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Re: Building priorities (was Re: U.S.S. Grand Rapids for the GATS)
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lugnet.org.us.michlug
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Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:25:35 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Scott Sanburn writes:
> Larry & All,
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> > I understand and accept that viewpoint but I guess my goal is a little
> > different in that I want to have the best display possible, one that wows
> > the crowd, not necessarily one that includes only work of members, or one
> > that is geared to be as inclusive as possible and sacrifices coherency or
> > cleanliness of form.
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> Well, Larry, I am all for impressing the crowds, but this sounds like you
> would rather see a bunch of sets from people who aren't part of the group,
> whether they are Guilds of Bricksmiths or what, and I think that concept is
> wrong.
You're correct. That concept is wrong, because it's not what I am saying.
My goal for the very small portion of the total I was given is to make the
best structural display I am capable of making. That's it. The entire rest
of the layout can be inclusive, but mine will be coherent, and will be
designed for maximum crowd appeal. Why? *BECAUSE* that's the part of the
hobby I enjoy, displaying things that make people go "wow".
*I* am not hung up on where exactly they came from, I just want to use stuff
that looks good and works together well. Sounds like you have some hangups
about that though.
If that (using the best available) is unacceptable, hold a vote of the group
and take it away from me now so I can allocate my time differently, or hold
a vote of the group and tell me that everything in my tiny slice has to be
designed by me so I can get busy building some mediocre stuff that fits the
requirement of having been done by me even if it doesn't look as good.
On the same topic, are we then going to disallow or downplay TLC trains and
vehicles? The January layout had too many pieces of rolling stock on it for
maximum operability. I would suggest cutting the amount on the layout at any
given time. (Cars and trucks on the other hand, we had a lot of but can
always use more... until you get an actual traffic jam somewhere you don't
have "enough")
++Lar
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