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Re: Layout roads —John Neal
In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Jonathan Lopes wrote: Hello, Jonathan- Though I'm not in the LUCNY, I have had a lot of experience building roads in this manner. In fact, the GMLTC was making roads like this back when I joined them 6 years ago. We in the (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)

	Re: Layout roads —Joe Strout
	(...) I noticed roads like this when I got back into LEGO about a year ago, at an NILTC show. They're certainly cool, though I don't agree they look 1000% better. In particular, they come out very square; you couldn't make a nice curve this way, (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)

		Re: Layout roads —John Neal
		(...) For me, it's a matter of color palette control. Look, there are only so many colors in LEGO with which one can build. I am very careful to avoid primary colors in buildings because they are rather unrealistic. So, a building can be tan, dark (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)

	Re: Layout roads —Jonathan Lopes
	(...) Hey, John, Thanks for replying and sharing your thoughts. That scene looks really nice. (I had seen it before but had a mental block when looking for examples of this technique). I am thinking that I will be going with this method. I am not to (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)

		Re: Layout roads —John Neal
		(...) We fellow "Ashcanners" are one:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)

			Re: Layout roads —Larry Pieniazek
			(...) Well, it IS cheaper than weathering paint! And more prototypical. (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)

				Re: Layout roads —John Neal
				(...) Not to mention cheaper labor costs! And BTW: you can't really dust for vomit! ;-) FUT.fun JOHN (20 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)