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Re: Greenburg Show?
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Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:08:32 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Tom Duggan writes:
> > In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
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> > > Again my initial thoughts are a 10'x10' table for our first show. (If we go
> > > crazy with scenery maybe more but I would rather have a smaller setup that • is
> > > packed full of stuff than have a huge setup that is sparcely populated with
> > > stuff). Of course there is some expense to the tables and a skirt for the
> > > table. I am willing to contribute a fair amount to this but I would like it
> > > to be a group expense as much as possible. Of course there are many ways to
> > > do this. Either people could contribute the cost of a single table and • would
> > > then own that table or the tables would be owned jointly by NELUG and we
> > > would have to figure out storage.
> >
> > I would lean more towards buing them as a club as opposed to everyone buying
> > a table. This way we can be certain of the dimensions and everythinmg will • fit
> > together nicely.
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> Well my thought was all the tables would be the same size regardless of • whether
> individuals owned them or if the group owned them. I guess I suggested the
> individual ownership just because some people like to get something for their
> money thats tangable. In general I prefer the group ownership as well.
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> > I had a town set up when I lived at my mothers that was about 12x15, I think
> > it cost about $150 bucks all together. The plywood is about 8-10 bucks a • sheet
> > (more if you want the nice birch), and i used 2x3's for the frame. Of course
> > mine was a bit crooked because I had a crappy saw, but Home Depot will cut • the
> > plywood (if I remember from my days of working there, the first cut on every
> > board was free, and each additional one was .50)
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> Well the do cut wood for you kind of. You have to be careful that you get
> someone willing to do a precision cut. I have had some people that are pretty
> good but others that were well over 6 inches off when I asked for something • cut
> in half!.
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> Plus we will be looking for something precise. Most of the other clubs use
> some sort of multiple of the 32x32 baseplate for measurements. For example
> WAMALTC uses tables that are 40.25" x 40.25" which is 4 32x32 baseplates
> square.
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> > I found that instead of
> > trying to build a structurely sound support system for the table, it was much
> > easier to buy some saw horses (I think they were about 6 bucks a piece for • the
> > wooden ones) and just screwed the frame and plywood right to them....it was
> > about the perfect height for me.....came right up to above my waist....this
> > should also make it easier for assembly and disassembly.
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> I think we probably need to be a bit more precise than saw horses. Most Saw
> Horses I have ever had were pretty rough when it came to measurements. One
> thing we can do to ensure a level table is to get some of the adjustable feet
> for the legs. These basically just screw into the bottom of the leg and then
> allow you to adjust the length of the leg usually up to an inch or so.
>
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> > I do have some track....I think 3 circles worth of round and a few straight
> > ones, and some train parts, a few train plates and some bogies....but I am • not
> > much of a train builder. As for buildings, I am also running out of pieces,
> > but like I said, I do have a few new ones, as well as my fire stations, and I
> > should be able to come up with a few more before the show.
>
> Sounds like we are both fairly tapped out. If you can figure out how many
> curved and how many straight lenghts of track you have that would be good. As
> for the train cars we can talk. Building a simple boxcar is pretty easy • either
> that or maybe we can work out a trade or something so that we can maximise the
> number of cars we can build while minimizing everyones expense.
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> Eric Kingsley
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> The New England LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nelug.org/
Well, I decided to try my hand at some train stuff, and in the last two days
have made three box cars, based on Eric's design for the NELUG one, and an
engine. I still need to dig through the fourteen 22 gallon rubbermaid tubs of
sets to find all my train stuff. I should hopefully have a few more cars and
maybe another engine in time for the cook-out.
Tom D
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| (...) Well I think we probably just doubled our Train size :-). I havn't had much time to build lately but I am trying to do a car other than a Boxcar for variety. I did add 2 buildings to my town scene fairly recently which will of course be at the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Well my thought was all the tables would be the same size regardless of whether individuals owned them or if the group owned them. I guess I suggested the individual ownership just because some people like to get something for their money (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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