate-length of wall. I propose using primary and secondary colors (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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