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Re: GMLTC resorting
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:26:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes:
> Purely out of curiousity, how long (man hours?) do you expect it to take to
> dismantle and resort the layout? I have a self imposed "sort all of the
> miscellaneous stuff lying around before starting any new projects" mandate
> right now and I am struggling getting one big (probably a 10 gallon
> Sterilite container) tub sorted and put away.
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> Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
We've spent about 150 (?) man-hours dismantling and sorting so far, we've got
6 sections - of 14 - pretty much done. We build scenery mostly out of 2x2 and
2x4 bricks, so those are sorted by color into large bins. Smaller pieces we
were sorting by 'type' - 1xN/2xN/4xN/6xN plates, "round things", people,
windows, etc... These will all need to be sorted back into the building bins.
Guestimate another 250 man-hours to tear down and sort, then the fun begins!
We're hoping to have a layout ready by March, figure at least 1000 to 1500 man-
hours of building time.
Some sorting advice: Don't try to do everything in one sort. Do a 'stage 1'
and 'stage 2' sort. The stage 1 sort is very generic - all the plates here,
all the roof bricks there, all the technic there. Then, you can go into those
piles and sort them by piece/color. Otherwise, you end up trying to handle
too many different pieces at once!
Just don't ask for one of those dark grey things you sometimes use to take
stuff apart... (inside GMLTC joke!)
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) I can definitely second this. I use two stage sorting when sorting new sets. Actually, in some cases I use single stage sorting. Certain parts go through single stage sorting, I have three trays from 1298 which have 24 compartments each. Many (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I think this is good advice for teardown or cleanup sorting. However I think it's BAD advice for parting out sorting. The kids and I sorted 74 soccer buses and 30 or so Siths over the course of the week in the evenings last week and what we (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| "John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39CFB496.1769C5...est.net... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) resorted.... (...) Purely out of curiousity, how long (man hours?) do you expect it to take to dismantle and resort the layout? I have a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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