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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.trains, David Lairson writes:
> > Hi All,
> > I'm working hard getting my town/train setup and after visiting a number • of
> > other peoples town sites I got to thinking. There are two different • styles
> > at work, one is a realistic style, makeing the buildings, etc.. as • realistic
> > as possible, and the "lego" style, which we all know (open backed • buildings,
> > buildings that are only about 8-10 studs deep, etc..) I've been building • my
> > stuff in the lego stlye, so that I can use Lego sets in my town with out
> > them standing out.
> > My question for the groop is, is there a prefered style to use? I'm sure
> > it's just a matter of personal opinion, but I would like so people to • share
> > their views on it...
>
> Good question!!
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>
> Totally your call, there is no wrong answer. Consider the factors, do you
> have kids that like to roleplay? Openback may be better. Do you want to • look
> at your buildings from all angles? Solid may be better.
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In this picture http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50661 you
can see the buildings I built for the Raleigh GATS show last weekend. I
have historically built my buildings with open backs but decided not to for
the GATS show. I had two reasons for doing this.
1) For the smaller buildings toward the front of the layout I wasn't sure
which direction they would end up facing so I wanted to make sure they would
look okay from where ever they were viewed.
2) For the large buildings along the back of my section, I built them four
sided so they would be sturdy and transport to and from the show better. I
didn't have any problems with any of them coming apart during transport.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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| (...) Good question!! I agree with Kevin, it's what YOU prefer. If you are building for shows, using the facade pattern means that you can get more buildings in (all the buildings at the back are just facades and thus take up less space...) Totally (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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