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(...) Oh, very much so! Even steam locomotive drivers (in most US prototypes I'm aware of) are held in place by gravity, much less individual freight car trucks. But they have a bit more weight to work with. Most model railroad models don't use this (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Nominations for a trainset poll
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Following the long and rambling thread on the doublestack car one thing that (URL) came up> (1) that inspired me was the idea of a 'famous trains' series. Purely for the sake of entertainment I'm looking for people to suggest ideas for hypothetical (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) What if two gears were used, one on either side of the the worm, effectively pinching it between them? That should stop any flexing and prevent the teeth from slipping. Jennifer (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | New MOC: L-Siren
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(URL) (Click for gallery) Enjoy! Soren (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Melbourne Train People
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Hi MLTG Hey how are you guys going down there? I remember seeing that you guys entered in a Train Show last year. Are you going to keep entering this year? Could we get a "Sneek Preview" of the next layout? What are the plans for the future in train (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Brisbane Another Train Show Year
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(...) Thanks Gary but you are too modest all the trains we all built are fantastic I just made the same as us all. Some of my photo's were great so any one (southern train group) who may want to look at any (since I can't seem to load to brickshelf) (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 8475 IN OFFERTA A LODI
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(...) Io avrei bisogno di una confezione....e sarò presente al Legofest di Milano. Te ne sarei veramente molto grato. (...) Buona giornata e grazie ancora (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: 8455 Backhoe possibly available at S@H
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I don't know what anyone else gets in other countries, but in Australia, it's listed as "Sorry, item is not available in this country." And having seen 8455 around for some two years prior to when it went on special and then was unavailable, I can (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
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(...) If you make a program that accepts drag and drop, you can drag the font file onto the program, and it will get the full path. I don't know what's up with Anders' system either. Mine behaves just like yours. Oh, and the UICLSID in the (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BrickSpace Homeworld Mod - Call For Texturing Help
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The BrickSpace mod needs you! I am looking for people who have experience with Photoshop or the like, the 3D program Blender, and can work well on their own. I'm quite willing to do all of this by myself, but it will go faster and the quality will (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.games, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.people.teens, FTX)
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| | Re: Best Lego Rainbow?
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Marc Nelson Jr. wrote in message ... (...) Great flag Marc! Love the guys carrying it too. I ought to make one of those for my boy... Kevin ---...--- Classic Red Barn kit: (URL) FREE Hospital instructions: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt)
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| | Re: MOC: Spaceport Moonbase
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(...) Thanks for the kind words. I have worked on the inside, but wasn't able to complete it in time for HoB. For what its worth, the inside contains crew bunks for 4, storage area, engineering, and a bridge that seats 2 side by side. Felix (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Melpomene
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In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner wrote: SNIPPED Woah Tony, this thing is really cool. The front is my favourite-- really good SNOT work. The engines remind me of CaptainHate's Ghoul. I like the little support vehicles a lot, really remind me of some of (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) SNIP Wow. This is really beautiful stuff. I really like the way you've given everything such detail yet nothing comes across as too fussy or overly detailed. The ship especially is slick and clean; a real accomplishment for a ship that side. (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Layout roads
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(...) For me, it's a matter of color palette control. Look, there are only so many colors in LEGO with which one can build. I am very careful to avoid primary colors in buildings because they are rather unrealistic. So, a building can be tan, dark (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)
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| | MOC: Spaceport Moonbase
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(URL) Hey everybody! This is my shiny new moonbase primer, the Spaceport. Its made of LEGO® brand products. The ship in the landing area is the (URL) Spiked Fist.> Have a look-see (URL) here> if you'd like to see more of the small craft on the (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) You know Jeff, for a train guy, you are pretty good with gears :) I think you are very close with Attempt 3. The tricky part is designing a "nut" to mesh nicely with the worm gears. I have a design for a leadscrew that is very smooth and (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Next DelVaLUG Meeting....
