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Re: A few questions....
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 1 Jul 2001 22:10:58 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Frederick Grondy writes:
> 1) I see a lot posted about MOC cars posted, but does anybody have any
> impressive layouts with pics posted?
Search www.brickshelf.com for "train" or "layout". You should get quite a
few hits. You can also check out some of the club home pages that are linked
off of news.lugnet.com/trains.
> 2) Does everybody stay consistently build within the Town theme, or are
> there some really out-there creations floating around? I keep having visions
> of either a Western theme layout or a Jungle theme(using mainly
> Adventurers-inspired MOCs).
One of my favorite "non-standard" designs is the drag racing trains from
James Trobaugh. Not sure what the URL is for the images. Or check out James
Mathis' Brickshelf page
(http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=jamathis) for lots of
modern bullet type trains.
But hey, build whatever you think would be cool. If no one has created what
you build, all the better! I would love to see a "Jungle passenger" train.
That would be cool!
Some people like to "model" based on existing designs more than creating
"fantasy" type designs. Personally, I like to either model real trains, or
make a combo of real world features come together in a single model.
> 3) Considering where I'd like to have the layout set(Wild West or Jungle),
> what would be a good "starter set(s)" for me to look into. I believe my
> building area measures approx. 6'x3'.
Shop At Home offers two different track layout sets. And you can pickup a
steam engine (and soon cars to go with it) on shop.lego.com. The steam
engines look really cool. (I have one of the large engines in black and a
small one in blue)
Hope this helps.
Jake
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Jake McKee
AFOL
LUGNET Member #211
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| I wouldn't consider myself a train-head(mainly because I don't have any train sets), but aftera rather informal gathering with some fellow Lugnetters recently, I find myself being 'sucked in' and becoming more interested in building a train layout. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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