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[snip] Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G77JA4.7Mx@lugnet.com... (...) image. That would be your first clue that these images are *way* too big for most folks. Thanks for sharing Larry, but these pictures would be (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Peter & All, (...) the (...) trains (...) effect. (...) That was a bad smell, maybe they can shoot some air freshener in that smoke maker. Nice effect, though. : ) (...) And (...) Indeed, the kids enjoyed it, but I bet the AFOL'S enjoyed it more, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) That's OK, Scott--the festoons of dust flying off just added a nice effect. Artificial smoke without the chemical smell =) I just wanted to add that I, too, had a lot of fun at the show. The whole thing was great. The best part was when kids (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) My collection outgrew closets long ago. Now it's threatening to outgrow the entire basement. :-) Oh, you mean *that* closet. Well I do want/need to put a rainbow sticker on my car, it's true, but I'm happy with the side of the bread my butter (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I usually try to crop or reduce the size of pictures, but it certainly adds time to the process. What would be nice is if Brickshelf had some way to specify on your viewing the max picture size you wanted to see, and then it would auto-scale (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Er, that is, I am *trying* to delete it but not having any luck... ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yes, but I don't like to take reduced resolution pics... and I didn't have the time to go through and make them smaller. So I dumped them all up with no QC (...) ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) indeed: and even nosediving engines offer lots of fun (and memorable moments), after you have survived the first shock and found out nothong important is broken... (...) That's in fact planned for the next meeting. (...) Ok, that's the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Scott Sanburn wrote in message ... (...) Hmmm... you're the closet that Larry's coming out of? :-) Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) store: (URL) auctions: (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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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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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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(...) No, I think Steve just has had those built a while. He appeared Saturday, said he read LUGNet(tm) and did we want to see his trains? <grin> ... which he brought in on Sunday. Both the GP30 and the Big Boy are his. ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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James & All, Not knowing what train you are referring to, I am sure my trains are the dustiest, as they sat on the shelf for awhile, all the other people's trains looked good. Scott "Dust smacks" S. -- Want LEGO Elements at Great Prices? Visit The (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Is that dust on the engine part of a weathering effect? :) -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G78Fw0.FsE@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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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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(...) 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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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Larry Pieniazek writes: OK, I FINALLY got all the pics from my camera uploaded. 8 wide fans, take particular note of the pics starting here (URL) be warned they are very slow loading... Enjoy. ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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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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(...) 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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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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