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(...) Oh high exalted one, is there an agenda for this fine gathering? PITA Jeff (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.org.us.delvalug)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) [snip] (...) But it is prototypical, isn't it :?) Chris (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Mecha Pose Contest Award Announcment
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I am pleased to say that our awards for the contest have been secured. (URL) has been updated with the prize information. The prizes will be: For Best Small Mecha: ****$25 Gift Certificate at (URL) Hooked on Bricks>**** For Best Medium Mecha: (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | Next DelVaLUG Meeting....
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Just wanted to let you know that we will be having a meeting at the Lego store in Bridgewater, NJ at 2:00pm on May 14th, 2005!! Thanks, Jim F. (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.org.us.delvalug)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) Then it's a lift lock 'cause that's what Jeff's going for--the bottom of the lock is suppose to look like water going up and down and work like a lock in the Welland Canal Lift Lock system. And then the doors are suppose to open and the boat's (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | MOC: Minifig-scale Tachikoma
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Since Lenny was kind enough to highlight the little bugger, I guess I should at least post a bit about it: (URL) Click me!>> It's taken me two months of waiting for parts to arrive via Bricklink, but it's finally done - a minifig scale Tachikoma (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The acnielsen Lego survey prizes
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(...) I fill out the survey for every set I get, including the ones that don't advertise it on the back page. (Sometimes it lets you take the survey for ones that don't advertise it, sometime it doesn't.) I haven't kept track, but I'd bet I've (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) First off I think it should be called a boat lift rather than a lock, because in a lock only the water moves. (...) I've read the other posts in this thread and I like both the string and the rack idea's. Racks are commonplace on locks because (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The acnielsen Lego survey prizes
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(...) I have completed the survey 4 or 5 times I think. I never win...... . (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Layout roads
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Lopes" <jlopes@abramsbooks.com> To: <lugnet.org.us.lucny...ugnet.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: Layout roads (...) and am (...) be) 2xN (...) able to (...) side' (...) road (...) (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Adventurers Poster contest entry (Journey to Atlantis)
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(...) I really like the 'Tunnelator'! One of the best MOCs I've seen in ages... The colour scheme is great and the tread is also wonderful... Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | The acnielsen Lego survey prizes
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Hi all, Just wondering about the survey link on the back of most new instructions.... Has anyone ever one a prize? Amongst the whole Lugnet community a fair amount must have been filled out.. God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) So much for quick diagrams - of course the back corner should attach to the RIGHT side string not the left. ROSCO (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) In case I didn't explain myself well, see the diagram (click to enlarge): (URL) The yellow lock level is attached to the string at the red exxes. Pull A to raise, B to lower (they can be wound on pulleys). You can reduce it to 1 per side a la (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | 8455 Backhoe possibly available at S@H
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(Hi, my first Lugnet post here...) I just noticed today that the 8455 Backhoe Loader was available on S@H today. I placed an order for one, and afterwards I saw that its item listing now says "Call to check product availability". Not sure if I got (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) That looks like a *great* project - I hope you can make it sturdy and reliable! As Larry pointed out, you need to keep all the vertical worm gears in sync by tying them all together. Do you have room for the 24t - worm gear gear blocks in (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Layout roads
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(...) I noticed roads like this when I got back into LEGO about a year ago, at an NILTC show. They're certainly cool, though I don't agree they look 1000% better. In particular, they come out very square; you couldn't make a nice curve this way, (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)
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| | Re: brickOS & Cygwin with BricxCC
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(...) I believe if you add set PATH=c:\cygwin\bin;%PATH% to your autoexec.bat file then you will be good to go. John Hansen (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) (snip) A worthy project! Hope to see it in person at NMRA... I suppose you already considered vertical racks at the 4 corners of the "water" that are embedded in the lock walls (the rack, visible, might look like a ladder or steps cut into the (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Quick trip home
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(...) Been with DanB, JennB, and DaveE till today. Dave gave me a 4886. We's wuv him. tee-heee!! Now sitting in Mr.L's office at B.U. Having dinner w/him and MattM tonight. (Lots of LEGO-related discussions.) Ahh! boy, it's nice to be back in town. (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Layout roads
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In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Jonathan Lopes wrote: Hello, Jonathan- Though I'm not in the LUCNY, I have had a lot of experience building roads in this manner. In fact, the GMLTC was making roads like this back when I joined them 6 years ago. We in the (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, FTX)
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| | Re: Few things to wrap up last weekend's train show
