Skipper Mike

@skippermike, I can take your stuff. I’ll PM you with my address and contact info so we can arrange a drop off or pick-up.

Hopefully this time have everything right, but please double-check and let me know if I need to make any adjustments. It should include display and shifts for staffing, setup, and teardown.

** I moved this list from the previous post to avoid any confusion with multiple lists**

@awarb – 2.5 (1 display, 2 shifts, set-up) *first-time…[Read more]

Now that I can hear again and think straight, I just wanted to share some final thoughts. I’ll try to keep them concise.

I’ve said it before, but thank you to everyone who contributed to make our display so awesome. We had 27 members participate, including some new members displaying for the first time. If I forgot anyone, I apologize, but many…[Read more]

I have the Monster Fighters Haunted House with lights, but I’m unavailable those weekends if someone wanted to take it. @skippermike is that the same as yours?

@greg It’s close to scale as I could get with the dimensions that were provided, but I have already pulled this layout together to see how much space we had: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lhuhTYSNNshm-B98rWKtXlXiRwJ90Roa5eO9N7jh96I/edit?usp=sharing

@bengood921 There’s plenty of room. So based on what the layout looked like in 2017…[Read more]

@skippermike I’ll get a sign-up sheet up soon! 🙂

Anyway speaking of huge projects, @skippermike is going to have to revise his life’s dream: NPR story on Jungle Cruise

Yeah, I saw that when it was announced. It’s almost like Google knows…

I won’t have to build the uncomfortable African headhunters section. One of the concept art pieces shows a minor change to a set piece I already built.…[Read more]

Are we talking about the guy who spent $500 on green bricks to be able to replace the artificial Christmas tree he got from his grandparents?

Anyway speaking of huge projects, @skippermike is going to have to revise his life’s dream: NPR story on Jungle Cruise

Thanks so much @skippermike. I finally located my parts, they’re coming tomorrow. Good thing I have a lot of black and really dark grey for October’s. 😂

@skippermike you can post it here. If you post on your Instagram and tag steelcitylug, I can can repost it. If your account is private, I’ll just do a screen grab. 😊

@skippermike I hoping too as well. Just hoping my parts arrive in time. 🙂

I am placing an order in a store called “BRICKroom.” (including the period at the end of the name) in Germany. If there is anything you would like to add, please let me know. There is a 5% fee for PayPal fees, but I am already paying for shipping, so if you see something that you really want, let me know in the next day or two. @laura @timf @tfdes…[Read more]

@skippermike, how big is it? Greg and I are going down together, and we’ll have both his and my stuff in my Outback. If we can fit it we’ll bring it back north with us.

In case you missed it, build day with @skippermike at my house this Sunday at 2:30 for the New Years build. http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/email-pgh-first-night-2020/

Today is setup for the election day display at Hampton Presbyterian Church. Bob and I will be there no later than 1:00. So @skippermike, if you can bring the roller coaster and anything else you want to display this afternoon, that would be great. Can the coaster still be hand-cranked or does the motor prohibit that?

With Tom’s guitars, the…[Read more]

First, @skippermike, can you bring the roller coaster to this event? Also, has the motor for the roller coaster been rigged to run from an outlet rather than from a battery?

Second, due to a commitment at work, I have to be gone from about 8:30AM until noon on that day. I can man the display from the opening of the polls at 7AM until 8:30AM. Bob…[Read more]

@skippermike, I did pick up the Jungle Cruise from Tim at the Trolley Museum on Saturday, and I have it at my house (in Gibsonia). I’ll bring it to set-up for the Election Day display, unless you want it sooner. There will be “some reassembly required” to set up, but nothing major.

@greg, I also picked up your McDonald’s from Tim. I can do the…[Read more]

Yup, I can bring the Jungle Cruise back with me from the Trolley Museum set-up on Friday.

Well, @rcgrier3406 is signed up for the trolley museum on Friday and Saturday. If the MOC’s in question make it to the trolley museum, perhaps he can bring them back with him

@skippemike, will you be around on November 4th or 5th to setup the Jungle Cruise?