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Re: British Rail InterCity 125-ish
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Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:06:48 GMT
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john@tcltc.AVOIDSPAMorg
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> > Always worth to take a closer look at....
> > My favorites in the train part have been the entry of John Neal and the
> > "General Purpose" of Dieter. I was a little disapointed that these entries
> > "flopped" in the voting. Same happened to Larry's wonderful western story with
> > trains.
Thanks, Ben. I consider that high praise indeed. Though I don't compliment
nearly often enough (instead of wasting my breath in .debate;-) I have to say that
your body of work is probably the most impressive I've seen from one person (with
the possible exception of Eric Harshbarger). But we really should talk about this
obsession you Deutschers seem to have with SNOT for SNOT's sake kind of
attitude;-)
> My only (minor) disappointment is that J2 nosed me out by *one* spot which I
> suspect I'll never live down, once he notices it (don't anyone tell him,
> ok?). His entry, you have to admit, is REALLY remarkable... that swing
> bridge is *so* impressive...
(Oh, I noticed, cowboy;-) Thanks, Lar. I'm not the kind of person who would
never let you forget that I beat you out by one spot>:-D
As for the swing bridge-- I was so excited to use it on my layout UNTIL..... I
recently decided to add another line around it, rendering the bridge unusable:-(
It is now like a white elephant, sitting in my attic...
-John
> I've said this before and I'll say it again, no doubt... the ISCC was the
> best LEGO(r) contest ever held, fan OR company sponsored, bar none.
Agreed!
> I boggle to think how much work it must have been to run though... I hope
> Rene takes it on again next year but no one could blame him if he decided
> he'd rather have an actual life for the 5 month period it took instead of
> living eating breathing and sleeping ISCC.
Indeed. If he does decide to run it, look out! I will be entering *insanely*
cool stuff! :-)
John
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| (...) Considering the overall quality level of the ISCC entries (which was stunning, just stunning, don't you agree?) I don't consider my placement as a "flop", by any means. That entire entry was thrown together in 2.5 days of furious building just (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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