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| | | (...) The airport was awesome! Now only if they offered gray 2x2 tiles in 100 packs... :) Actually the whole layout was very well done. I have to say, I prefer the look of the "baseplate" landscape to the "brick" landscape. There is something about (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) Interesting analysis, Kevin. I am curious, would you then advocate using, say a mountain, which is non-LEGO and made out of paper mache? On a related note: it seems to me that TLC used to make their dioramas out of bricks more than they do (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | | | I will say that I liked the baseplate look (I wish I had that many plates for the NGLTC layout, but for now the tables are painted base plate green) but it looked like it had a few draw backs. For one I don't think you'd have a lot of flexibility in (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Chris Leach
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| | | | | | | | | (...) When i designed that on track designer i was going for the "city block" look.We were able to get a ton of plates(over 400) from TLC so i really wasn't forced into that design.When we walked in there(to setup) i had the road allready designed (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Kevin Loch
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) It's good to see they helped out like that. Did that include road plates and runway plates or just green 32x32's? KL (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Chris Leach
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) 200 green 32x32's, 192 straight road, 26 T roads ,32 grey 48x48 and trees.Funny thing on the trees is they told me if i needed anything else other then the plates that i could get it at cost.So i told them give me $100 worth of the large (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Might I be able to borrow the trees (and any extra straights and switches) for Supertrain2001 one month from (yesterday and) today? SRC StRuCtures (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Chris Leach
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Email and we will talk.CWLeach (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Lester Witter
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Incedentially, we used some of the trees to stablize the plates. We placed trees on the four corners junctions of four plates to lock them into position. The plates were green and so were the tree bases. You might also want to dig up som 2x2 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains.org, James Trobaugh writes: <snip> (...) You could do it in sections like I did for the last show that WAMALUG (and coincidently I) did. Keeping it to one 32 long X 'N' wide sections, you can do a faily decent mountain. Rich -- Have (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | | | In lugnet.trains.org, James Trobaugh writes: <snip> (...) You could do it in sections like I did for the last show that WAMALUG (and coincidently I) did. Keeping it to one 32 long X 'N' wide sections, you can do a faily decent mountain. Rich -- Have (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Kevin Loch
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| | | | | | | (...) a (...) it Absolutely not! I'm a purist to the point that I don't even like homemade stickers. Besides, mountains are supposed to be rough and 3-dimensional. The effect that I like is when you see a scene (or picture) that has nothing but LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) I assumed that TLC uses drawn/computerized backgrounds so that no one can claim they are being misleading about the contents of the package. For instance, on the 3225 Classic Train, they used drawn-in track instead of real track, because there (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Right. That drawn track (and glowing cave, etc) have been there since the start of 9V. Mayhaps J2 is referring to catalog illustrations, though? PS, I heard I left my vitamins at Chris's, did you happen to get those? I wouldn't want to have to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Nope. I've got your track and Z'nap bridge, though. Steve (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | | | | Re: Show report —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) I think it varies. (...) They were provided. and they were NOT the same height, and not level. This caused much trouble. They WERE in good repair. No one on the Detroit side of the state (this is a club that just formed for this show) has (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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