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Re: SF convention
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Wed, 16 May 2001 22:51:25 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Scott Sanburn writes:
> Trevor & All,
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> > I plan to bring the following:
> > - My destroyer
> > - My frigate with modules
> > - My food processor
> > - At least one freighter for the outpost setup.
> >
> > I plan to work on building the following buildings for the small outpost:
> > - An atmospheric processor installation (small)
> > - A Tokomak Fusion reactor. (small)
> > - I have 3 trans blue qtr domes (my fourth is in my Frigate) that I can use
> > along with Rick's two and Scott's four to make hydroponics bays. Both Scott
> > and I have the white side walls that come with the Explorien's base. I'm
> > suggesting these because they are a snap to re-arrange for fast build and
> > tear down. Peter Guenther has 4 qtr domes trans green I believe.
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> Whoa, what do I need to bring? Those trans-blue domes from Exploriens, etc?
> Where are they at?
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> > The following things we could try to include besides the usual military
> > stuff for the outpost:
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> > - waste processing and water reclamation facility
> > - barracks/messhall/gymnasium
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> Question: Is the outpost on an atmospheric planet or not? I can arrange to
> design the water reclamation facility.
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> > The following would be cool on a *small* scale only and would be:
> > - *small* refinery for synthetic fossil fuels or chemicals. (acutally, this
> > would be mosty 1/2 cylinder light grey pieces of which both Scott and I have
> > quite a few of)
> > - *small* steel micromill. I know how to do this, it will take some space
> > but I will not have the pieces after what I plan to work on.
> > - electronics fabrication and repair. (this is actually not a hard one to
> > build - I've done a couple in the past. High speed surface mount technology
> > and chip wafer fabrication is ok and esy to do at minifig scale, while resin
> > encapsulation would be a bit tougher to show at minifig scale)
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> > In my mind, all of the above can be fit onto 1 table, not including feul
> > dumps, landing pads, repair bays and defense installations. I really do
> > think a small outpost is possible with little effort and little space, while
> > acheiving a lot of detail. If we use only two tables for the outpost, but
> > really build the outpost up like a good town layout (not spread everything
> > out like LEGO catalogs do) then we could really have an interesting layout
> > in very little space. Much smaller than the train show for sure since the
> > buildings will tend to be smaller. Comments? Critisms? :)
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> Indeed. We need to arrange it at our meeting.
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> > Finally: Military
> >
> > Well, this one is a plethora of goodwill because most of us have tons to
> > show. What to choose to show in the small outpost? There is nothing really
> > that inspiring in my mind if we just have a couple of no-name buildings and
> > a whole bunch of little vehicles at a show where some people want to see
> > other technological representations. I think we should worry about the
> > facilities and the military filler will take care of itself. And from what
> > I have seen of their work, we have such an extensive collection of structure
> > building experience from Amy, Chris, Peter, Chris, Scott and Rick (forgive
> > me if I have forgotten anyone) that we can make a really good layout in a
> > very short period of time. It just depends who is coming.
> >
> > I think that we will all have a couple of fighters to show, Rick has one or
> > two *good* troop dropships that I would personally love to see if at all
> > possible, Scott has excellent mobile defense installations and units that I
> > believe he still has assembled and would cover missle defense (that right?),
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> Yup. I have them, somewhere among the plastic containers.
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> > and Scott and I each have a "countdown" corner that can be converted to
> > conventional heavy lift launchers/planetary defense/planet buster missles.
> > :) I am open to many ideas since my military stuff will not really be part
> > of the outpost. I think that we should focus on making good buildings and
> > facilities before we worry about the military contigent because given our
> > experience in military MOCs then it becomes easy fodder to fill in at the
> > last minute.
Guys,not sure what i can bring/provide for this show other then my
monorail.I really havn't bought a space related set since the futron
monorail came out.Again i guess this is something we can discuss when we get
together.
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| Chris, Scott & all: No problem. I don't have any train or monorail sets. Like I said, most of what I will bring is in my big ships. So the probably the best thing to do is to list off what we want to see (building wise) and then we all draw from a (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
| | | Re: SF convention
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| Chris, Scott & all: No problem. I don't have any train or monorail sets. Like I said, most of what I will bring is in my big ships. So the probably the best thing to do is to list off what we want to see (building wise) and then we all draw from a (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| Trevor & All, (...) Whoa, what do I need to bring? Those trans-blue domes from Exploriens, etc? Where are they at? (...) Question: Is the outpost on an atmospheric planet or not? I can arrange to design the water reclamation facility. (...) Indeed. (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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