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Here is a quick upload of pictures from the first day of our GATS show. More commentary will follow later tonight. (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Users Group (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) - Brick (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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Mike all that stuff looks great, and all you hard work seems to have paid off, good job on getting that display built! That's great! Wow there is so much to see! Excelent display! Eric www.brickshelf.com/c...Legomaster (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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Wow! Looks great, that's a huge layout for your first show, excellent job. I can't way for the commentary. I really want to hear about the polarity switches on the controllers, what did they control? (URL) this cracked me up, what a great idea: (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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Great pics! I loved seeing the Crocodile Engine pulling all those neat freight cars. "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GFEKCL.Evp@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Mike, Cool! You and your club have a super layout! I love all of the eye candy! Nice to see 12v trains at a US train show, wish I could see them in person. And I like the white and black Metroliner like train with 4 club cars! ((URL) up the great (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Mike, you might want to post a link to the track plan. (...) circle of track and provided another simple source of animation. (...) Well, I've got more pictures I need to upload, but I'll give some commentary on the setup and first day of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) how to use my space. Some quick negotiation with Cary allowed use to fit the 12v loop in. Thomas Main provided most of the track (I could have done the whole loop but I don't have remote turnouts or the signal tracks, I might have also had to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) (URL) you did open space bridges! Very cool. I especially like that you did a monorail bridge. Second, that triangular bolton tray visible in the back inner corner seems a neat idea. Did you get that idea yourself? Does it help strengthen the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Correction- 7815 and 7819... Frank (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) In some ways, I would have liked a table under the bridges to display some boats, but the open space made a much easier way to get in and out without quite as much crawling, especially on Friday when we didn't have the bridges up. (...) The (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GFELAx.HBo@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) Commentary: All in all - a great first day and a great first "real" [1] event for NCLUG. The GATS people have been very easy to work through this as (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) We (GFLTC) do the same thing, but your knees will be feeling it by late Sunday!:( I have been thinking of making a draw bridge with a open bottom to walk though, but it could get messy, with trains running. Robin W - GFLTC www.gfltc.org [[[ (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GFEsDG.AFK@lugnet.com... (...) did (...) Doing the open space bridges was an outcome of a conversation I had with some of the PNLTC guys (Duane, Kim, Steve B., Dave) when I was out (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) And here they are: (URL) comment on: (URL) were intended to document my gratuitous use of grey 1x8 tiles to make a 4 track level crossing. Of course you can't see the part under the 12v track. This used perhaps 1/4 of my grey 1x8 tiles. Frank (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mike get used to that,we had 3 or 4 groups walk up to us and ask us to display at there next show.It's a great"problem" to have:-) (...) Hee one of mine and one of Scott Sanburns did the same thing at our last show even with both having new (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains.org)
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We at the NGLTC actually built a little removable shelf at would go under the bridges to act as water. Basically it was a piece of plywood that would just set into the gap after everything else was done with the layout, that way we could move in and (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) What I was just thinking about last night is a 6" wide shelf or so which bolts on to the side of the layout and sits 3" or so below the main table level. It would be nice to engineer it so it could be lined with a LEGO wall and be a canal or (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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