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(...) I want to rework the entier interface such that John's bridge terminates INSIDE the white pier on my side. This has always been a problem, largely because we never get a chance to have the entire layout together in such a way we can build and (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | GardenSLUG Meeting - May 15th 2005
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The Next meeting will be 15 May 2005 (week after Mom’s Day), at Patty’s in Rockaway. (post a request for more info or contact via email) * Talk about Brick Fest * Build * Talk * Share MOCs * Timmy & Jar Jar! * Build some more!! Anytime after 4pm til (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj)
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| | 50% off on most parts in bricks4you.com
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Hi, Due to the fact that there is now only 2 months left before we increase our family from 3 to 4 with a second son (Emil is 2 years old now - time goes fast) do I want to sell out as much as possibel so I can take a good long vacation in July. So (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) Another possibility is to not make the connection between the lift lines and the lifted frame rigid, but "slippable" (for instance, instead of using a single line, use a loop that attaches to the frame by wrapping around several fixed pulleys (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Jedi Knight by Nathan Sawaya Charity Auction
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(...) Okay...now that is just...wierd. Cool sculpture, though, and lots of sand green. :) -- Nathan Wells (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Who wants Modules...
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(...) Reading b/w the lines, I think what John is indeed saying is that he'd love some modules so he can set up his very own train layout in his house. Now we just have to get Chris fully on-side, and rtlToronto is a whole new cuppa tea... Dave K (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Who wants Modules...
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(...) Ouch!!! That sounds painful and really bloody .... Getting engaged has changed you Jeff - you've gotten a lot more violent. :) John (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Jedi Knight by Nathan Sawaya Charity Auction
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I know the post above is about an auction, but it should probably be cross posted to .build.sculpture and .starwars to discuss the MOC itself. Here's more about Nathan's Liberty Jedi: (URL) Bruce (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) Rosco beat me to it... anyway... What about using string? With good rollers, the string should not wear out, at least not in one weekend. If the platform & boat are somewhat balanced, you could get away with one connection (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Who wants Modules...
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After the problems that we seemed to have with leveling the layout, and the problems that imperfect modules can cause, I was thinking that perhaps we need some better quality modules... I am thinking of Asking Jen's father to help me make another (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
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The next button is working the way it should now. Searching in the website directory (along with some other improvements) is currently being worked on and will be released once fully tested. Many thanks, Richard Development Lead - www.legofan.org (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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(...) Nice work!! (...) I would suggest trying string. Just have a loop of string in each corner, coordinated like you do with the screws. Or you can run it as 1 big loop, that would avoid the problem of slippage causing tilting. But you would (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Layout roads
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Hello, LUCNY, I was poking around Brickshelf and came across this image in a recent show folder of yours: (URL) am currently in the process of setting up a town layout in my apartment and am trying to decide whether to use road plates or to use (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Toy Show Pics are up
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(...) Ok, I wanna know. What's the mechanism driving the water lock? Just behind the dam? (URL) Seen Here> (URL) and here> I'm guessing it takes up some consideriable space behind the dam. Mark (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | 8475 IN OFFERTA A LODI
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Nuova offerta del negozio di Lodi : - 8475 Racer Buggy Telecomandata da 129 a 99 Euro Sono a disposizione per l'acquisto e la consegna eventualmente a Milano al LegoFest (ho già un TIR di roba da consegnare :-)))) !!! Salutissimi Antonella (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Forgive the mundaneness of this question, but why the odd number of wells? How come 2 and 4 well cars aren't seen as often (or at all)? I see a lot of these cars come and go in the yards near me, I'll have to start counting the number of (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Few things to wrap up last weekend's train show
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(...) Here is a link to the 'flaws' that I think we should have worked out before NMRA. (URL) note: Calum and I - Work on ancoring johns bridge so it does not sway. Jeremy - hole in the layout, and the Gutter train issues, Jeremy, I'll bring the (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Toy Show Pics are up
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My pictures from our latest show are now on Brickshelf at: (URL) VW (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Help with redesigning a Boat Lock
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For our current train layout I have attempted to create a working lift lock. Attempt 1: The lift lock project started about a year ago. My first designs used a scissor type construction ( XXXXX ) To try to raise the water, but there was not (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Statue of Liberty Jedi Knight by Nathan Sawaya Charity Auction
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One-of-a-kind Statue of Liberty Jedi Knight constructed entirely from LEGO's created by LEGO Master Builder, Nathan Sawaya for the New York Line for Star Wars: Episode III at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City! Photo's of this amazing creation (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.market.auction) !
