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In lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Hello,
I have completed yet another NYC firehouse.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=224648
This one from 17th street in Manhattan. I had walked by this firehouse many
times and always thought it had way to much detail to be recreated in Lego. I
guess it would help if I had a picture of the real one, but I seem to have
deleted them.
John and Ross Neal and I walked by this firehouse when they were in town over
Thanksgiving. It was then that they told me of an exciting collaborative idea
they had (and, it happened to be something I was thinking about myself to a
degree, coincidentely).... John, care to elaborate?
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Sure, but first, great work! The BBB wheels nail that arch design nicely! And
here is a pic of you and Ross so graciously posing in front of it (they both
protested greatly after I kept
taking
pics of them together:-)
Well, for years I have admired Jonathan work, and it was a real treat when he
came up and introduced himself to me at the Philly show last July. After seeing
him there, having brought a few MOCs that he was literally only able to tuck
into his pocket, I thought how nice it would be to see his buildings at a show.
And then I thought: why not see if he’d be willing to show them on the TCLTC
layout in Detroit next July?
We happened to be visiting relatives over Thanksgiving in NYC and I decided to
meet Jonathan there and pitch the idea to him, and he went for it:-) Soooo-
The TCLTC is proud to announce that Jonathan Lopes will be providing virtually
all (save one) of the buildings to be displayed on our
Thomas
section.
Yes, even our Spamcake Diner® will make room for Al’s Diner:-) The only
building we are bringing on that stretch will be our Chateau, which faces our
fountain module.
We are very excited about this collaboration with Jonathan and have been
building like crazy this Christmas vacation-- we are in the process of
completely rebuilding our Thomas section to make it even better than before.
And now with Jonathan’s buildings, the TCLTC layout is going to be KILLER:-)
I can’t wait to see which buildings Jonathan decides to bring/build for the show
(I hope he doesn’t decide to use
this plot on Faile St.;-) But what can I say-- the dude’s an Ashcanner, so
who knows! :-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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Sure, but first, great work! The BBB wheels nail that arch design nicely!
And here is a pic of you and Ross so graciously posing in front of it (they
both protested greatly after I kept
taking
pics of them together:-)
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Hey! That’s my diner! ;)
“Big Daddy” Nelson
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In lugnet.town, Nelson Yrizarry wrote:
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Hey! That’s my diner! ;)
“Big Daddy” Nelson
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Dude! I wondered when you’d
chime in:-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Hello,
I have completed yet another NYC firehouse.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=224648
This one from 17th street in Manhattan. I had walked by this firehouse many
times and always thought it had way to much detail to be recreated in Lego.
I guess it would help if I had a picture of the real one, but I seem to have
deleted them.
John and Ross Neal and I walked by this firehouse when they were in town
over Thanksgiving. It was then that they told me of an exciting
collaborative idea they had (and, it happened to be something I was thinking
about myself to a degree, coincidentely).... John, care to elaborate?
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Sure, but first, great work! The BBB wheels nail that arch design nicely!
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i agree! very cool idea. i’m sure i’ll be barrowing it sooner or later.
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And here is a pic of you and Ross so graciously posing in front of it (they
both protested greatly after I kept
taking
pics of them together:-)
Well, for years I have admired Jonathan work, and it was a real treat when he
came up and introduced himself to me at the Philly show last July. After
seeing him there, having brought a few MOCs that he was literally only able
to tuck into his pocket, I thought how nice it would be to see his buildings
at a show. And then I thought: why not see if he’d be willing to show them on
the TCLTC layout in Detroit next July?
We happened to be visiting relatives over Thanksgiving in NYC and I decided
to meet Jonathan there and pitch the idea to him, and he went for it:-)
Soooo-
The TCLTC is proud to announce that Jonathan Lopes will be providing
virtually all (save one) of the buildings to be displayed on our
Thomas
section.
Yes, even our Spamcake Diner® will make room for Al’s Diner:-) The only
building we are bringing on that stretch will be our Chateau, which faces our
fountain module.
We are very excited about this collaboration with Jonathan and have been
building like crazy this Christmas vacation-- we are in the process of
completely rebuilding our Thomas section to make it even better than before.
And now with Jonathan’s buildings, the TCLTC layout is going to be KILLER:-)
I can’t wait to see which buildings Jonathan decides to bring/build for the
show (I hope he doesn’t decide to use
this plot on Faile St.;-) But what can I say-- the dude’s an Ashcanner,
so who knows! :-)
JOHN
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This totally kicks butt. I’m really happy to see this collaboration. This year’s
show is going to be HUGE but seeing this type of thing happen tells me it’s
going to be the best yet. I really am looking forward to it.
Ondrew
p.s hey Jonathan, care to bring any of your awesome car and truck moc’s to show
off too? I’ll have plenty of
parking available =)
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Hello,
I have completed yet another NYC firehouse.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=224648
John and Ross Neal and I walked by this firehouse when they were in town
over Thanksgiving. It was then that they told me of an exciting
collaborative idea they had (and, it happened to be something I was thinking
about myself to a degree, coincidentely).... John, care to elaborate?
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Sure, but first, great work! The BBB wheels nail that arch design nicely!
And here is a pic of you and Ross so graciously posing
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Thanks! I wish my pic showed the BBB wheels better. They really look sharp.
Thanks also for the pic of the prototype.
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The TCLTC is proud to announce that Jonathan Lopes will be providing
virtually all (save one) of the buildings to be displayed on our
Thomas
section.
Yes, even our Spamcake Diner® will make room for Al’s Diner:-) The only
building we are bringing on that stretch will be our Chateau, which faces our
fountain module.
We are very excited about this collaboration with Jonathan and have been
building like crazy this Christmas vacation-- we are in the process of
completely rebuilding our Thomas section to make it even better than before.
And now with Jonathan’s buildings, the TCLTC layout is going to be KILLER:-)
I can’t wait to see which buildings Jonathan decides to bring/build for the
show (I hope he doesn’t decide to use
this plot on Faile St.;-) But what can I say-- the dude’s an Ashcanner,
so who knows! :-)
JOHN
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I’m really looking forward to this too. I promise not to bring that lot on
Faile Street - or create a new lot to bring. I am considering a new diner
though. We’ll see.
Thanks again and very much looking forward to Detroit!
All the best,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
Sure, but first, great work! The BBB wheels nail that arch design nicely!
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i agree! very cool idea. i’m sure i’ll be barrowing it sooner or later.
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Please do!
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p.s hey Jonathan, care to bring any of your awesome car and truck moc’s to
show off too? I’ll have plenty of
parking available =)
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Sure. If you have any specific requests, please let me know.
Maybe we can also have that lunch we missed at Philly togather . . .
Best,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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This totally kicks butt. I’m really happy to see this collaboration. This
year’s show is going to be HUGE but seeing this type of thing happen tells me
it’s going to be the best yet. I really am looking forward to it.
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I’m in agreement with Ondrew. I’m really looking forward to the layouts. I’m not
yet sure if I will be able to participate, but I will make it out to see the all
the creations for at least one day.
Jason Spears | BrickCentral | MichLUG
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