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Re: Trains around the Christmas Tree
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build
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Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:19:58 GMT
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Regarding Christmas trains.
Last years PNLTC show at the OMSI Holiday Junction event featured a Christmas
train. The train consisted of a small 0-4-0 black steamer with red and green
flags mounted beside the boiler. A passenger coach done in red, green and
white. A white flat car with Santa's sleigh, A not very tall hopper car,
packed full of presents, and a flat car with a green decorated tree surrounded
by presents and two elves (old style forestmen minifigs). The best picture I
have (which isn't very good) is at:
http://www.pnltc.org/imgOMSI_OR_97_BackView.jpg
Only Santa's sleigh and the coach are visable in the lower left hand corner of
the picture.
Regarding presents made of Lego.
A few ideas I've used, most of which are borrowed from Dan Parker.
You can wrap a ribbon around a package by using difference colored plates to
make up the package. Be fore warned, this uses up a lot of small plates really
quick.
Use the big flower piece as a bow. I think they usually come in the 3-5
freestyle sets.
Include a bicyle or two and possibly a surf board.
Larry Pieniazek writes:
<snip>
> Also, I got a specific request from Josette for a car with packages,
> etc. I'm searching for bow and ribbon ideas. One idea that Taya, my 9
> year old, came up with is to just use a 2x2 or 2x3 brick and put a
> flower (petals only, not the green stem) on the center of 4 of the studs
> to represent a bow. I really liked that, it works well. Any others?
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> I'd love to see a discussion on building christmas specific stuff if
> people are interested...
> Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
> For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
> - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
> - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
> - This is a family newsgroup, thanks.
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| For many years, on and off, we have run trains around the tree. First in HO, then in LGB G scale, and last year I had a small one around a tiny tree in my apt in Detroitland. Well, this year I have a LOT more parts to build with and plan to do (...) (26 years ago, 15-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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