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Re: More pictures!
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Thu, 6 May 2004 04:09:52 GMT
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You know, I just realized something. LEGO train club builders don’t spend a lot of time or pieces on actual trains. They instead spend their time and effort on the scenery around the trains.

Those buildings are amazing, especially the ones with curved sections. I love the details. I love that the sidewalks are raised and have curbs. I love the elevators on the hotel, and that the rooms are minifig scale. I love the band in the gazebo. I love the rail station’s roof. I love that the town has sections like Old Town, Area 51, and so on. I love the aquarium. I love Superman hanging on the flagpole. I love that cable-stayed bridge (in the first batch of photos). I love the windfarm. I simply love the whole thing.

And now I want to join a club, just so I can add my small section to a huge layout like that.

Fantastic stuff.



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(...) Exactly! I like to tell people that trains are just the glue that binds everything together. It's the excuse that makes everything fit. It's also the imperative that makes everything come together at one time in one place. (The LTC experience (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Some clubs have members that do make very nice custom trains and that do spend a fair bit of time at it. And some clubs go with more stock rolling stock, or customs that don't show nearly as much flair. It's a personal preference thing (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) I disagree (but not too loudly...) I worked on my last four locomotives nearly every week for almost a year total. The Challenger was at least six months of work, the SD-50 was 2 1/2 months, the "Hogwart's" was only a month. There's also a new (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
  Re: More pictures!
 
(...) I have to disagree, it may be true for some clubs, but at the NGLTC trains are the main focus and the town is just something to provide a background for them. As the club as grown we have had more town builders join so there is becoming a (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) I think each club will be different, depending on its members. Each member either has a specialism or gets involved with general building. It is similar for my local non-Lego model railway club. For non-Lego railways, trains are easy if you're (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)

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  More pictures!
 
Just in case you haven't had enough, there are now 78 more photos from (URL) SCLTC>'s display at Fullerton Railroad Days! (URL) Follow this link for more pictures: (URL). Enjoy! - Thomas Michon Webmaster, (URL) SCLTC> (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.general, FTX) !! 

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