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MichLTC / MichLUG - Great American Train Show (GATS) - Deltaplex - Grand
Rapids, Michigan - July 12th-14th - Scott's Report
To All,
MichLTC had a great show at GATS in Grand Rapids. It was a lot of fun, with
a lot of work, but it was, in most people's opinion, the best show so far.
Overall Picture Directories:
Scott Sanburn's
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21790
Kai Brodersen's:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21571
Jason Spears:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21580
Spencer J. Rezkalla's:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21623
David Kohrman's:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=21619
Friday Night - July 12th, 2002
Attendees:
Steve Bliss
Kristin (SP?) Bliss
Tony Hedglen
Rick Hallman
Jason Spears
Kai Brodersen
Chris Leach
Sandi Leach
Larry Pieniazek
Peter Guenther
Steve Ringe
Ken Koleda
Trevor Koleda
Scott Sanburn
Lynn Sanburn
Spencer J. Rezkalla
Alfred Speredelozzi
Steven Weiser
Stefan Garcia
Andrew ?
Stefan's Mom:
Friday Night - July 12th, 2002
(If I forgot someone, please LMK, I think I got everyone)
Anyway, I arrived about 2 hours late, since I had to wait for my wife Lynn
to get out of work, and we hit both traffic and construction on US 131, and
was delayed. I eventually arrived, and unloaded, and all the tables were
built already, which meant our fears and concerns were largely unfounded,
thanks for the great start, folks! Most of my modules and my train station
were in shambles, as I had a hard time transporting them.
We got most of the display up already, a lot of people helped me get mine up
and running. Thanks to all, I really appreciate it, and I will be sure to
make them better next time! : )
We wrapped up at about 9:00PM, and went to our usual Big Boy's, near the
highway, where we had a good time, even if the service was the usual slow self.
This is the first time I depended on others to help me set up my stuff,
since I was rebuilding a lot of it. A big thanks goes to our new member,
Andrew, thanks, I really appreciate you putting up with me!
Saturday, July 13th, 2002
Saturday started off early, at 7:00AM, I transported Al S. to the show,
since he was staying at the Fairfield Inn as well (Nice hotel, BTW, about 15
minutes from GR)
We arrived, and started getting other things ready, Tony helped with the
train station a lot as I rebuilt the engine shed, thanks goes to Larry for
the necessary red bricks (I can't believe I forgot those)
The show started, and we had a lot of excitement, a lot of questions, a lot
of accidents, especially when we transferred the shed to my layout, and a
few wrecks. Kai started filming a lot of different things, as we tried to
get the same feeling as the last show, where we got some excellent footage.
We also had a news crew come by and take footage. This session ended at
5:00PM, and Tony, Rick, and I left to transport Rick home to the progress
town of DeWitt, where he had a trip he had to go on. Tony and I drove back,
and saw this, a really funny thing, Peter's next food vehicle : )
http://www.geekshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=399
Tony and I stayed up that night watching the news, while I was putting GT
stickers on my train engines, and saw that we were the last segment on the
news, and they only showed our display. Go figure! : )
Sunday, July 14th, 2002:
Sunday went off without a hitch, Tony and I arrived around 10:00, and got
ready for antoher day. Excitement came from the various news crews that
filmed us yet again, and even an interview with Steve Ringe and Trevor
Koleda, which was cool. Chris and I also wired the monorail through the
train station, as we did not have time on Saturday to do so. We one 1st
place again, even if there were some mis-communications about it.
A tense moment came when we got some Burger King for the crew. The manager
was mad at us since we weren't supposed to have outside food in the
building, but it eventually calmed down.
We were the last ones out, mostly due to the fact we were in the back of the
complex, and had to wait. It was faster than Novi, I think!
