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Re: Crowd Control (was: Train Layout Tables)
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Wed, 23 Apr 2003 16:58:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Kelly III writes:
> I'm not trying to minimize anyone's investment in time, material, or
> emotional in their layouts. My generalization (and it definitely is that)
> is that the closer a model is to prototypical, the more fragile details it
> has, the more "perfect" it is, the more the person who built it is nervous
> about having some break it.
True.
If it's a oneoff, that is...
I hardly ever display oneoffs, most of what I display is either commercial
production work (mine from MTW, or others), or one of multiple copies, or if
I really care, I capture it in LDraw. My bullet train is a one off that's
taken floor excursions many times but it's recorded in LDraw (and mirrored,
except for the center car and usually only the first few cars go down) so I
don't sweat it.
It blows up on impact quite spectacularly too, I might add. The nose
shatters and sprays pieces all over the place! :-)
> A hard and fast rule? You are correct,
> absolutely not. *grin* No offense intended if taken.
Your basic point that we all have emotional investment in our stuff is well
put and well taken.
But I think this is where we shine against the modulars... even if we forget
EXACTLY how to rebuild something, it *can* be rebuilt. and maybe forgetting
is a good thing, forces you to rethink the problem. Might be better the
second time!
I just don't see that more or less prototypical has much bearing on this.
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 | | Re: Crowd Control (was: Train Layout Tables)
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| (...) It's been a very long time since you've worked with our modules if you think that has any impact on rebuilding. *grin* We changed the water level at one show and I completely reworked the town for this show. Landscape changes quite easily and (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
| | | Re: Crowd Control (was: Train Layout Tables)
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| (...) ohh! I need one that explodes on contact...but it has to do it in a head on collision, and be easy to put back together after. (...) There are some of my designs that I don't like to see smashing into the floor, but most of my stuff has been (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
| | | Re: Crowd Control (was: Train Layout Tables)
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| (...) It's not just emotional - it's financial. Not getting at Larry, but there's an example of someone who's got tons of stuff. On a smaller layout, like we do with the NBLTC, every single thing on the layout is a one-off. My four GWR carriages, (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Crowd Control (was: Train Layout Tables)
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| (...) I'm not trying to minimize anyone's investment in time, material, or emotional in their layouts. My generalization (and it definitely is that) is that the closer a model is to prototypical, the more fragile details it has, the more "perfect" (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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