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Re: Pictures from Raleigh GATS Show
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Sun, 24 Jun 2001 16:31:57 GMT
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We at the NGLTC actually built a little removable shelf at would go under
the bridges to act as water. Basically it was a piece of plywood that would
just set into the gap after everything else was done with the layout, that
way we could move in and out of the layout easily during set up. Of course
once the show was running, we were back to crawling under the tables.
jt
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James J. Trobaugh
North Georgia LEGO Train Club
http://www.ngltc.org
Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh writes:
> > > Here is a quick upload of pictures from the first day of our GATS show.
> > > More commentary will follow later tonight.
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5118
> >
> > Two neat things I spotted, both from this pic
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50671
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> > First, you did open space bridges! Very cool. I especially like that you • did
> > a monorail bridge.
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> In some ways, I would have liked a table under the bridges to display
> some boats, but the open space made a much easier way to get in and out
> without quite as much crawling, especially on Friday when we didn't have
> the bridges up.
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> > Second, that triangular bolton tray visible in the back inner corner • seems a
> > neat idea. Did you get that idea yourself? Does it help strengthen the
> > corner or square it up at all?
>
> The corners were added as places to put controllers, though we ended up
> only using one of them. They almost certainly add some strength, but
> aren't necessary from that perspective.
>
> Frank
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| (...) What I was just thinking about last night is a 6" wide shelf or so which bolts on to the side of the layout and sits 3" or so below the main table level. It would be nice to engineer it so it could be lined with a LEGO wall and be a canal or (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) In some ways, I would have liked a table under the bridges to display some boats, but the open space made a much easier way to get in and out without quite as much crawling, especially on Friday when we didn't have the bridges up. (...) The (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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