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Very, very impressive PNLTC! Brian Stokes SCLTC (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) seaside village (with 12V train in mountain... that's gotta be Frank's handiwork!!). I see Frank snuck some Pirate ships in. Nice trees on that mountain, gonna have to crib some of that thinking for mine. Who did that mountain? I think the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been bouncing table designs around for a while and two criteria seem to emerging in my mind as more important than I've previously given weight to. 1) Durability. and 2) The ability to adjust height On Durability. My first tables are over six (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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I think it depends alot on what slant your train club takes. The train clubs that are all about the prototypical designs I think have more emotionally invested in their designs and display mainly for other train modelers. Since I can't even begin to (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Great show guys! I would like to have been able to be there to see it first hand! Kudos to Jerem for the Convention Center! Tasty building:-) So many things to comment on-- what with the way digital cameras butcher the color blue, people (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dork. [1] JOHN [1] That one may well be T-shirt worthy... (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Lewis, Wow! A very challenging train to model with excellent results. Bob (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Thomas Stangl writes: <snip1> (...) <snip2> Shudder? Why do you say that? The GMLTC has been doing that for years, and we've only had a couple of problems in all those shows. We don't use ropes, we don't have plexi -- if kids want (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 1. They are quite sturdy. Possibly over sturdy for some clubs. We have a few members who tend to walk on the tables, so we have to support some 200+lbs. (250 in my case.) 2. They all bolt together, creating a very rigid structure. 3. We have (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Trains may well be too busy... Put it in trains.org then. I'm not seeing a strong argument for a group THIS compartmentalised at this point. And I'm pretty compartmentalised! (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Impressive. Is there any more details on the cream building with blue windows? The round section looks fantastic! Thanks, Peter Young. "steve barile" <sebarile@sstanamera.com> wrote in message news:HDq8t4.1tMM@lugnet.com... (...) etc. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right. The reason why I suggested .trains.presentation.hardware is that .trains can get pretty busy, and it would be nice to slightly compartmentalize while fleshing things out. Once all data had been gathered/discussed, I definitely see it (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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The Southern California LEGO Train Club (SCLTC) is pleased to announce our second appearance at the Fullerton Railroad Days at the Santa Fe Train Station in Fullerton, California. Our club members are busily at work on what promises to be an (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.sa)
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Hi All, Here are 49 pictures of the recent (4-17 thru 4-19) train layout we we showed at the OR Convention Center. (URL) some high lights 25' x 22.5' "L" shaped layout, 256.25 sqr ft Perhaps the largest AFOL minifig scale building ~8'x~3' We raise (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains) !
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(...) Ok here is a basic write up of the new NGLTC tables. Just gives a good overview of what we came up with. (URL) J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Wow, you did great. We seem to always come in a bit over 30 per pair. Our specs are here: (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Agreed. Once consolidated, there is no reason not to discuss findings/refinements/new ideas on trains.org No new group is needed, in my view (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sounds cool. Thomas Woelk emailed me this link, to a project of his using LDraw: (URL) didn't have LUGNET posting set up on the computer he was using at the moment. That site looks like it has a great calculator for converting dimensions (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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In lugnet.trains, Tim Courtney writes: Funny this post was made today. We (COLTC, Central Ohio) build our tables last weekend. We used the design of our neighbours to the north (MichLug). They are a sturdy design, with a kind of standard size top (3 (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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This is a good idea. I have been in the process of documenting the new tables being used by the NGLTC, we used them for the first time in March and they worked great for us, they are light weight, setup quick, have built in plexi holders, velcro (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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