Here is a detailed list of creations and pictures:
Scott's GTW Engines:
GP40:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211816
GP40 in action!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211806
Switcher:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211809
My Train Station:
One side of train yard and visitor:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211790
A little construction scene at the train station layout:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211791
Engine Shed:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211792
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210449
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211827
Canopy:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211795
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211810
Other side of station, with the start of the monorail placement:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211796
Monorail going through station:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211808
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210117
Sante Fe in train yard:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211831
Larry P. controlling trains, as you can see the employee parking near shed:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211862
Inside Station Pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211863
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211864
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210118
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210119
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210120
Another shot of the station:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209794
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210116
Here is a shot of the parking lot and monorail stanchions, as we had to be a
little creative:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209795
Here is a shot of the station with the info flyer nearby:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210097
Spencer J. Rezkalla's awesome Microfig Buildings (A big hit, everyone loved
them!)
Overall:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211805
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211865
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211793
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209796
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209797
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209798
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209799
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210094
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210095
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210121
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210122
Kai's interesting shot from the WTC:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209735
Empire State Building:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210130
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210438
King Kong!!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210440
King Kai!! RUN!!!!!!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210423
Other buildings:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210133
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210442
WTC Complex:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210138
Spencer himself:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211868
Tony Hedglen's awesome transfer table and train layout:
Transfer Table:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211816
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210425
Oops, looks like we had a mishap!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210437
Hedgehog Building:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211817
Tony's Engine Shed:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211829
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209803
Main. Building:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211830
Road on Tony's layout:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211843
Overall Area:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210083
Yard area:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210424
Peter Guenther's St. Mary's Cathedral - Awesome:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211797
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211822
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209792
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209793
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210001
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210109
(What the heck is Scott doing in this picture?!)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210113
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210115
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210128
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210443
Johnny Thunder's finally decided to settle down:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211824
Steve Ringe's Train Layout:
Warehouse Area: (Jedi battle nearby!)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211812
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211867
Layout details:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211838
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211839
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211841
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211842
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210093
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210125
Overall Pics:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209801
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209802
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210124
I won't ask how this happened!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209734
Neat train shots:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210096
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210084
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211834
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210427
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210436
Kai Brodersen's Train Shed:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211813
Erik's Custom Motorcycle shop:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211866
Rick Hallman's Post Office:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210086
Red Wings Celebration Parade:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211846
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211847
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211848
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210003
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210099
Minifig throw between the train cars contest:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211870
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211871
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211872
MichLUG members doing weird things:
Steve3 taking a break:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211818
Chris showing the nametag, but came out rotten:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211819
Tony being a dork about his nametag:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211820
The three Amigos'?
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211828
Chris & Steve2 adverting another train wreck!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=209805
Larry & Chris fighting over layout space! ; )
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210079
David Kohrman in his Godzilla Impersonation with Chris being Mogra or something:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210081
Tony Hedglen doing all the work while Rick mediates on the lessons Tony is
giving him:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210080
Trevor Koleda being interviewed, while Steve2 looks on. Chris Leach in the
background giving tips on proper building techniques.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210444
Other interesting Pictures:
The European Train Enthusiasts next store couldn't resist the K-8 right next
to them, and built a small billboard saying "ETE"
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211794
Peter's Shark Tank Car complete with Han Solo, desperately trying to get out!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211840
David Kohrman's A-Team Van - Real neat! : )
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=211854
MichLTC's new clubhouse!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210098
Nothing like fishing after a hard day of work at the roundhouse!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210085
Our downtown is so cool, it is already making history pages!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210087
"We're knights of the round table..."
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210129
Pretty sad when a shock-trooper gets dead by arrow!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210131
Kids creations from the K-8:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210451
Trevor K. holding up a train car, his perhaps?
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210450
Stefan Garcia's creation named........
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=210426
There are so many good shots of the downtown, that I can't begin to document
everything, so if people want to, do what I did above to link to your
creations, since I don't know who did what. LMK if you need help or tell me
what is yours, so I can document it.
All in all, we had a great display, with our new tables, multiple train
loops, Mindstorms controlled trolley, auto-switches, a realistic downtown
area, roundhouse, transfer table, auto-decouplers, etc. which makes it one
great show. Thanks goes to everyone for a great turnout.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask, and we are looking forward to
the next show!
Scott S.
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