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Random thought: Has anyone tried using Bionicle-style ball-and-socket joints as bogie attachments? My guess is that they would have enough friction to keep the stock from tilting over yet have the articulation to handle track unevenness as (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Gazebos for my wedding cake...
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Congratulations, Rich! I didn't realize a wedding cake was your wedding cake. [LDrawPart 3004:373] -Teddy (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt, FTX)
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| | Vendo lego 5590
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Il set è usato ma completo di tutti pezzi e adesvi ed il tutto è in ottime condizioni! Per altre informazioni, scrivetemi! Ciao (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Gazebos for my wedding cake...
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Hi Everyone! I have created some models for the LEGO gazebo I will be using later this month on my wedding cake. Please take a look and let me know what you think: (URL) I create the final version, I'll add the grooms, take some pictures, and show (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt)
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| | Re: sharing chocolate
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(...) Hi Teddy! No, though that would be cool! As is is, I'm going to have to paint goatees on plain minifig faces to make the grooms. All the ones I could find with goatees had 'anrgy eyes,' grimaces, snarls, or too much stubble! I've got the (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt)
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| | Baskin-Robbins Moonbase HOVER Module
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Announcing the Baskin-Robbins HOVER Module. No 48x48 needed! Never pay property tax again! (2 URLs) Gallery, once moderated (URL) Aaron (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space) !
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| | Re: legofest milano
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(...) cosa sarebbe ? (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Sand Red
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(...) Prendi i rossi e lasciali sbiadire per due mesi al sole :P (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market, FTX)
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| | Re: Space Builders Self Test
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(...) Zen and the Art of Brick Building :P The questionaire is interesting, btw (the real one, that is, not the tabula rasa). Bruce (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Programming language survey results
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(...) OK, I didn't get round to doing the survey, but does anyone else out there use Visual Basic? Or is that still RCX code since I'm not yet doing new firmware? Mark (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Jake, you answered my unmentioned question. I assumed selling 2 at a time was for the reason above, and selling 1 at a time would raise the per car price. So 2 at a time is great. Doing the math (2 end trucks, 1 center truck and connections) I (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego used on the cover of Oracle Magazine.
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(...) to do that even after meticulously counting out the required bricks ;) ROSCO FUT: .fun (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Space Builders Self Test
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(...) Although terribly philosophical, Bruce does make an interesting point. I think gremlins ate the first post. AMS (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) I have used both 2x2 and 4x4 turntables to attach bogies. The 2x2 allows for a good amount of movement from the vertical, but is a pig to re-attach the bogies if they come off. The 4x4 allows very little such movement, but as the MOC in (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) I can satisfy the first part :-) (URL) The real ones run every day along the line south from Derby, probably 2 an hour, along with probably another 2 goods trains with other locos and several DMUs and HSTs. Mark (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego used on the cover of Oracle Magazine.
