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Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 13 Mar 1999 19:06:29 GMT
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cmasi@^NoSpam^cmasi.chem.tulane.edu
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I want to see a close up of that black biulding on the corner. It looks like the
corner is runded off. These cities/street scenes (this one and the stuff all you
other guys do) alway impress me. My layout has no buildings (well a train
station, freight station pizza joint, and crossing shed). Maybe I should try to
build some.....

Chris

PS By the way, ver nice work. Where are you? It looks like a stdium, domed, I
assume.

Steve Barile wrote:

> That is very impressive! Is the white bridge is curved to match the track? Is
> that a gray truss bridge to the right?

It looks like a truss bridge with a draw bridge at the end.


> And what is the red truss work
> supporting?

That white thing looks like the center of a lift bidge.

> The 6 slides really make a cool carnival ride!
> SteveB
> 
> In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > As promised, here is a teaser pic:
> > 
> > http://my.voyager.net/lar/UMLTC_layout.jpg
> > 
> > That entire layout is built from Lego. All those red sides with black
> > streaks are Lego! Only the supporting tables (the boards and draping)
> > are not.
> > 
> > Conan Callopy (much of the bricks are his and his uncle's) is in the
> > center area and John Gerlach (master builder of rolling stock) is in the
> > black shirt behind the layout. This pic was taken at the Great Create
> > (last year??). As I type this (from the World Club at the MPLS airport
> > awaiting my flight....) the UMLTC gang is on their way to LaCrosse Wi
> > for a show.
> > 
> > These guys are a little less purist than me, note the billboards. John
> > often uses decals or labelmaker labels to decorate his engines and
> > rolling stock. But I can deal.
> > 
> > --
> > Larry Pieniazek    http://my.voyager.net/lar
> > FDIC Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead...
> > See http://www.defendyourprivacy.com for details
> > For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
> > - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
> > - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
> > - This is a family newsgroup, thanks.



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  Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
 
(...) Great Create is held in the HHH (Hubert H. Humphrey) dome in downtown Minneapolis. Note that this picture was taken before I started hanging with these guys. To Steve's bridge questions. I am on hearsay and other pictures I have seen, as I (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
 
That is very impressive! Is the white bridge is curved to match the track? Is that a gray truss bridge to the right? And what is the red truss work supporting? The 6 slides really make a cool carnival ride! SteveB (...) (28 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)

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