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(...) I remember discussions and field reports on early (ca. 1998) shows where the LUGNET community were reporting common questions and topics brought up by attendees at train shows with LEGO layouts at them. It became apparent that similar (...) (22 years ago, 4-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Syracuse GATS (was: Re: Roberson Toy Train Show)
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(...) because they mostly come from a common source... PNLTC's which I then heavily edited in 2000, and which then got propagated out to a lot of places. The color parts diagrams in Mike's pdf are pretty nifty though, eh? That's a nice touch. (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Syracuse GATS (was: Re: Roberson Toy Train Show)
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(...) I'm finding that we all speak the same speak on these handouts, and all the work of parts descriptions and diagrams in particular is first rate. I'll keep the same consistent message on LUCNY's version. (...) I'll set aside for you a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Syracuse GATS (was: Re: Roberson Toy Train Show)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H6JMyE.6yI@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) be (...) clubs. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Here is a link to the FAQ package I put together for our last GATS show: (URL) me (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | PCC (was Re: Success at Pleasanton GATS
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(...) OK, how was this done? (URL) then (URL) yellow window HAD to be mutilated (among many other required mutilations (1) )but it's done very very cleverly. That's the best LEGO PCC I've ever seen, but there is no way to make one that good from (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Syracuse GATS (was: Re: Roberson Toy Train Show)
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(...) GATS is very national. Except for the NE, where they don't have as much presence, they do a lot of shows all over the US. At the national level they are aware of the power of LEGO(r) and what clubs are consistently able to achieve once they (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Success at Pleasanton GATS
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My pics are posted at Tom's Legomania, (URL) only about 80 pics, though. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Syracuse GATS (was: Re: Roberson Toy Train Show)
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(...) This is good advice, Lar. Thanks. I would have thought it best to ask for a guarantee, but I understand the reasonings perfectly now. How national is GATS? I mean: if we offer reference to the other clubs here who have done successful GATS (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Roberson Toy Train Show
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(...) Best to post this to trains.org as that's where the other train clubs cross post stuff. Succinctly: If you go for contest, you are competing for a prize with/against the other layouts that selected contest as their choice. The rules and (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Success at Pleasanton GATS
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Bravo, BayLTC! It's always great to hear that another club has received a first-place award at a train show. :-) JohnG, GMLTC (fut trains.org, just to reduce clutter!) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Success at Pleasanton GATS
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FREMONT, CA - BayLTC, the Bay Area LEGO Train Club, has just finished a very successful display at the Great American Train Show in Pleasanton, CA. The club layout came away winning First Place in the train layout contest. Pictures should be coming (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Textured bricks that look like bricks?
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Xposted but FUT left to .general (...) Yes, it was a GATS show (www.GATS.org for info on this commercial train show organizing outfit) (...) Peripherally there might be some toy and suchlike being sold, as well as railfanning stuff like books and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | NCLTC Christmas Layout Display @ South Hills Mall - Raleigh, NC
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The North Carolina LEGO Train Club will have a 10'x20' layout on display from December 1st through December 28th at South Hills Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our layout is part of the Christmas theme of the Mall and will be set up in the open (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events) !
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) I agree, we must be doing something wrong. After I wrote that, I had to check with Eric K., and he verified that it was correct. The "nearly two hours" includes bringing all our stuff into the hall, and we probably wasted some time chatting (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) You guys may be doing something wrong. Since we use a mix of 30x30 and 30x60 we probably have somewhere near the same number of intertable seams that you do using 40x40s... and it would not take us anywhere NEAR 2 hours to make a table setup (...) (22 years ago, 26-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) These look nice, but definitely pricey at over $23 per set of four, even for a club like ours with a hefty war chest to spend. By comparison, I believe that the entire bill for supplies to retrofit all of our tables (currently numbering (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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Chris Phillips wrote in message ... (...) We (VLC) did this in a couple of places on our folding banquet tables at our shows this year and it made a big difference in looks - we do a lot of automation and previously the wires have been a real (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) We went with folding legs we got from Rockler.com ((URL) , they bump the price up a little bit per table. But the time and space saving was worth the cost. Also we've been using spring loaded clamps to connect the tables together, this also is (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) NELUG is actually re-designing our tables for faster setup/breakdown at the expense of strength. We use mostly 40" square tables with a few half-width tables here and there. Our last layout was about 10' x 20' and just bolting legs onto (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MichLUG Table Specs
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(...) I was one of the people advocating much lighter tables, mind you. But since we tend to do these really BIG layouts (in many cases, 90" from the outer table edge to the inner central space for many many feet) it gets hard to do the setup of the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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