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Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build
Date: 
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:06:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:

Overall, I think what you've begun here is a great example for other clubs who
might want to "evolve" some day into more complex layout schemes.

I agree. J2 and I both know this is actually starting to happen, since we're
on so many other clubs' mailing lists. I won't name names as it's their
perogative to announce it as they see fit, but a number of clubs ARE
thinking about ways to be a little less flat without losing some of the
flexibility inherent in plywood layouts.

Is that cool or what?

I share J2's concern about reducing the setup/assembly time somewhat though.
It looked to me that you've traded setup time for brick quantity (something
sturdy enough to travel already assembled takes a lot more bricks than your
support structure uses, presumably)

Thanks for sharing this.



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  Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
 
(...) That IS cool. I can't wait to see what they come up with. I am looking forward to more great ideas on how to make interesting layouts w/o the loss of flexibility and huge brick requirement. (...) Yes, this is partly the case. However, in (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)

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  Re: Mountain Town - A train module experiment
 
Wow, Kim- where to begin? What you have done is excellent-- very interesting to the eye. When a module or scene can draw your attention in as yours does, it is very effective and pleasing indeed. Trying to bridge the gap, so to speak, between (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)

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