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(...) With thanks to Tim David and William Howard I managed to get one of these built. Thanks to the masses of SNOT and some choices I had to make to do with available bricks the bus weighs a tonne... which is probably prototypical. (2 URLs) and the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Ahhh yes. I have seen those trees. Some of my favourites. This one is a nice take on the technique. Tim (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.town)
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On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, it was written: (...) I believe so, yes. I think the first time I saw this technique was a MOC by Anu Pehrson at a SEALUG meeting (URL) I think that MOC influenced Jeff's. (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.town)
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(URL) NELUG> will be displaying at the (URL) Great Train Expo> in Hartford, CT this weekend. This layout will be a smaller than our usual layout, but will still provide plenty of fun for the show. Please feel free to drop by and introduce yourself (...) (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) FWIW I like it better but as I mentioned earlier I do have a thing for mirrors ;) Tim (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) That's a really pretty tree in that yard. Is the angling done by clipping the foliage segments together via the flower sprues? Tim (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org)
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PSLTC has developed a suburban house standard, which is presented below. Jeff Pelletier did most of the thinking and work. The primary constraints and goals of the standard are: 1) PSLTC typically uses roadplates with 7 x 2/3 sidewalks built up (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) No problem at all. Actually, you mentioning this reminds me that I have another street that I haven't photographed very well yet that has a similar corner building on it that actually was built to be a bank! So, thanks! ;o) Jonathan (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) There goes my whole scenario ; ) It actually does look like an american post office (casts mind back). In Ireland they're small and painted green, a luxuriously building like that is reserved for housing money : ) Sorry to assume.. God Bless, (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! The teeth were a last minute add-on and I like the mean effect they give. I am glad you noticed them. Regarding the pose: yep, just coincidence. I find there are only a few good spots on my layout to photograph vehicles and this is one (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Very nice! As usual with your work I find myself sucked into enjoying a town MOC (shudders instinctively ; ) I particularly like the 'teeth' look inside the back of the truck, a nice piece of realism. My other faviourite part of this MOC was (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! Jonathan (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks, Damien. I am pretty excited about the elevated train line. It has taken me a while to get it to work smoothly due to two really high inclines. (it goes from underground to above ground in a really short section). I am really confident (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That's a creative way to aviod the stud notch look of the 2X2 round bricks. I like it. David "Fuzzy" Gregory (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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Jon, Damn that Sh** is dope!!! Really. I've been playing with the idea of using the Spiral staircases to make wall sections for some of my Belville-scale stuff, but this is by far a more innovative and useful application. Also, the elevated line is (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'll try a couple of things tonight and post pix tomorrow. Trying new things is good. I'll probably end up deciding that I should have done it a while ago. (...) ;o) lol! Jonathan (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) It has been a while since I built it, but I am sure the dark bley foudation is 2xn bricks and plates and the two shells (light bley and black) are built upon that and then brought together by another row of 2xn bricks at the very top. They are (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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--snip-- (...) I used to agree with you but lately I've decided that a slightly oversized mirror can actually add an awful lot to a model. I find that they just have that extra and subtle little bit of realism. Of course it's personal taste so YMMV. (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Yes it is that one. (...) Thanks for the info and the link to the picture. Did you connect the light bley shell to the black interior at all or is it free floating? Cheers, Jude (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks, Jude. (and Tim, once again, for the cab design) (...) Thanks for that as well. Sometimes I wonder if I should be photographing the vehicles alone. Is this the building you're referring to: (URL) It is snotted only on the front. (it is (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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