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Well it's a "happy LEGO day" for me - I've updated my personal page (URL) to include the new Sopwith Camel. (URL) I still want your 8855 though John. ;-) I'm interested in your comments (though I don't expect ya to be as excited as me). 8-) SRC (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (for GEMTS 2001)
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As everyone knows, I don't have a garage. So, no carpentry party at my place, unfortunately. But I would be able and willing to do all of the painting. Oh, does anyone have brushes I could borrow? :-] John Michel Magnan wrote in message ... (...) (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (for GEMTS 2001)
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The count is 6 large and 6 small, including the large table with the hole for the round house, and the small table with the trench for the elevator and the sunken small table originally for a small port. Half the tables are still in Edmonton at my (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (was Constructions for GEMTS 2001)
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The low table I made last year is one of the small 30.5x30.5 inch guys, it is more like a canyon, with vertical walls on three sides and open on only one side. The walls are there to attach to the adjacent tables with the usual bolt holes. I think (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I seem to recall Michel saying at some point that the table count had turned out to be inaccurate?? Six full sets as in six 30x60s and six 30x30s? That would mean then that two additional 30x60s (plus something lower for the mountain/bridge (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (was Constructions for GEMTS 2001)
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(...) What low table are you refering to? (...) Ummm - That's what I'm suggesting. (My bridge is _exactly_ 45" in fact.) By lowering "the table" 16 bricks, the bridge deck and track would be level with the other tables, as Kevin pointed out quite (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | RE: Bridge status and ideas (was Constructions for GEMTS 2001)
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(...) We can vary the height on more than one table, that's no problem; all it takes is more legs. If we drop two tables, we can fill in some terrain on each side of the lowered area with brick to make it look more "natural", which would give us (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (was Constructions for GEMTS 2001)
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John Koob wrote in message ... (...) Clarification - 30" is a bit short, but 60" is too long. How long is the low table? Could we go for something like a 45" bridge and have some box/wood constructed to raise the apparent height of part of the low (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Layout possibility
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Chris Gray wrote in message ... (...) I beg to differ. It looks clean and organized, especially the yard. I suggest that we go for a more polished look this time, rather than size or wackyness. (...) Do we have enough room near the yard for stacks (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (was Constructions for GEMTS 2001)
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) double (...) I'd have enough to do a double track trestle, but 30" is a bit short... Something longer would look better, but would mean borrowing or acquiring some more black beams. More beams ... I like the (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Layout possibility
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(...) Looks not bad to me. A bit boring, but otherwise good. A couple of short industrial spurs might be useful. Perhaps a short backwards one from the spur to the turntable could lead to a trainwash. Another possibility is to replace the lower-left (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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I had more free time this afternoon than I expected, so whipped up a .tdl... (URL) the .tdl and a .jpg of it are in that gallery) Blue is water on a lowered table (part of the mountain would also be over the lowered table), grey is mountain, green (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (for GEMTS 2001)
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(...) That calls for a lot of brick, probably more than I have. Verticle lift is what requires the most volume of bricks, if you want it sturdy, and I was fairly well tapped out with the Supertrain mountain at about 2 feet of lift. I've got some (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I agree there isn't enough room for elevation ramps. That's why my mountain-valley-bridge suggestion has both tracks at the level of the tables. The upper portion of the mountain peaks are above track/table level, while most of the "two (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Bridge status and ideas (was Constructions for GEMTS 2001)
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(...) We don't have the room at GEMTS to elevate track to the level required for your arch bridge, not without dedicating a full *two thirds* of our space to elevating the track, and consiquently obscuring at least 1/2 of our layout behind (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Passenger Train Consists (was: Re: brick/plate height ruler...)
