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Re: Discussion of Train Table Sizes
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lugnet.trains.org
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Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:54:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Mark Bellis wrote:
> Since I have 20 boards and 20 legs for a 16ft x 12ft layout, model railway clubs
> pay for me to hire a van for the weekend. The whole setup can fit in a standard
> Ford Transit van, though I prefer to use a long wheelbase one.
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> The boards will stack on the back seat of a Ford Mondeo, when I use 6 boards and
> 6 legs for a small layout.
Sorry, two questions -
First, model railway clubs pay you to hire a van? How does that work? Why
would they pay you?
Second, did you realize that while some enlightened Americans may have heard of
a Ford Transit, they've probably never seen one? And the Mondeo is a complete
mystery. Car makes have a peculiar habit of not using the same product names -
or even models - in different countries. I know the Transit is a kind of van,
vaguely similar in appearance to a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (which we do have now,
under the Freightliner and now Dodge nameplate)
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| (...) The standard thing for UK model railway exhibitions is that the organisers pay travelling expenses (i.e. van hire and petrol (gas)) within reason and normally provide lunch for exhibitors. (Traders of course have to pay to be there) (...) A (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) I sub-contracted this to a model railway board builder. The boards I have ATM cost £26.80 each plus £9.90 per double leg, and I have 20 of each. This came to £742, a considerable investment! Add to this sneeze guards made from 14 pieces of (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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