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Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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Sat, 13 Mar 1999 22:02:46 GMT
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Christopher Masi wrote:
> Where are you? It looks like a stdium, domed, I
> assume.
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 haven't actually seen the layout. It's stored in a custom
(5000.00 cost) trailer between shows and we just work on new modules.
The trestle in the far left (far corner of the "diamond" as we see it,
although it IS a rectangle) is curved in the sense that it matches the
track curvature. But it is orthogonal. The support bents are mapped out
to match up rather than the trestle itself having bents at the various
angles required to support each slightly differently angled tie of the
track.
The grey bridge in the background of the right side is a rolling lift
model but I believe it is non working. The white/red vertical lift in
front of it can be moved but is not motorized either. Is that what you
meant by "red trusswork"?
Motorised accessories are not this club's strong suit. Yet.
John Gerlach did an arch bridge that was positioned at a 45 degree
angle. It was on the old layout. Unfortunately that was destroyed. The
first trailer was not adequate and on the way to the very first show
that the club exhibited at, the modules all fell and smashed into
component bricks.
Did you notice that the controllers are recessed into the back of the
modules? there is one bay of 2 and some misc switches directly behind
Conan, and another one to the left of him.
Those vertical supports are the light yellow (belville??) version of the
2x2x14 pillar that comes in some fright knight sets. Each module has a
bay like that, I think.
While building up 15 rows of bricks in the modules consumes an
inordinate number of bricks, it DOES allow for some spectacular all Lego
scenic effects such as the small gully visible at the closest corner.
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> Steve Barile wrote:
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> > That is very impressive! Is the white bridge is curved to match the track? Is
> > that a gray truss bridge to the right?
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> It looks like a truss bridge with a draw bridge at the end.
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> > And what is the red truss work
> > supporting?
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> That white thing looks like the center of a lift bidge.
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> > The 6 slides really make a cool carnival ride!
> > SteveB
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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, (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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