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Re: Nov 02 Meeting a Great Success!!
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Sun, 3 Nov 2002 23:39:50 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Kevin Salm writes:
> On Nov 02 LUCNY met for the first time in many months. Planned were
> a Train/Town layout and John Barnes' demonstration of his automated
> sensor-controlled Train layout. Both were successful and a lot of fun was had
> by all who attended.
I think Success is an understatement. KUDOS to all and there work and actually
I want to give kevin a BIG WAY TO GO! Kevin you impressed me yesterday. I
couldnt believe the amount of stuff you had built in the time you had.. Very
well done.
> Those present were:
> Kevin Salm (host)
> Dave Amos
> John Barnes
> Ed McGlynn
> John Rudy
> Wayne Sardullo
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> John Barnes set up his automated layout that has track powered as four isolated
> zones to control the speed of the trains to prevent collisions. Since this had
> not been set-up or tested since BrickFest 2002 in July, John was not certain it
> would operate correctly. Fortunately, it worked well and we all enjoyed it.
This was actually a really cool thing to see in person.
> Set-up of the Train/Town Layout took about 3 hours. Then we had time to view
> everyone's models, experiement with Ed's and Wayne's remote-controlled
> switching, run various trains, and just have a good time. The highlight of the
> layout was seeing how everyone's contributions can be swiftly integrated into a
> seemingly well-planned town that represented the building styles of our
> members.
I didn't give the whole a remote controlled thing a thought until after I saw
how well it worked with Ed's stuff. I'm going to keep this in mind when I start
the big Roundhouse project. I just need to get my hands on one of those remote
controlled hand units. The layout itself was Fantasic. Got use of colors and
building designs!!
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> Our last bit of fun was attempting to run the longest train possible to travel
> the entire rail circuit. With several locomotives at various points along the
> train, we were successful in running over 30 pieces of rolling stock of various
> types, weights, and lengths. Our final train was at least 50 pieces of
> equipment, but this was unsuccessful at completing the loop and resulted in a
> minor derailment and serious destruction of some apparatus.
I think that one thing we can do is improve what it is we need for trains. Its
funny how for all the stuff we had the theme of trains was actually more
lacking then the whole building layout. Thats actually a GOOD thing though. The
train stuff is easier to deal with then the building so WAY TO GO for everyone!!
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> During a short break for food, Wayne was honored for being our group leader and
> presented with a Lego sweatshirt as a going-away present. Due to
> circumstances, Wayne is relocating out of central New York State and will not
> be able to participate as freely to future LUCNY events. This leaves LUCNY
> without a clear leader, but Wayne has offered to assist us when possible.
well that you too! With out you guys the club wouldn't be what it is now. I
like the diversity we have with the members and it can only get better from
here!!
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> Plenty of digital photos were taken by John Rudy and Ed McGlynn but as of just
> now they are not available for viewing. John's Brickshelf folder is here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27889
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> As this meeting was a success, we now are confident that we can produce an
> enjoyable, working Train/Town layout for public shows. We have tenatively
> planned to participate in an upcoming Train show in the Binghmaton area in
> mid-January. Ed McGlynn will make the arrangements for us and keep us abreast
> of details. No other meetings have yet been planned for LUCNY.
Once I get settled in I will do the track cleaning and make some markers for
the stuff so if you guys need the track you just let me know and we can work
something out.
I'm glad we were able to have this meeting, I really needed a distraction from
the whole work/move/packing thing!!!
Wayne
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