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Re: Ambassador train for the PNLTC layout at LEGOLAND
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Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:18:59 GMT
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"James J. Trobaugh" wrote:
> Another idea would be to instead of sending the cars around the country
> would be for clubs to trade cars with each other. Each club make up a design
> and replicated it, then trade with other clubs for their ambassador cars.
> Probally need to glue the cars together so the clubs know that they're cars
> won't be scavanged for spare parts.
Funny thought:-)
Or, maybe we could assemble all of the clubs logos together and make a sticker
sheet so that they could all be placed on a *Club Car* of the particular club's
design. That would save the hassles and expense of shipping and also resolve
width issues. I could actually do that rather easily.
-John
> jt
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> In lugnet.trains.org, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > > So consider this a larger question then. Is the time and expense of doing an
> > > ambassador car actually worth it? Did any mundane say anything about any of
> > > them? Did anyone care? How much of the time were they run? Should clubs do
> > > this in the future?
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> > One thing I thought of after posting this, now that we have some club or
> > another having a show most every month, maybe we could send ALL the
> > ambassador cars directly from one club to the next instead of each club
> > sending their own in and having to manage the return.
> >
> > I am pretty sure MichLTC would love to have all of them at its show and
> > would make sure that they were a talking point in our interaction with the
> > mundanes.
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 | | Re: Ambassador train for the PNLTC layout at LEGOLAND
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| I thought about the sticker idea too, but then I think you loose the some of the "flavor" of the club cars. On of the cool things about them is that each club is represented by more than just a sticker (or logo) but by a style used to create such a (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Ambassador train for the PNLTC layout at LEGOLAND
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| Another idea would be to instead of sending the cars around the country would be for clubs to trade cars with each other. Each club make up a design and replicated it, then trade with other clubs for their ambassador cars. Probally need to glue the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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