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(...) Train shows in the UK are many and have up to 20,000 visitors. I've done a 17,500 2-day show at the NEC in Brimingham as well as several 2-3000 shows and a few 500-1000 shows. I have a 14,000 show lined up for September. There are a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Once more, slowly. I was talking about a 5 unit car. I agree that a 3 unit should work from 2 copies. But a 5 unit MAY or MAY NOT be buildable from 3 copies. It requires 4 center bogies, and 4 pairs of pivot connections. In 3 copies, you get 3 (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) OK, this is only marginally LEGO, but... why the shared bogie? As a non-train type, I've certainly seen these on the tracks, but I'm not sure I understand why it's prefered over seperate cars. Is it just cheaper to produce two cars and three (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Boo Hoo! And speak with reverence when you mention the first 9 volt 8 wide train set produced by TLG! ;-D JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote: (URL) (...) Doing a halfway decent intermodal terminal (portside or just a flatyard like the ones around Chicago) will chew up a LOT of copies of this set even after you selectively compress down from 50 tracks (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well, lessee. Each set comes with 1 pivot truck and 2 end trucks. With 2 sets, we get 2 pivots and 4 end trucks. A 3 well requires 2 pivots and 2 end trucks, and the single requires 2 end trucks. That seems to work for me. The ends require (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote: (snip idle speculation) And that reminds me, I wonder if a 5 unit version of this car will have the same minor problem mine does (and that many TGV and Talgo models do as well)? It tends to come loose at the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think what he means (and what I'd also like to know) is: Are there enough spare parts in the set to turn the two end bogies into another middle bogie, so that one set can be re-arranged to extend a consist by two pockets. Then two sets could (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wheels wise, sure. But unless we know how the pivots are designed, maybe not. (for example if I had kitted out my articulated design and made it a 2 unit car, you wouldn't have enough parts with 3 copies to make a 5 unit car as you'd only have (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, we could add related sites to lugnet.org (lugnet.org.legofan) or we could create a new hierarchy lugnet.site, so it would be lugnset.site.legofan. If we do that, it would at least give people a place for all the "what's wrong with (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It seems to me that 2 sets would allow one to build one 3 well car and 1 single well car, and that 3 sets would allow you to build one 5 well car and 1 single well car (in both cases with parts left over). JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well that's precisely what I was driving at! You're no fun. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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...ok har försökt att testa lite själv. Fixade att registrera e-visa (frun visade mig...det står på henne) Var inne i paypal och reggade det...men ändå funkar det inte... man måste tydligen betala $1,95 för att gå med i Expanded use programe...och (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) That's because a lot of it starts off as US: (URL) Dash 8> (URL) Roster list of the BHPBilliton IRON ORE ROAD> JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think what Matthew was asking was, is it possible to buy multiple sets and chain them together, or aren't there enough parts to make more mid-cars and mid-bogies? Jason R (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) 100K is not too shabby at all. Bigger than most shows we do in the US actually. (...) Question: My read of AU prototype stuff (from the smattering I've seen mostly thanks to the good offices of AU AFOLS sharing their knowledge) is that while (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If we lower the lights by say 20 to 40%, you'll be able to see the MOCs and the parts that compose them. Perhaps. We just need the lights in the MOCs to be visible. Lowering the overhead lights or having a light source that permits the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.events)
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(...) This one looks pretty big (URL) (I must try to check it out one year). And there are many smaller shows across Australia each year. (...) Well, that's another good question. From the feedback we received at our first small show, I'd say (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I thought the dark room idea was that the models would be in darkness SOME of the time... to see the other details, come back when the lights are on? But maybe I wasn't quite following the concept. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.events)
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(...) This story was also just mentioned on MSNBC's "(URL) Connected Coast to Coast>" blog roundup. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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