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Re: Moment of Clarity
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Wed, 3 Apr 2002 01:59:19 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Wayne Sardullo writes:
> Ok I have a mouth and brain full of stuff to cover. I am going to try and be
> brief and not jump around to cover everything that I want to say.
> (Takes a DEEP Breathe)
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> #1 after some thinking about the layout I came to the conclusion that Yes we
> will go with Modular idea for layout however, I wanna approach what we will
> display a tad different so its not to make each of us go crazy building things
> or have things that maynot fit into what we have. I'm not saying that OK we
> have two members that have firehouses only one can show his/hers... I know we
> talked as Buildings currently aren't our strong point only cause some of us
> haven't built any yet or we have some ideas... With that in mind I figured I
> would open up the floor to everyone on what we should see and what we can
> build...
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> (My opinion)
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> When I think of our layout.....
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> I think if we start considering what MainStreet is (How Big?)
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> Say at least 3x6 road plates... Everything ranging from Buildings to stores to
> anything that meshes well together. For some silly reason I get this picture of
> a Police Station and a Fire Station across from each other on Main street.
> Nothing huge because its a small town :) In our town just around the outskirts
> theres a part for people to play in with a pond. I even see a Nice BIG
> construction site... Unfinished buildings and such showing that Lucnyville is
> rising in Population. Thats right people How does lucnyville sound????
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> As for the rest of te area...
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> My only concern for the trains is that the scale of my train repair shop might
> be a tad larger in scale then the rest of the town so it would probably be a
> good idea to keep them seperate... who knows though we have to see first...
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> #2 The trains... I've been beating my head with a stick because I never gave
> much thought to the automated points... Since seeing the new work of Ed I can't
> get those dam things out of my head.. Ed I looked at the what appears to be old
> Ldraw and its killing me. Got a picture of the inside of the new one inside
> shot attached to track??
I'll have to get more pictures when I get a chance - I'm working on the
LDraw stuff tonight. I agree - automating the points opens up a lot of
possibilities. I'd love to coordinate with John on stuff for a portion of
the module, or just contribute automation wherever applicable. Sounds like
John's on that track too.
> anyhow, automated points are gonna be a Big deal..
> (heres where John Barnes might be able to help us out)... After looking over his
> stuff that is on Hitechnic it made me think what if we could do it with his
> fancy stuff say remote and such... I'm figuring at least 4 points for the
> initial layout which covers one of those 8 sensor remotes??? any thoughts?? I
> know that I REALLY like Ed's design and want to fly with that design I think
> its great and if his publishes his plan that would rock... or at least maybe
> pay him a visit to break the model down... I feel stupid I wish I would have
> took a better look at the inside...
I hear and obey...must LDraw after this post...
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> #3 Lets talk Plates...... If you can add your Base Plate inventory so we can
> start planning...
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> grey 32x32 Old style no sidewalks
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> 1 straight
> 4 curves
> 6 cross
> 4 tee's
Well, I've got at least three 1060s, so that's:
12 curves
3 cross
12 tees
...no current access to my inventory, however.
> 32x32 grey plates with sidewalk
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> 2 straights
same, plus more I won't guess at here.
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> green plates (not road plates but blanks)
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> 3 32x32
> 2 32x16
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> Same as above but grey
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> 3 32x16
> 3 32x32 (moon Style)
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> tan blanks
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> 3 32x16
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> Lots of Various other Green/Grey airport firehouse police.... race plates..
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> Wayne
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