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I like the three cubes look. I would make the bottom three all black and white; the next row black and white and then grayscale on the middle and right; the third row grayscale on the left and middle, and full color on the right; then the top row being all full color.
So, do we have people who want to do the cubes look? I’m in favor of it. Anyone else willing to build cubes?
This should probably got into the Threadjacking thread but one thing we (as a LUG) have gotten away from (and I am guilty of this as well) is people bringing their builds to the quarterly meetings (beyond the Build Challenge). One of the best things about being in the LUG is seeing all of the great creations that other members are working on and have created. That only seems to happen now at events and displays, which is awesome of course. But I love seeing Lego IRL so I am going to try to start bringing a MOC of some sort to each meeting and I encourage others to do the same. 🙂
Nice renderings. Might it be better to put the three columns together or do you prefer them to be separated?
@joshhall on a related issue, would it be possible to have the List of Events be listed in order based on the event date rather than the event creation date? For example, the List of Events is currently showing as:
Q1 Business Meeting as the most recent event (Feb 8)
International Lego Day (Jan 26)
CSC Locomotion Weekend (Jan 17)
Delmont Boy Scout Event (Dec 16)
Lego Winter Store Display 2024 (Dec 2)All of these appear before we get to the next actual event for the LUG which is 2025 Home and Garden (March 3). Just for your consideration as I know the programming can be quite time consuming. Thank you.
If need be I have some extra 32×32 buildings I can bring
I would say bring the extras (if you have room); we most likely can fit them in somewhere.
I noticed that several of the other rover builders have started to emulate Tom using backgrounds and space plants in their presentations. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
What if we break the stacks apart. And instead do singular columns as basically rising towers of a color scheme, that could then be surrounded by independent builds matching the color scheme?
That is a good alternative. So the color gradient would be vertical (B&W at the bottom transitioning to color at the top)?
ing, you know, for the effort, you know. And he says, Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.
– Carl Spackler, Caddy Shack
A friend of mine in college and I used to constantly quote this to each other. Classic!
We could also do a hybrid of cubes (for those who want to do this) in the middle of the display case, for example, one grid of 4-5 wide and 4-5 high, and then use all the space around the cubes as open display area. The open area would need to conform to the color scaling (black & white transitioning to color) but would then provide the opportunity to participate for those who do not want to build a cube. See attached sketch.
The next step is to see whether we have enough people who want to do cubes or not.
Stud dimensions of the floor.
OK, in this picture it looks like both the smaller side windows are the same and could each accommodate one stack of cubes. That would actually bring our total available to 60 cubes.
Another alternative would be to go “back-to-back” in the middle of the case which would give us 50 total cubes (25 on a side). The end cubes would need to be finished on the sides.
I have an album of DIG Into Reading (and albums of most of our early displays) on my flickr:
Awesome, thank you @philmatt24!
Now that Home & Garden is well on its way, I wanted to bring the Cranberry Library Display back to the forefront for discussion.
The more I think about how to do a “color transition” as a cohesive display, the more challenges I see with coordinating everyone’s builds so it turns out cohesive. One solution I keep coming back to is to construct this display in the same manner that we did the Dig Into Reading display back in 2013. In that, everyone built within a framework of 32x32x(?) cubes and then we just stacked the cubes to make a 5 cubes wide by 4 or 5 cubes high display. Each cube (except for the top row) had to be sturdy enough to support the cube(s) on top of it. Everyone can claim cube space(s) depending upon what they want to build. Builders would not need to coordinate with other builders except to adhere to the cube and b&w/color location standards (although coordination would be awesome as well).
Since the Cranberry Library case has two main viewing windows and two much smaller side windows (only one of which would be usable for this type of display, allowing a single row of vertical cubes)), we could have up to three “faces” of cubes. Since we can stack the cubes up to 5 high, that would give us up to 55 cubes of display space, which is a LOT.
In thinking about how to transition from Black and White to Color, we could go either left to right or bottom to top. In the attached image, I’ve sketched out 4 options, 2 for left to right transition and 2 for bottom to top transition (the side window would have to be a bottom to top transition only). Subsets of the options are as follows: (1) have two layers of black and white, one transition layer in the middle, and then two full color layers; or (2) have one layer of black and white, one layer of mostly black and white (but with a little color, one layer of transition (approx. 50-50), one layer of mostly color, and a final layer of full color.
Any feedback is appreciated. It does not look like we have any pictures in the Gallery from the Dig into Reading display (the Gallery does not go back that far) and when I looked at the Dig thread, there were no picture posted there either. If anyone has any pictures and could post them here, that would be great.
We just need to keep clearance for the Schnable car when it goes around that lower right corner.
Understood (and that is what I assumed).
@rcgrier3406 the space you have allocated for me (in Layout #2 which appears to be the favorite so far) works. I may want/need to take the “Pond” area and the several “blank” areas (4 of them) around my area as well.
Hello, Toni. Welcome! We have our 1st Quarter meeting coming up – see here: https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/2025-q1-meeting/ – which is a great place to meet lots of LUG members! Hope to see you there.
I just closed out this event so cup credits should now be showing up. @watchwmarcella please let me know if you need any further information for LAN reporting. Thank you everyone who participated.
Also @playingwithechoes posted a great video of the layout on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/LEGOtrains/comments/1i6rbw8/full_video_tour_of_the_lego_train_layout_by_steel/?rdt=38476
I definitely didn’t marry her for the enormous tub of bricks, but it was a nice bonus!
Ha! 😀
Welcome to the LUG. There is a Lego Store at Ross Park Mall and this weekend (Saturday and Sunday), we are doing a large display at the Mall for International Lego Day – see the thread here: https://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/international-lego-day-2025/
If you can make it, many of the LUG members will be there displaying and talking with the public.
I’ll add that the I SPY app was super popular with nearly everyone (kids AND adults) playing along with their phones.
As soon as Nicole sends out the attendance numbers, I will get those posted. Thank you everyone who participated. Please make sure your shifts are accurate in the Event.
@jrbookworm Do you have a Quality Quidditch Supplies MOC? I have one that I did a few years back that is 16×32 but I want to expand it to 32×32.
do I register myself on the BrickFair Website and then display with the LUG?
@taflavin Yes, you create an account at Brickfair.com (look for the “Sign Up” link in the upper right corner). Then when you register for BrickFair VA, the registration process will ask if you are a member of a recognized LUG and you can enter “Steel City LUG” then.
We then work with BrickFair (Todd) to reserve display space as a LUG.
what’s your secret for uploading multiple pictures at once?
@gabevistica I copied and pasted the links from Flickr into the body of the message, rather than choosing and uploading the picture through the CHOOSE FILE button. The system will normal then import the pictures. I’mnot sure why it works, but it does.
Thanks for letting it be part of the display.
Thank YOU for bringing it! I love that we will have some farm and equipment.
