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Re: GPLR - Portland LEGO Store Diorama
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Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:55:39 GMT
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Hi Chris,

No kidding, that aspect ratio is a hard nut to crack for a train club. It took me a while to get my head around how to approach it. I would have liked to have a christmas tree in there, but the muse didn’t call on me that night. It also made it a ton easier with Kelly partnering on this. Not to mention we kicked around several ideas on the GPLR mailing list, it was really a team effort.

I am sure you guys can knock it out of the park, you just got to get your IN to the box thinking caps on! ;)

SteveB


In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
   Steven Barile wrote:
   Sneak peak of the GPLR (Greater Portland LEGO Railroaders) diorama for the Portland LEGO store. Kelly McK and I worked on this for about 8 hours over the long Thanksgiving weekend. It is sure nice to actually get my fingers on the brick. It is very therapeutic in that it helps refocus you on what this hobby is all about; good building sessions and great friends.

The display case measures 19”x 16”x 31”, hence the portrait style layout.



I tried replicating a model RR’ing technique where I used 3 blues under the clear plates in the lower right hand corner to simulate various depths of water. Not quite sure it’s working out...

The house on the left is a miniature version of the current LEGO set 4886 “Building Bonanza”



The house on the right comes from an idea book from 1973.



Great display! NELUG has been asked to do one too, but I have shied away from that responsibility because of the shape of the window. Vertical displays scare me :( but you have really pulled it off! Now, I am almost inspired to design a vertical display for the next go round.

Chris



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(...) Great display! NELUG has been asked to do one too, but I have shied away from that responsibility because of the shape of the window. Vertical displays scare me :( but you have really pulled it off! Now, I am almost inspired to design a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains)

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