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Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug
Date: 
Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:36:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Trobaugh wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote:
   Hi Brian,

Awesome, awesome! Great job on this, the use of bridges and retaining walls, etc... I love how we (L-gaugers) are getting more and more sophisticated about our layouts. Of course we all know that GMLTC has been sculpting layouts for ever and the really cool SCLTC sculpted layout from a couple years ago.

I was wondering if you can share with us the “how’s” and “where’s” of storing and transporting this super-module. The GPLR has a similar mountain (not as big, 2 modules) but we’re trying to figure out the best method to transport it and store it etc... In fact these issues is a huge gating factor for our potential growth. I wonder if other clubs are experiencing the same issues.

We have talked off and on about a club trailer but no one in the club has a place to park it. Anyone have some creative solutions? :)



I agree awesome work, highlighted for sure.

My biggest problem with large scluptured modules is not where to store them but having the room to build them. My LEGO room isn’t big enough for me to keep a few modules setup over a long period of time for building. So I have to limit my building to things that can be built in sections and them put together at shows.

For some reason my wife doesn’t understand that the dining room table would be a great place for me to do some large scale building, something about entertaining guest and such....oh well.

jt

I’m sure my wife can empathise with that! Our dining table is covered with Lego. I was building 48x48 modules on the table but fitting them together takes up the whole table!

It is better to have a large flat surface for building on the big plates. My modules are now in the loft. We had it converted just for the Lego railway, but I take a box of bricks up there to build the modules (we don’t have a basement as many US houses have). I’ve found that a size of 48x48 makes the modules easy to handle, using track pieces and bricks with pegs to lock them together. It also makes the building goals small enough to achieve!

I aspire to scenery of the quality of the mountain, though a little larger for 8mm:1ft scale! I’m catching up, having spent longer up to now on the trains themselves. I’m starting by doing the track bed on the existing non-modular layouts whilst experimenting with fully scenic modules for the new one.

Mark



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(...) I agree awesome work, highlighted for sure. My biggest problem with large scluptured modules is not where to store them but having the room to build them. My LEGO room isn't big enough for me to keep a few modules setup over a long period of (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)

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