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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) <snip> (...) Yes!!! congratulations! Impressive showing! (...) Promises, promises ... you haven't made it to NC yet... sheree (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) That's for sure! ;) Larry was a really nice guy, who kept things in step. We just happen to be closet to Larry, I think. Scott S. -- ***...*** Please visit (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Never. I am the man without a country, minister without portfolio, gadfly and general nuisance to LUGs and LTC everywhere. ++Lar (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Neal (...) Kai,myself ,Larry and Scott all had a hand in it. (...) John,outside dimension was 24 ft.X 23 ft.The opening in the middle was 14 ft.X 8 ft.Total plate count was around 520 (including 32 of the large grey 48 (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Tom, (...) Thank you, sir. We are glad to provide assistance, and I hope you enjoyed the display. Have a great week! Scott S. -- ***...*** Please visit (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the Herculean effort to get everything set up. You gentlemen are amazing. And thanks for answering all my questions; trains are not my area of play...yet. Tom Napolitano...tomnap@bersama.net (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains)
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I just wanted to publicly thank Michel and James and the rest of NALug for their help on Saturday making barricades for the show next month. SRC StRuCtures (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Congratulations, MTLC!! Lar, have you forsaken your wandering ways and found an LTC to call home? BTW, Whose on the club logo committee? (...) This airport is very massive and very impressive! I love the huge scale of it and of the other (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Er, let me eat those words. One nosedive was due to me, and was while I was on the controls. I was trying to get the bullet to run as fast as I dared, a middle coach tipped over on a curve (it was the inside of a doubletrack) and was plowed (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Scott Sanburn got his uploaded... these are smaller (640x480) pics but faster loading: (URL) has his pics organized by day) This shot of Scott's is a favorite of mine: (URL) as it shows just how MASSIVE the airport terminal is, and frames the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, to a certain extent, advice is easy to give, and some of the things we ran into were things that people in the group (remember, this is a very loosely organized group with no structure, just forming, and many of the group members had (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Larry Pieniazek writes: Hi Larry, thanks for giving these first infos. Now it's like christmas: waiting for the pictures.... I was amazed that everybody has to do some of the experiences for his own again. At our last event (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi Chris, here's the FAQ to which I was referring. No pretenses as a definitive work, just some things PNLTC has experienced: (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Tomorrow when I have a high bandwidth connection. Till then, salivate. :-) ++Lar (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Youre' description is to me what bells were to Pavlov's dogs... Pics? PLEASE?!?!!? "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G76q7H.Huu@lugnet.com... (...) A (...) PNLTC (...) for (...) request). (...) of (...) Force (...) to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I inhaled it long ago... I doubt there's any successful group that hasn't benefited from that primer. I know that when I give advice to groups (and I give it to a lot of groups) I point to it... It's a must read. ++Lar (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Dan it is a LTC proper...MLTC (...) Myself personally i haven't seen that site however others in our group may have. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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