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Re: More Loops at shows...
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 15 Jan 2002 21:25:31 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile writes:
> Yard (round house, linear/turn-table): There is some disagreement on this
> one but I think of a yard as mainly a static display.
Minor nit: Just because you don't have trains moving doesn't mean it has to
be a 'static' display. Other animations are crowd-pleasers, too! In our
previous layout, people would comment on how the windmill on the farm scene
was turning. I didn't have the heart to tell them it took me about five
minutes to design and build!
Don't forget lights, too. A flashing 9volt light and some fiber-optic cable
can make a nice welding torch, or campfire, or ???
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) Yes, anything that moves is good. We've also had moving playground equipment, carnival rides, the rising of the great pumpkin, and other little details. Unfortunately, we've only posted still images on the site. I've got to make sure to (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I love my flashing lighted fire trucks.In our show this past weekend instead of my normal building on fire seen I did a firefighter funeral seen with the fire trucks leading the caisson down the street in front of griswold place.We had ALOT of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| We found that at shows the more train running the better. We originally started with the concept of two main lines, but as the layout got bigger it took longer for the trains to come round! So we started adding local loops. Now we think in terms of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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