 | | Re: SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
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(...) photos snipped (...) The layout looks great again this year, but man, that's a convoluted track plan. I heard rumor while I was there that the museum was interested in possibly establishing a permanent home for a LEGO layout. Any progress in (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
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(...) .. Eric- Thanks for the comments. The cable-stayed bridge was built as two 60-inch spans that we can separate if desired. For this display, we modified them so that their decks can tilt relative to their towers. This allows each bridge to (...) (18 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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| | Re: SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
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Awesome display! When I think SCLTC, I think of great layouts like this! Hey cool, I didn't know (you had or there were) two of those white cable span bridges. Amazing. Happy New Year BTW. Thanks for putting these pictures up. e (18 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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| | SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
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SCLTC's annual winter show at the (URL) San Diego Model Railroad Museum> is now in its final two weeks! (10 URLs) This batch of layout pictures is posted (URL). -Ted Michon SCLTC (18 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: SCLTC fourth annual winter show at SDMRRM starts Tuesday
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(...) FYI, this layout is also featuring some animation besides trains. There's a large windmill farm, a ferris wheel and a running narrow gauge train(4 wide track as oppossed to 6 wide). (...) Mat (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | SCLTC fourth annual winter show at SDMRRM starts Tuesday
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SCLTC returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum for club's fourth annual winter show starting the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and running through Saturday January 14, 2006. The show will feature: A double tracked under and over cloverleaf Over (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | SCLTC models at LEGOLAND this weekend!
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Members of the Southern California LEGO Train Club (SCLTC) will display a large cityscape at LEGOLAND California on Friday November 12, 2005 during the finals of the 2005 Brick to the Future Contest. The contest is cosponsored by The LEGO Company (...) (19 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Anyone working on monorail tracks?
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(...) What an excellent idea! It has completely flat sides, so no problems there. What sort of resolution do you want? (I think I can go up to 1200x1200 dpi without crashing the computer) Regarding the underside structure, the sides are completely (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Anyone working on monorail tracks?
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(...) Ooh. Well, that might be fun to model, in any case! (...) Do you have a scanner? If you do, you could scan it and send me the digital file - that would actually be better than an oblique photograph. I can then import the image file into (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: SCLTC OCF pictures are up
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(...) Thanks for the comments. Everywhere you look in the LEGO community there are great things going on so it's fun to share some of your own stuff from time to time and find that it perhaps inspires others to create further. A nice cycle! -Ted (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC OCF pictures are up
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(...) WOW! Followed-up with JEALOUSY ... followed-up with another WOW. That is so amazing. My favorite use of a brick: a broom end that was used to represent meat at a market table ... nice. Thanks for sharing. Brian (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | SCLTC OCF pictures are up
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(URL) SCLTC> has posted the first (URL) pictures> from (URL) current show> at the 2005 Orange County Fair. This is our largest layout ever and is part of our overall contribution that also includes a static display in the theme building and a world (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Help set a LEGO world record this weekend!
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(...) Rosco- You are exactly correct: Stripe 9: 6 at brick 2, 5 at brick 14. The measuring sticks worked out quite well. Hmmm, a prize: How would you like to caclculate and make the measuring sticks for our next flag? Something bigger, of course! (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) Darrell- Thanks for the comments. I actually haven't been back since completion (after being there every day since opening the week before), though the rest of the family and all the other Irvine members of the club have been back. The (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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Really nice work, Ted! I went to see it the other night, and was happy to see a line of people waiting to get a photo in front of it.. Couple more questions: Could you post the instructions you gave fairgoers who wanted to help? I'm curious how (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) I stand corrected, though from the picture, I can't tell there exists a seem between those 2x2 green bricks (must have been those Australian builders, huh? :) ). (...) Awesome. I love it when the crowd participates. It does sound like it could (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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Just to be clear, the green bricks in this photo are 2x2s, not 2x4s. -Ted (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) David, Thomas, and I built some sample stripes using some 14 gauge Romex wire as a flexible contour guide. We locked the wire down in place using bricks on 10 48x48 stud baseplates and built the sample stripe next to it. When we got something (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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Starts reply by wiping a tear from my eyes ... beautiful. So how much time and planning went into creating the pattern? What about the supporting vertical iron supports? Whose idea was that and did you just do it or engineer it? With the posts in (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) Brian- This one shows the internal structure more clearly (URL) -Ted (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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