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Re: Pictures from GWLTS-IV (Swindon, UK)
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Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:06:10 GMT
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John wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Martin Long wrote:
> > Dear All
> >
> > I'm pleased to announce pictures of the fourth Great Western LEGO Train Show
> > at STEAM, the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon, UK. The event
> > took place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th October and saw over 2600 visitors
> > through the doors.
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> Brilliant work, guys! Your layout is filled with many stunning MOCs in stunning
> colors that {really} is very pleasing in appearance. It seems to me to be more
> asthetically pleasing to present a layout {in-line} rather than in a large
> rectangular-type format. Unless the backdrops for a large, enclosed layout is
> extensive, I think the "background noise" of the other side is too distracting
> and detracts from the overall presentation. Does that make any sense? I mean,
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2061989 this> is so nice (apart
> from the vagrant sleeping in the back....just kidding, Dean:-) having a "quiet"
> background of the wall to allow the viewer to focus on the layout and appreciate
> it more fully.
Thanks for that John, it does seem to work well.
I suppose the Lego shows over here tend to be one group in a smallish
area whereas yours are lots of groups in a HUGE hall making linear
layouts impractical.
Oh yeah, my brother was banned from the second day :D (Well, He had
other things on anyway)
ps, my photos are all available at:
http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk/gallery.php/LEGO/GWLTS%204/
--
Dean Earley (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
irc: irc://irc.blitzed.org/
web: http://personal.earlsoft.co.uk
phone: +44 (0)780 8369596
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