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Re: Roundy Roundy
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:21:49 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In general scenery dividers can really help reduce the roundy roundy effect.
The first time my family visited San Diego, my brother got my parents to take us
to a local model train museum (first place I ever found peanut butter M&Ms), and
they used this to great effect. They had a large table, about 20'x20', that was
split up into 4-6 sections (it's been almost 20 years now, so my memory is a bit
vague on that) by divider walls that were about 3-4' tall and enclosed each
section on three sides. The dividers were painted backdrops with matching 3D
scenery built in front of them, such that each section resembled an actual
section of rails from the US, with a photo of the real areas displayed nearby so
you could see how closely they resembled the real deal. The downsides were that
you couldn't see the entire line at the same time; it really only allowed one or
two trains to run at the same time (I can't remember if they had a single line
or parallel lines, but I suspect the former), which meant that you spent more
time looking at not-train than at train; and you can't have anyone watching over
the display from the interior. The upsides are that you can have very different
scenes displayed right next to each other, and it really forces people to spend
more time looking at it because they have to walk around the entire display
instead of just glancing at it from one side.
Now, the biggest problem is that I'm not sure how easy this would be to pull off
in LEGO bricks, since you'd essentially have to build mosaic backdrops. Or I
suppose you could get away with making posterboard backdrops with images of
virtual constructs pasted on them.
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