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(...) ya... its called sumo. easy. entry level. no real play area requierd. naw. i dont like the idea. ;) Chris (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 2 wide train design wanted for NMRA fund raiser
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(...) Finally found a few minutes to slap together version 1.0 of an idea I had, trying to model the 2 new trains LEGO is coming out with. I had limited time, so for now only the passenger train. Several modifications are pending, the cantilever is (...) (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | LNER 4468 "Mallard" - sorry but it's not a two-wide
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Hello again... Some thanks first: to Samarth Moray for critiquing the model today and helping me improve it and Mark Bellis for bringing the proto to my attention over on Brickish. My six-wide take on a Mallard, the fastest recorded steam train. (2 (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Gear lash....
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(...) But suppose at time 20 your robot is pointed at between 10 and 30 degrees due to the steering defect. Then it has lost even more ground to the moving target. (...) Your thinking is probably correct if the robot can sample the light reasonably (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 2 wide train design wanted for NMRA fund raiser
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(...) After telling Ross about your proposed project, he reworked a loco he had built a few years ago in red: (URL) JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: rtl21 - Can Stacking
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(...) I don't know about it sound like one more of those driving around randomly until you find something and then do an action and repeat. I think that something without that random driving around factor might seem more appealing. Maybe similar to (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Thanks for sharing your source, Dave! I don't know about anyone else, but reading that added to my design and programming knowledge. (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LEGO Scale Question
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In lugnet.build, Timothy Gould wrote: <snip> (...) Yes, but 1 caveat. 1stud/foot is actually 10 wide, and probably the best scale given the gauge of LEGO track. The problem is that the LEGO train wheels are too tiny, and the train motor wheels set (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) In any event, I can't believe that you didn't suggest your awesome little applet, (URL) Lego Scale Converter> as a resource! Very useful. And Geeky:-d Thanks again for creating it, Dave! (not to be confused with Dave!!:-) JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Dutch 1851 - by Joep Klazen
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(...) (URL) This> shot shows the scale improvements beautifully. I still like my toy train size but I agree it is improved in eight-wide. Tim (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Scale Question
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(...) In terms of numbers, somewhere around 1:38 to 1:44, depending on your preference. Most people seem to use one of: 1 stud (8mm) = 1 minifig foot 3 studs (24mm) = 1 minifig meter 1 minifg (42mm) = 6 feet tall But then again, many models are (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Scale Question
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(...) To elaborate slightly on Lenny's statement above, a layout with 8 wide trains will usually use about 1stud/foot whereas a layout with 6 wide trains will use a smaller scale. Depends on whether your figs are tall and wide or short and normal (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Scale Question
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(...) There really isn't anything "generally accepted." But since figs are so oddly shaped, it makes finding a standard scale practically impossible. What I've seen the most is 1 stud=1 foot, but that makes figs only slightly taller than 5 ft. But (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build)
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| | State of the MDP?
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So did everyone who is not in the MDP get their "bummer" email???? I haven't heard anything either way that's why I'm asking. -aps (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Destroyers: USS Gearing and USS Sumner
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(...) Hi Daniel, Sorry to bust in on the exchange here, but I'd thought I might be able to answer your question. Military building is not my particular area of brickness (especially scale), but I was in the U.S. Navy back in the late 1980's and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Introducing Your Cycle 3 LEGO Ambassadors
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(...) I'm not sure how you got that opinion. What I said was: "My guess would be that as the Ambassador program grows, there will be a greater diversity in language support, and thus a greater variety representation." And indeed that has shown to be (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Set Exo-force in offerta
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ciao, eccomi di nuovo qui... al Carrefour di Carugate ci sono i seguenti set : 7700 , 7701 , 7702 , 7703 a 10,90? l'uno sono della serie exo-force (URL) hanno quel nuovo sistema a fibbra ottica molto carino!! ciao Cristian (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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Hi, folks, I'm sure this question has been raised many times before, but what is the current, accepted brick-to-foot ratio, if there is such a thing? My reason for asking is relatively simple; I am constructing (actually just finished) a lighthouse (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New to Gardenslug, looking to attend a meeting
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Hey Joe, Welcome! Great, try and make the next meeting. I will try to go too. Bring some Lego! Some creations too if you can. Thanks! e (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | All hail the new Ambassador!
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I see our very own Richie Dulin is a 3rd round Lego Ambassador. What does it all mean, Richie ... Kerry (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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