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Re: I need some advice....
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Sun, 12 Mar 2000 06:48:35 GMT
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Well, still have to fiddle here and there... I'll figure it somehow...maybe a
little testing aand experementation...
In lugnet.town, Paul Davidson writes:
> I have thought about the possibility of building such a table. Being an
> ex-model railroader myself, I would probably build the landscape out of
> plaster-coated mesh (adding paint and grass afterwards). I thought it would
> be a good idea to embed green plates here and there in the surface (flush
> with the "grass"), and make the non-lego scenery a similar colour of green.
> Lego trees, bushes, people, and small structures could be stuck onto these
> plates.
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> I'm not sure how to make the thinner baseplates "stick", though, and still
> be moveable.
>
> --
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> Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
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> Kela Akira Kitkowski <mercadiandealer@comicmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Fr54DI.KqC@lugnet.com...
> > Currently, I am trying to find some Horse=related sets in LUGNET • Marketplace.
> > But, this post is not about that. Rather, I have a plan with those sets.
> >
> > I'm thinking of assembling the sets (or any open, loose, complete ones I • can
> > find) into a countryside scence. You know, one set here, another here, a • few
> > here.
> >
> > I'm trying to write down my ideas and to use my Model Railroading skills • to
> > accomplish this. I will try to make a tabletop, paint it green, and then
> > systematiclly mark where things like roads, water and the various sets • will be
> > put.
> >
> > But, i'm finding problems.
> >
> > First, I want the table to be protable, but I don't want to attach the • core
> > sets (i.e. ones that are on baseplates or are buildings) onto the table. • BUT,
> > I don't want the respective sets to move about the table should someone • hit
> > the table by accident.
> >
> > And, what about putting trees, flowers, and geologic features? Glue them • on or
> > use something else?
> >
> > Any help will be appriciated.
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| I have thought about the possibility of building such a table. Being an ex-model railroader myself, I would probably build the landscape out of plaster-coated mesh (adding paint and grass afterwards). I thought it would be a good idea to embed green (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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