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Re: Canal Street
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:42:21 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> In addition to meeting lots of builders I admire and getting tons of inspiration
> to build, my trip to NMRA in Philly enabled me to pick-up the bricks I needed to
> complete this street on my layout.
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> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=193311>
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> It is supposed to replicate a busy industrial street with trucks being loaded
> and unloaded and such. There is also the light yellow car repair ship that Tim
> Gould pointed out to me from a model train layout here:
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> <http://www.vestaldesign.com/projects/modelrr/photos-640/12.jpg>
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> The street itself was something I had wanted to do for a while . . . a paving
> stone (cobble stone) look. I was fortunate enough to run into the right qty of
> 1x2 dark bley tiles at a low enough cost to make it less expensively than if I
> had used dark grey 1x4 bricks as I have on my other roads.
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> The opposite side of the street will be an industrial canal.
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> Comments, thoughts, ideas, always welcome!
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> Thanks,
> Jonathan
Hi Jonathan,
I'm loving the car repair shop with the hotrod just poking out. I have a little
suggestion though, I think it could look quite good if you raised a 1x2 tile on
the road every so often. Need not be a full plate either but I think it would
give a slightly more messy cobble-stone effect.
Tim
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| (...) Hi Tim, Thanks and thanks again for directing me to that link. I am thrilled with the light yellow building, but think I need to revisit the dark red one. You know, your suggestion on the roads is right on the money. I am a little annoyed with (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-06, to lugnet.town)
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| In addition to meeting lots of builders I admire and getting tons of inspiration to build, my trip to NMRA in Philly enabled me to pick-up the bricks I needed to complete this street on my layout. (URL) It is supposed to replicate a busy industrial (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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