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| To All, We had a great time this past weekend, as we not only had a meeting and sort party, but we went to Pick a Brick near Chicago! The report is here: (URL) had a great time, and am looking forward to the next event! Sincerely, Scott S. -- Scott (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | Mmichiana-LUG Meeting: Saturday, March 20th, 2004 - at Scott's House
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| To All, Michiana-LUG ( (URL) ) will be having another meeting tomorrow, here are the details: When: Saturday, March 20th, 2004 Time: 12:00PM - ? Place: Scott Sanburn's House Address: 55752 Wild Game Drive Osceola, IN 46561-9190 Most web maps seem to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | Michiana-LUG Announcement - 1st Meeting of the Year - February 7th, 2004 @12:00PM
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| To All, Michiana-LUG ( (URL) ) will be having our second meeting coming up next weekend, here are the details: When: Saturday, February 7th, 2004 Time: 12:00PM - ? Place: Scott Sanburn's House Address: 55752 Wild Game Drive Osceola, IN 46561-9190 (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.sbd, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
| | |  | | Pioneer Zephyr
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| Hi all, My newest MOC made it's debut at Cantigny this weekend; a 6-wide model of the CB&Q Pioneer Zephyr. I based the cars on the Santa Fe carbodies, and then modified it from there. I had to make some sacrifices on length, as I wasn't sure what (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX)
| | |  | | Michiana-LTC DIsplaying at the 1st Annual Midwest LEGO Train Show
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| To All, Michiana-LTC will be displaying at the first annual Midwest LEGO Train Show, at Cantigny Park, in Wheaton, Illinois. Location: Cantigny Park 1 South 151 Winfield Road Wheaton, Illinois 60187 It is located at Cantigny Park, it's website is (...) (22 years ago, 5-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.trains.org) !
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| (...) Thank you, Brendan. (...) Yes, and thanks. The sand red hotel and light yellow soda shop are mine. I'll post pictures and descriptions when I find some time. Yes, the door on the hotel is identical to the one on the art museum, except in (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| Great layout, folks! Amy are you also responsible for the buildings directly behind the art museum? (From the close-up photo of the sand red buidling's front door, I'm guessing yes.) Those are really sweet. I love how you've done the windows on both (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| Mike & All, (...) Thanks! (...) Tony Hedglen actually designed the auto-switches and the decoupler. They worked great. Although I wanted more decouplers for the cargo yard. : ) (...) I will see if I can get some more pictures of that shortly. My (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| Chris & All, (...) Thanks Chris. It was a nice layout, I was even surprised when I saw it together! ) As for the elevated train, that was David Kohrman's MOC, and this was his first showing of it. I asked David about those side rails as well, and he (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| David & All, (...) Thanks! It is always fun to throw in a few fun details, such as these, and we had Spiderman and a few other surprises. : ) We will have some more pictures up soon, here is Stefan Garcia's gallery: (URL) will also have a show (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| (...) Nice work! The detail is very impressive. Who designed the powered track switches? Any chance of instructions or closer pics for detail? Well done. Mike (22 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| (...) Wow, I've gotta say, this is one of the nicest train layouts I think I've ever seen. Definitely some of the most realistic LEGO buildings. And I really like the elevated train. That's something I've wanted to do for a long time. Where did you (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| Sharks in the penny pool and ninjas on the lawn--you gotta love it! Congratulations you guys. (22 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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| Michiana-LUG's first GATS appearance was a great success and a lot of fun. Report to follow. Here are some pics... (5 URLs) GATS Fort Wayne 2003> Amy (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX) !!
| | |  | | Michiana-LUG Announcement - Building Party at Scott's LSF
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| To All, We are having a final building party at my house this weekend, to get things ready for the Fort Wayne GATS which is next weekend. This will be a 2 day event, Saturday and Sunday, November 15th and 16th, starting at 10:00AM most days. My (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | Michiana-LUG - Table Building Party Report is now online!
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| To All, I have not had a chance to post this as of yet, but we had a table building party the other weekend, in Flint Michigan, at my in-laws, and we had a great time. We got a total of 8 sets built in one day, and we are now ready for the Fort (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | Re: next meeting?
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| Ondew & All, (...) I think we might have one after our show in Fort Wayne at GATS, sometime in December. We are thinking a meeting every couple of months, but with the show coming up, we decided to concentrate on that for November. I will post some (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | next meeting?
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| hey all, just curious when your next meeting is. i would like to come down for a day. thanks, ondrew (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
| | |  | | multi club show offer
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| Everyone - I'd like to invite you to display at a new LEGO show coming up the weekend of December 6-7th in Winfield, IL at Cantigny Park (www.cantignypark.com). Last year, the Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club displayed for this show, alongside (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.scibrick) !
| | |  | | Pictures from the Last Building Party
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| To All, Here are some pictures from the last building party we had. A big thanks goes out to Stefan, Andrew, and Tony, who helped out a lot. Overall Directory: (URL) an awesome picture!!!! (URL) ) Sincerely, Scott S. -- President, Michiana-LUG (2 (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
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