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Re: More Loops at shows...
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:04:34 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
> 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.
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> 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!
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> Don't forget lights, too. A flashing 9volt light and some fiber-optic cable
> can make a nice welding torch, or campfire, or ???
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 people take pictures/comment about it.
Chris
MichLTC
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains)
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