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"lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G24JpK.DI5@lugnet.com... (...) Other people have to write posts about the great detail, all the minifigs* cool roof construction** and the size of it, because I am (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) thanks for the comments. Yes, your not the first to comment it looks more like air hockey. But I dont think I have come across a air hockey table in a British pub or bar, mainly amusement arcades. (funny enough I was playing air hockey today (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) WOW! Another awesome train station! It deserves a spotlight. - Dan (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Thats sounds BIG. Funny enough, my son wants us to build an airport terminal for our next project. The big plates and lots of glass walls lend themselves nicely to the high tech design of most modern airports. We did have a 'pilot' project, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) And I am indeed edified by your edifice! Thanks! This station rocks. Raises the bar for large train stations, and then some. LOTS of neat detail. One suggestion, I think the thing being played in the bar looks more like an air hockey table to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Totaly cool Lawrence,like you i'm using those 48 stud grey plates(11 of them) for my airport roof. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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"Holger Matthes" <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:G1z3yJ.MME@lugnet.com... (...) "Gottwald" (...) A really impressive model - and I really like the pneumatics, it gives the crane not only displayvalue but also excellent playvalue! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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For your edification.... I have just about completed my Metro Terminus Station. You can view it at (URL) for train fans. Something for architecture fans. FYI It covers 6x 48 stud baseplates. There are another 4x 48 stud baseplates in the roof There (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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"Robin Werner" <robstormer@cs.com> wrote in message news:G21KC0.ItH@lugnet.com... (...) Check (...) for (...) Great pictures! The diversity of the modules make it an interesting display! -Frank (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:G20Iyo.3x5@lugnet.com... (...) station (...) here: (...) -Frank (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dear Robin, thanks for sharing these pictures with us and good luck for the event! Regards, Ben (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Aha! <grin> Guess I have good timing. (...) Yeah... I had planned on using those for decoration for a magician's house, but haven't gotten around to it yet... <frown> Now I have to go and actually *build*. <gasp> Haven't done that in quite a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Shiri! The pictures with the ivy have been added just a few minutes before: so nobody could mention them so far. I even used the arms of a green dragon for those plants: that could be a really new use for that otherwise monofunctional part. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And (...) the (...) This (...) Dear Gary, you have an sharp eye. This trick, to make an half stud offset and hide the gap behind a pillar, is a trick I like alot and which I have done in several models before, like for e.g. here: (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) those plants - I'm taking notes! -Shiri (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I don't think I've ever more agreed with Larry <grin> October 1992 or 1994 was when John G and I started to build with Conan and Chuck. John G a little sooner than I, it was right about the time that Conan came to work at the Lego Imagination Center (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) I doesn't have to be exact if there isn't an exact date. I think in most cases there are exact dates...it's just that I'd prefer to know exact dates if at all possible. If not, that's OK too. --Todd (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) As for an exact date, I'd use the date J-1 registered gmltc.org. (...) Nope. Can't take it. I had originally thought about the name "Upper Midwest LEGO Train Club". J-1 had thought about "Greater Minnesota LEGO Train Club", and even (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) 1985 was the first year a layout was taken to a show. The other date is much more fluid. (I wasn't around for either; this is based on Conan's comments today while we were trashing the old layout.) (...) That is probably much closer to your (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Why exactly? (both senses...) That is, exactly why do you need to know this, and why does it have to be exact? Would the year be good enough? GMLTC started from one guy and his uncle who loved LEGO and grew from there. It's the granddaddy of (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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