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Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
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Fri, 10 Aug 2001 03:00:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Neal writes:
> A very interesting question, JT. As for my own club, the GMLTC, I know that we
> won't be including a train yarn in our initial building phase because some
> perceive cars just sitting on tracks as "boring". Nothing could be further
> from the truth for me, but if you are looking at it from a "townie" POV, then
> maybe.
>
> Personally, I changed horses in mid-stream with my home layout, going from a
> predominantly train yard layout to an almost exclusive cityscape layout. That
> was more of a space management issue, and if I had more space, I'd most
> certainly add a yard, roundhouse, etc. Working O scale really eats up real
> estate:-/
>
> But I think that when you get right down to it, the bottom line for the
> established clubs is trainstrainstrains. At least it is for us. Sure, the
> backgrounds are getting cooler, with more and more detail, but I think the
> emphasis will always be on the trains. For me, making the backgrounds cooler
> is just another way to make the *trains* look cooler. Reminds me of Brian
> Williams' work-- he is an absolute master at this (although he uses "real"
> backgrounds, not LEGO ones). Here is a pic of one of his trains, and were it
> not for his amazing decal work, would be a pretty straight forward train in
> terms of construction. But when he places it in that background, WOW! It
> *really* makes that train come to life!
> http://www.royal-train.com/gallery_winterthur3.jpg
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> When I'm making cool buildings, they are merely backdrops for the main event--
> the train. I get flack from the club because I don't "detail" the insides of
> my buildings, but to me that's a waste of time, because I could be building
> more trains!
John,I don't detail my buildings either,Instead of putting money toward the
inside of the building i use the money/bricks/resources to make more
buildings.They are there to fill in and make a complete layout(and once in a
while put on fire/crash planes into).IMO a bunch of trains going around a
empty peice of board or whatever is boring.A complete layout has to have
buildings/secenry around the track.Watching a train go past a
building/through is pretty cool.
> I will say this, though. The GP *loves* the detail work in towns, and since we
> kind of perceive ourselves as ambassadors for the *brick* and not merely LEGO
> trains, this is a compelling reason to give it more than a passing thought. As
> a club, it is our goal to turn kids on to LEGO, not necessarily onto LEGO
> *trains*. Trains are just the, ..er, vehicle. But it is our *chosen* vehicle,
> and we wouldn't be showing off our love of LEGO if it weren't for our love of
> trains.
>
> -John
>
> "James J. Trobaugh" wrote:
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> > Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs? I have notice
> > that over the past 6 months or so that much of the talk and pictures from
> > LTCs has been more of non-train related town structures than of engines,
> > rolling stock and train related facilities. I don't know if this is just a
> > trend as people are inspired by other's creations or if it's becoming the
> > new focus of the LTCs and the trains are just the props on the layouts. As
> > the layouts grow larger and more organized it's easy to see that there is
> > more real-estate to cover and train structures alone don't always fill the
> > gaps. I worry that a lot of the focus of the LTCs gets lost when the town
> > becomes the emphasis over the trains.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong here, I'm not accusing one group over the other, and I'm
> > not excluding our local LTC from this either. I'm just wondering what others
> > think about it. Has anyone else noticed this trend or is it just me?
> >
> > jt
> > --
> > James J. Trobaugh
> > North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> > http://www.ngltc.org
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