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(...) The motor... easily, the loco/rolling stock however... :) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The pics I got at Toy Fair were of preprod stuff (witness the use of a metal railed turnout in old gray), so don't really help. The spoked wheels are there but the motor block on that one appears not to have technic axles: (URL) (and others in (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv3u6K.vu0@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I think is where the disconnect for me is. I find the "cup" aspect of P-a-B annoying. I have purchased quite a few (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, I want to hear what others (eg Derek, RobA, Iain, Vitali) have to say, as they are more important than my opinion...but... I would take the block count inbound of the two as the greater of the two. So if Part A gets 5 unique blocks and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Great work Joe! I finally finished reading it yesterday and can't wait for #4! The writing and in particular the graphic design are excellent. It's truly a professional quality magazine that anyone in the hobby would be proud of. I'm sure if (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) I've had a plan for a while now to build a Paris Metro train that runs on racers track using the new IR engine. Unfortunately the baseplate/batterybox design put a a minor dampener in my plan and I'll probably have to wait to get one and try (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I originally thought that, since the set comes with 2 switches, you could do a smaller half loop in a big one-- Bad ASCII graphix below-- ------ / \ \ | | | | | | \ / / ------ But I think you would need at least 4 spare curves, combined with (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Presumably you could make something like an articlated lorry, with the motor in the cab and the baseplate for the trailer. If you fitted an anti-jack-knifing mechanism you could get some control through reverse steering too. Then again, you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- Now I see what's wrong with you eight-widers. You try to make things look accurate instead of doing things that are fun. :P Of course a square carriage would have been fine and looked just as accurate if not more so but (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The only thing you missed is people saying the same before. ;-) These pics are the first ones where it has been possible to properly see the wheels,they look like cheap BBB knockoffs! (baecause the spokes are only relief mouldings) Pity they (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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