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(...) I just happened to be surfing looking for some Hiawatha info the other night, and came up with this URL: (URL) has scanned an original, full brochure on the Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha-- what a cool primary resource:-) -John (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Here is a typical(1) consist for a 15 or so car train from the heavyweight era that I just made up, but which ought to be fairly representative. Starting from the front: -baggage -baggage -Railway Post Office -Dormitory -Coach -Coach -Coach (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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You want a 25-car Metroliner? I can do that ;-) I've just been playing around with designs for various cars. I have enough Metroliners, I just need to figure out HOW MANY of each car to make. I need to build a mail car, 2-3 Club Cars, a ton of (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) A followup to this. I think I remember putting a single six-pack pallet load into the box with the speed controllers Michel. Have you had a chance yet to go through all your stuff? :-) SRC L#765 (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I originally made it to measure stripe on various "Daylight"-type passenger coaches, so I could easily tell where the stripes were, but I could also tell the top and bottom, level of the windows, etc. without worrying about the distance (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes | Trains
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(...) I agree - We absolutely should have a train there that matches the postcard. People will be _expecting_ it. Probably not as part of the actual layout though IMO. SRC (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) Josh (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I was so inspired that I've made container car Bricksmith kits that will be available as soon as I can find time to get the instructions drawn up. :-) The first production run (which I plan to auction) is done and parts for many dozens more (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) It looks like what is more common;y known as a well car, or container car. (...) Looks good! josh (...) (23 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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"David K. Z. Harris" <frenezulo@baylug.org> wrote in message news:GC4oxH.F1G@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) as (...) David, Your spine car is beautiful! I really like unusual train configurations (such as shared wheelsets). The detail and realism is (...) (23 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Too much work (still pre-IPO, but still hanging on after 5 years!), but I finally made some time to build more improvements on my Spine Car. I added some beds for the SuperTrain 2001 show, but I finally made some time to work on much-needed (and (...) (23 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Bridge status and ideas (was Constructions for GEMTS 2001)
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(...) My arch at Supertrain only appeared to be supporting the bridge deck. I still have to finish it properly, and plan to for GEMTS2001. A trestle bridge would be nice, but consumes a LOT of black beams. (I do have enough to make a nice one, yes, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: constructions needed for GEMTS 2001
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Michel Magnan wrote in message ... (...) belt (...) I hope I will not need this, but I'll let you know how it goes. I'm not eager to use glue more due to the the difficulty of acquiring lt grey mailboxes than losing a few links. -- John (remove the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: constructions needed for GEMTS 2001
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) option, (...) We've already had an unsupported bridge spanning a gap in the tables, and we've already had an arch. We have not had a true trestle bridge. My suggestion would be a *supported* trestle bridge that (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: constructions needed for GEMTS 2001
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Hello Guys, I WILL motorize the turntable before September, even if it kills me. The roundhouse itself just needs a few finishing touches. I still have my single wide 30 inch bridge, I could make it a bit longer and keep it all black and grey, or (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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From what we talked about on our Tuesday meeting (mar 27), there are definately some things we want to have on our layout, and I'd like to get some people willing to commit to them. Not everything is fixed in stone yet, but we can fix some stuff and (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Layout change for GEMTS 2001
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I was contacted by the fellow tearing out his hair making the floorplan for GEMTS 2001 and asked how flexible our layout plan was, and if we could do a different size. We bounced around a few numbers for a bit, and agreed to a tentative 15' x 25' (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Missing Freight Loads from SuperTrain...
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(...) I found a green tractor on white pallet cargo, but no "six-pack". If I remember correctly, all the un-marked six-packs went to Michel... SRC StRuCtures (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) If the green "Z" tape wasn't on the bottom, then it's a safe bet they're in with JamesP's containers - "unless marked otherwise" designated JamesP. I'll unpack and have a look and take a few photos. I can send them to you along with some of my (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) If they are in my stuff, and it shows up before it gets checked over again, I'll fire them off to you...but, you might do well to Email me again when I reapear (I'm going to be going off line soon for most stuff...I go househunting on (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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(...) I seem to recall both of those loads existing, and I'm fairly certain they're in with James Powell's stuff. (...) It's *extremely* unlikely that they walked away. We were undermanned, but had a good crowd barrier in place and any attempted (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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First, I want to congratulate the team that staged SuperTrain 2001! That was a huge effort, and the pictures bear witness to the size of the effort, as well as to the crowds that were captivated by the display. (So, my second thanks go to the folks (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | March 27 - past tense
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Well we managed to stuff John and his LEGO and Chris and his LEGO and me and most of my LEGO into the Honda. I could tell how bumpy the road was by how many pieces fell off the sign into John's hand. :-) John showed off his crane, and then I got to (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | GEMTS2001 layouts (or, It Starts Again...)
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More endless rounds of Track Designer files floating around NALUG until we're buried in them... Whee! ;) (URL) up on a couple of the suggestions from last night's shindig, I messed around in TD this morning... Mostly getting the railyard to a state (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Supertrain Success
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(...) Well Michel thought they might be his, [ Ah - the pains of having such a large collection you can't remember parts of it... :-) ] but Zonker and JamesP are both sure they're not theirs, so... SRC (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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