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Re: Just got back from GATS...
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:41:53 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Peter Guenther writes:
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> > The way things were set up, our display tended to be the first thing people
> > would see. We had a small information table in front, on it was a 4561
> > chugging around its oval loop. Small children (and not-so-small) would
> > notice the 4561 first, and then they'd see what lay beyond (we frequently
> > had to point out the main display; the little train doing loops was
> > apparently very fascinating).
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> > We got more than a few "Oh my god!"s when people saw the real layout. :)
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> This was much the same as in Novi--there too we were the first thing people
> saw, and kids would run up to the 4561 and go "Cool!!!" and then ask, "Are
> you going to run it?" I'd have to tell them, "Sorry, we don't have power
> over here--but we're running those trains..." and point behind my back. The
> kids' eyes would get larger than dinner plates, their jaws would hit the
> floor, and then they'd claw past each other to the real display...
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> The GR show was a great time and I'm glad I decided to go out there for the
> first half! Steve, thanks so much for you and your wife's hospitality with
> the food and all, and thanks to everyone else for their hard work and great
> photos!
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> I've already got a "short list" of what I want to build for the next show,
> including:
> -City Hall
> -IHOP (do you know what that is now, Scott??)
> -Radio Station
> -Motel
> -Play Place for the McDonald's (I was going to anyhow and a kid Saturday
> morning said, as I was showing him the interior, "but there's no slide!!!")
> -Frank Lloyd Wright-style house
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> Bigger and better every time!!!
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> Peter
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Hey Peter,
While your fixing the Mc D’s I thought it would be cool to have a small
parking lot and a road for the drive though. (Just a thought)
I’m going to make a power plant and a logging facility, and maybe some more
misc. office buildings. I’ll have to see how much money I’ll have by the
next show.
Have fun building.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Tony
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| (...) Yeah, I was always going to, but I hate to make it take up more space... I may do some kind of restaurant module so the extra space is taken up by blank space on other baseplates for my buildings. KFC will return next time, Taco Bell and Pizza (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| (...) This was much the same as in Novi--there too we were the first thing people saw, and kids would run up to the 4561 and go "Cool!!!" and then ask, "Are you going to run it?" I'd have to tell them, "Sorry, we don't have power over here--but (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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