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Re: Just got back from GATS...
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:08:20 GMT
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To All,
> > 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).
Indeed. Maybe we should let the kids play with it a little. I am sure they
would like it. Or have that display table one of the groups did a few weeks
past, have the bunch of parts, and have them build their own, and let them
run it. (Supervised of course!)
> > We got more than a few "Oh my god!"s when people saw the real layout. :)
Indeed. It was a common response. Not that I am complaining, it was worth
everything alone for that.
> 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...
Yup. (Fond memories)
> 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!
Yes, thanks again!
> I've already got a "short list" of what I want to build for the next show,
> including:
It hasn't been a day, but already the ideas are flowing.
> -City Hall
Yes, we need one!
> -IHOP (do you know what that is now, Scott??)
What, IHOP? What is that, the international hostile ominous protester place? ; )
I *think* I know it!
> -Radio Station
Cool, How about WLGO?
> -Motel
Yes!
> -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!!!")
Good idea. If you want me to print any decals, LMK, I would be more than
happy to. That goes for anyone else, too! I have a nice printer now. : )
> -Frank Lloyd Wright-style house
Make sure it leaks a lot of water!
> Bigger and better every time!!!
Right, what do I want to do?
- Switch the Shell into a Octan station (I don't know, just goofing around)
- I would love to do a Meijer, but I don't know if I am going to do it, or how!
- I would like to build a drive thru Coffee Beanery still
- Some kind of Custom Amtrak and / or GT railways train
- Some kind of warehouse
- Train Station
- A lot of ordinary vehicles
- A monorail station for mantainence
Etc., I will have tos ee what I cna do, the space guys are screaming at me
to get started on that stuff again! : )
It was a great time, everyone loved the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, Peter, I
still have nightmares about that thing chasing me! : )
Scott S.
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