January 30, 2010 – 10:24 pm
I have been using TrackDraw for layout planning for years. My friend and former NCLTC member Cary Clark wrote TrackDraw and I authored many of the parts in the TrackDraw library so I had a vested interest in using it. Compared to TrackDesigner, TrackDraw was a huge improvement particularly if you were planning a large [...]
January 26, 2010 – 11:44 am
I built the Emerald Night a while ago and it has sat in the box down in my basement ever since. It is a beautiful train although it really does need additional passenger cars. A month ago when I had the e-mail dialog with my Dad about the Emerald Night, he asked me how it [...]
December 24, 2009 – 11:21 am
Periodically I get asked or see a comment about how to participate in LEGOPalooza. The best way to participate is to join the NCLUG mailing list (which is actually a Yahoo Group) because that is where all of the information is first shared and where just about all of the discussion takes place. Participation is [...]
December 13, 2009 – 10:58 am
This morning I committed to coordinating the NCLTC train layout at LEGOPalooza 2010. LEGOPalooza is an annual public display put on by NCLUG at the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is a fun couple of days but usually very hectic. Looks like the exhibit space problem we faced last year will not [...]
February 2, 2009 – 12:02 pm
I got to Morehead just before the doors opened on Sunday afternoon to find a long line of people waiting to get in. The word was out! The crowd was heavy all day long until an announcement was made that the Chapel Hill Police were towing cars on Franklin Street! From that point on the [...]
