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Re: Parts for Meijers in GATS
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lugnet.org.us.michlug
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Sun, 19 Aug 2001 02:01:11 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Peter Guenther writes:
> Rick, I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I think a 6-baseplate
> meijer's is way too big for a number of reasons.
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> First off, we're not going to have THAT much more space than in GR, and you
> and Kai are already talking Army and Navy bases.
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> Second, I think it's going to be out of proportion with a lot of the other
> things at the show. A Meijer's almost as big as a car (go-cart) factory??
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> Third, taking up that much space will prevent a lot of other smaller
> buildings from going in the show. I fear we're headed to a day when our
> "train" show will be a church, a Shell station, and a Meijer's with a loop
> of track... Obviously that's a humorous exaggeration, but if by XL
> baseplates you mean the 15" gray ones, you're talking about 30" x 45". We
> could put a lot of buildings in that space.
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> I'd recommend you set your sights on a smaller Meijer's. My McDonald's is
> not to scale... but everyone knows what it is, it gets the idea across, and
> fits into the tapestry of our larger display. I would think you could do a
> Meijer's on 4 regular baseplates (not counting parking lot) and get the idea
> across better than with a behemoth... it would also cut down on the pieces
> you'd have to beg/borrow/steal/buy. Maybe the parking lot could be shared
> with something else, like I'll do with my fast food restaurants.
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> What do other people think?
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> Peter
I am thinking of cancelling the Navy Base AND the meijers for concerns with
rare pieces.
Rick
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| Rick, I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I think a 6-baseplate meijer's is way too big for a number of reasons. First off, we're not going to have THAT much more space than in GR, and you and Kai are already talking Army and Navy bases. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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