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To All, (...) Neat idea. I was also thinking of maybe having something to illustrate all the different clubs in our little collective here. I rememer that train show thing from Califronia, where everyone submitted a box car. Maybe we can have (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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As we at the GMLTC rebuild our layout and create a whole new town section, I had an idea which I thought would be pretty fun. Wouldn't it be fun to build a Spamcake Diner on the GMLTC layout? Then I thought: wouldn't it be fun if the Spamcake Diner (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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John, I like it, that does sound like a fun idea. The shirt with the cities listed would be great! Lets make it happen. jt ---- James J. Trobaugh (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Sounds like fun to me as long as the Dinner doesn't have to many rare parts to make it prohibative. Of course I guess they don't all have to be identical as long as they all follow a basic theme (Both color wise and architechurally). I know all the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I don't think that the parts are too rare. Here is the official Spamcake Diner web site-- see for yourself (although I know that the outside has undergone subsequent revision since those pics were taken-- I saw the completed model at the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Looks good, I actually think I remember it now. The only thing I see missing is a nice sign running down the center of the roof with the diner logo on it. (...) I think we could stay true to the Spamcake while adding a special local "flavor" (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Ah, well, I did some digging on the Baylug site and found a pic of the finished diner and its sleepy creator (How're those 3 am feedings goin, Tom?;-) (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) (URL) dog on top might be hard for folks to come up with though. Frank (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I got one while we were at LLC last July-- it came in an egg. Are they that hard to find? -John (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Well, unless they are in a current set, any group which doesn't happen to have someone who picked one up, might have a hard time finding one. I certainly don't have one (I guess with this idea in mind, I'd better pick up one of those eggs if I (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Wahoo! Frank, I actually have something to trade you for some Fabuland. I will put one in reserve for you until/unless I hear otherwise. sheree (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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OTOH, since Tom has a new mouth to feed, I would support his membership in the GoB with the diner as his first available set. Thus he could sell the set and get some well-deserved remuniration (1) for the time, effrot, and enjoyment involved. Larry, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.market.theory)
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