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Re: Thanks PNWLTC/dp
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Sat, 3 Apr 1999 21:13:37 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
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> I'd like to publicly thank Dan Parker for having had me for the set up of the
> PNWLTC layout at the Seattle Center. Many thanks Dan and Val for having had
> me...
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> Comments:
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> Dan's working crane is -very- nice. I played around with my Mindstorms (I had
> mine with me, to use for controling my coal loader), and Dan's bricks to make
> up a arm to control the crane. (and did the program...not a very hard one,
> for either one)
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> now all I need is 3 more micro motors :) and a F-1 hauler :)
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> The Space needle :) Dan has spent the last (what 30-40?) hrs of his lego
> building time buiding a model of the space needle. Nice :) not quite as
> impressive as the lego CN tower in Toronto, but -very- impressive for a near
> mini fig scale building.
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> Setup: Slightly disorganized :) I arrived at about 11:30, with a do-it-
> yourself bag of dismantled lego train cars. Dan was outside, with his car
> (and I could tell it was a PNWLTC member by the green...had to be him...lets
> ask and see who it is...)
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> We spent all of Sat daytime at work. It took me untill about 2 to get the
> cars and loco's that I had brought with me re-assembled. Tom showed up with
> the remainder of the baseboards, and a bunch of Monorail stuff. So, after
> rebuilding my cars, we set up the track, and started on the buildings. -and
> opened the kids area to the public. (about 2 or 3 o'clock...they had been
> watching me rebuild cars before that)
How does the PNWLTC transport the modules/rolling stock/etc to the shows
that
they do? How long does it take to set up a large display?
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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 | | Re: show setup (wasThanks PNWLTC/dp
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| Hi Paul, the short answer to the setup question is that, at least for all current members, everything is broken down and packed in boxes or stacked; no modules are transported as a setup affair. What follows is the long answer. I'll also try to (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Thanks PNWLTC/dp
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| I'd like to publicly thank Dan Parker for having had me for the set up of the PNWLTC layout at the Seattle Center. Many thanks Dan and Val for having had me... Comments: Dan's working crane is -very- nice. I played around with my Mindstorms (I had (...) (26 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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