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(...) Move the other wheels or the CG so that the caster doesn't support much weight. No matter what your design, a caster that carries a lot of weight will not work well. The large turntables will have a lot of friction when carrying a lot of load. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: a rocking chair
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(...) Hey JoJo- Those, er, rock! (Come on, you all thought that, too!) Thanks for posting! JOHN (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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(...) LOL, I know its Stefan's, I talk to him online. (I hope he doesn't hold my posting that link against me o_o) But I was unaware of the story behind the diesel, thanks for it. I am also aware that he has a big collection, the lucky devil. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello! Actually two rocking chairs. The first version was this one: (URL) me, I'm a link!>> At Erpelmutz' suggestion (a fellow German AFOL) I changed the backrest like this, and I like the look better: (URL) me, I'm a link!>> Unfortunately the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.western, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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To All, Interesting discussion. Anyhow, (...) Just to clarify on a few things - this is Stefan Garcia's creation, and IIRC, he was trying to get a DTI engine with all of his available orange, and this was the result. Stefan has done some remarkable (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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(...) I think it all boils down to what PURPOSE you want your train MOC to have. Whether you want it to be just a beautiful display piece, to run on a layout, or hey, even a mixture of the two. A good example of the former would be this model (IMO) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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(...) With engines I always try to build to scale as far as possible, with coaches this usually isn't possible due to length vs curve radius and a few other practical limitations. Around 50-60 studs would be the max for length of any rail vehicle. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Eggliners (was Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set))
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(...) Eggliners are a good joke... But to me, they do NOT capture the essence of a train car. There is a place you have to know where to stop compressing and they went TOO far. That is why in my ATSF project, I made the cars LONGER than Lego chose (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: No Lego Window System
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(...) One reason for the grooves is to fit the awning piece (URL) the windowsill piece (URL) in Yorkshire (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Compressionism (D&RGW coach set)
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(...) Hey! That looks remarkably similar to Josh Baakko's 8-wide version! (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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