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Re: Are LEGO "Train" Clubs endanger of becoming LEGO "Town" Clubs?
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Fri, 10 Aug 2001 04:21:25 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, James Trobaugh writes:
> 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.
I don't think that the focus has been lost. For example, the PNLTC show that
we just did, probably more effort goes into building the scenery around the
trains than the trains themselves...but then, the trains occupy less of the
space- I think that just having plywood with track on it looks stupid. At
home, I am aiming to have ~1/5-1/6th of the land covered with trains. In
places, I know that I want tall buildings to cover the areas so that you cannot
see the 2nd lap of track (my new upper level...ah, the benifits of having a 16'
shelf to run a train along...)
I also admit to being a townie who likes trains though...in the case of Lego, I
find that building town buildings adds to the details available to such an
extent as to be well worth my time.
James Powell
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