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Hello again,
I forgot to mention that I motorized all the switches for the train yard.
Nothing fancy, like no mindstorms involved, but I built 5 different version
to test and they worked well for the display, because they would have been
hard to reach from the center.
I had a speed regulator to control the output power on 4 motors and 2
regular battery boxes on the other 2. Some points with the new technic motor
would brake appart on full power.
That was a nice experiment, and I sure will use what I learned to improve
for our next show.
Best regards to all and thanks for your comments.
Jean-Marc
In lugnet.events, Jean-Marc Détraz writes:
> Hey folks,
>
> Our fledgling NovaLUG is proud to announce the successful completion of our
> second public event. We were invited to participate in the Dartmouth Model
> Train & Hobby Show on November 16th in the Dartmouth Sportsplex. We
> couldn't have asked for a better location, directly after the entrance and
> across from the model battleships!
>
> For this occasion, we decided to work with themes. We had a Harry Potter
> corner (in honor of the second film just released), a North Pole corner for
> Christmas, and the rest was just a combination of our favorite train and
> town creations! Each theme was separated from the others by a mountain
> range. The elevated track and bridge were a challenge to create but we
> gladly learned from this experience. There was only one accident with a
> downhill runaway train... I think next time the curve won't be at the
> bottom of the hill! ;~D
>
> We even had a Belville display (which attracted all the young girls and
> their mothers) and a Duplo train to satisfy the hands-on urge of the young
> bricksters. This is a great way to encourage participation but does require
> constant surveillance!
>
> The layout was approximately 14 x 14 feet and we had a rope barrier all the
> way around. A photographer came from the local paper but all she wanted to
> shoot was the Harry Potter sets! We gave away free Lego Christmas catalogs
> (courtesy of TLC) and an information sheet about our LUG and Legos in
> general. I thinked we flushed a few new AFOLs out of the crowd.
>
> So without further ado, please enjoy the photos and send us your comments
> and suggestions!
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28579
>
> Best regards from NovaLUG:
>
> Jean-Marc Détraz
> Gail Meagher
> Lawrenace Livesey
> Arlen Détraz
> Arielle Détraz
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