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Re: Roundy Roundy
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 31 Jul 2004 03:11:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Rick Clark wrote:
> The point of covered areas isn't to fool the public, it's to intruige them.
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> Rick C.
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> [1] Also, it's a heckuvalot less work and expense to hide an area than to
> detail it.
Is it? Don't the tunnels and such need to be detailed as well? Larry's
mountain may cover a large chunk of track, but I'd bet it could be cheaper to
just lay down a few empty baseplates, pepper them with trees and shrubs, and
stick a few nicely detailed small cottages inside the end-loop.
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| (...) I think the point Rick was trying to make was if you bring a mountain to a show it's likely to be mostly assembled and takes far less time to make show ready. I do have to disagree with the cost factor however. Building BIG items like my (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) <snip> (...) On the other hand, trains disappearing and reappearing is a huge facination for children and adults alike (myself included). That's one of the reasons why traditional model railroaders have always added tunnels and hidden loops to (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.trains)
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