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recently one of my co-workers recieved his copy of Oracle magazine Although Lego is not mentioned (as far as I could tell) The front cover image contains those oh so precious bricks. (2 URLs) VW (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Space Builders Self Test
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(...) Hahaha! Good one Bruce. I should add that Aaron has fixed it, and now there are words where there should be. Excellent. -Lenny (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Flying Scotsman in whichever green is closest to Apple Green (light green? - be great to get a range of parts in that colour). Complemented by chocolate and cream coaches - easy now we have chocolate brown! Though for goodness sake let them (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Space Builders Self Test
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(...) That's because it's about "space", silly. :) In addition to reflecting the empty reaches of space, the questionaire also illustrates the infinite possibilities for creative MOCs, as LEGO is like a blank page where you can create whatever you (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) I used this part to atach a 9v train motor to a train baseplate, with the motor centered on the wire hole. I wanted the motor closer to the center for a My Train steam engine. Mat (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: hydraulic steering
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(...) That should read 'pneumatic steering'. Sorry for the typo. (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Ya Jake, hook us up with some reefer(s) man. No WONDER JoJo is insinuating what he's insinuating... XFUT off-topic.fun (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I believe that different car classes have different freight rates (just like they have different dunnage charges when they're empty)... a 5 well will be a different class than a 1 well. (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Right, the wieght and rolling savings aside, it's also cheaper to pay for 1 cor to roll on someone elses line then it is for 3 or 5. Mat (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The link is blank Aaron. -Lenny (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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(...) Jake, I would like BOTH the Reefer AND European designs. David (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative) 4Juniors/Jack Stone/Max Creator 4657 Fire Squad HQ $39.99 $20.00 4860 Doc Ock's Cafe Attack $29.99 (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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When you guys build those big actros trucks et al, how do you fit in a hydraulic steering system? Do you use a gear method to operate the valve? If not then how? Do you have any sketches of the setup that you could post? Thanks a bunch! (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Actualy the kids weren't to bad, but a few that were moving parts around were a distraction. I have 3 kids of my own, the youngest a 3yo boy, so I know how it goes. As it turns out SanDLUG will be holding a mini ISD speed building contest at (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) Yikes, thanks Jeremy--I hope we didn't just invite ourselves...it will be extremely useful though. When is a good time for you? When would people have enough to be ready? Sometime in late June? Calum PS-I so don't want to section this (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Last I heard, GFLTC was planning on changing that end of the layout a bit after seeing our mountain... I did take pictures of the contour of the layout with the purpose of sending it to them. Jeff VW (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You ought to see what "kids" can do. How about a strong kids (younger than 14?) team vs. their non-AFOL parents at a head-to-head full ISD build. Disclaimer: I will probably *not* do this with my son - living in my house after being soundly (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars)
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Check out the Space Builder's Self Test Questionairre: www.lugnet.com/~1164/space I wrote this a long time ago, in an office far far away that didn't allow me to browse the internet. But goofing off on MS Word looked more like work, so... Basically, (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I can tell you that that probably is the best approach, especially when dealing with this sort of train car. My 5 well Huskey Stack: (URL) is a bear to set up, because I have to find the couplings blindly (2x2 turntables). Since it's been (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Sono alla ricerca di pezzi SAND RED. In particolare cerco: brick 1x2, 2x2, 1x6, 2x4, 2x2corner plate 1x2, 2x6, 1x2-with-handle slope 2x2, 2x4 (sono tutti pezzi esistenti) Ne cerco un discreto quantitativo, nuovo o usato non fa differenza. Se avete (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market, FTX)
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(...) That’s a great article. Now, I just need to find the time. I want to play with the idea and figure out how I'm going to incorporate it into a classic-castle structure. Christina (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Using your Jack Skellington tux as a model? [LDrawPart 3004:373] -Teddy (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt)
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(...) The knee joint is a bit tight- it may be a little damaging to the shoulder joint on the skeleton arm. But it is really strong. I've had a couple of those pieces put together that way for well over 3 years, and there doesn't appear to be any (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I didn't even think of posting there. I picture mecha as bigger things with people inside, but wow- thanks for the sidebar! (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Wow, that lever/skeleton-arm knee joint is great. Is that a "natural fit"? It looks a little forced, but the results are stunning. Very sleek design overall, too. -Brendan (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(URL) FYI: A new article by Didier Enjary (FreeLUG) titled LEGO Trains - Decorative Color Schemes is now available in the ILTCO library! (URL) SteveB (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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