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Re: Segregation is finally abandoned on the Burlington Northern
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:47:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steven House wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote: • <snippage>
> > I'll bite... tell us more about the scenery that's used for the setting. Maybe I
> > haven't been paying attention but this is the first time I can recall someone
> > using conventional MR scenery for a LEGO backdrop. Is that scenery from an
> > existing layout and you just plopped some LEGO track down for the shots or ???
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> I've never done any modelling apart from Lego. So these pictures are my real
> laypout. I started using non-lego like this when I began a round-the-room track
> and realised it was too impractical to build lego scenery. I use the
> conventional polystyrene insulation glued together and cut to make the terrain
> outline, then cover in wetted plaster of paris bandages, and after drying paint
> in 4 shades of grey ... and later 5 or so shades of earth colours. After that
> the foliage etc is added. In fact I have 6 nephews between the ages of 7 and 11
> who have assisted me greatly in this messy and fun job! They also of course
> build their own trains and manage to crash most of mine. Although family rules
> dictate that the one who crashes must collect the pieces and bag them up for
> re-building later!!!
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> The whole circuit is not complete with this kind of scenery. Though here are
> some shots of the monorail section ...
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24830
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> > thanks!
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> You're welcome ...
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> ... however I'm also a huge fan of those builders of Lego based scenery ...
> mountains, tunnels etc ... I do think they look great ...
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> In fact some of my non-lego bridges could do with re-building in Lego ...
Just a thought, would you ever consider writting an article on combining Lego
trains with 'conventional' model railroad scenery for perhaps lego.com/trains or
maybe trains.com?
I'm sure both 'traditional' model railroaders and the AFOL community would be
interested in how you got things to work so well together.
Now, have you ever considered 8-wide? <grin>
JohnG, GMLTC
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