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(...) My (URL) breakdown crane> has 3 axle trucks using standard LEGO wheelsets, and traverses points just fine, although it does have 4 weight bricks holding it down. ROSCO (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Model of GG-1 Electric Locomotive - Advice Requested
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(...) A brief update ... I got it built a while ago but only today tried putting it on the tracks. Bad news, I'm afraid. To make it work on LEGO curves, you need to remove the 4x6 tile with technic peg from the 3-axle trucks and add some tiles (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Wikicraft Barnstar
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I must use my usual preamble to posting to .space, and say I am not much of a space builder, but nevertheless, I present to you the Wikicraft Barnstar: (URL) The perfect craft in which to deliver a compliment to others! I’m a great fan of Wikipedia. (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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(...) I'm guessing they didn't want to use lt grey because they don't think kids can easily distinguish pins and axle pins. "Standard" colour of frictionless pins is lt grey. ROSCO (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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(...) Dark Bley looks a lot like black in the instructions, I think that was the thinking there. And I don't know if white 2L(*) would be any better than red, from a standing-out point of view. So, maybe Light Bley for friction axle pins, and Tan (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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In lugnet.announce, Didier Enjary wrote: --snip-- (...) --snip-- Incidentally, both the old and new versions have a useful SNOT function, enabling one to place two 2x2 or larger pieces in a studs-in orientation due to the connector being able to fit (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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(...) Sure, if im building a conceptual MOC, i'll use any colour then when i happy with the function, i'll rebuild it in the colour i want till im happy with the form. It's when i've finnished the MOC and its spotted with dots of blue or several (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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(...) On this, i completely agree. They are two extremely similar parts, and I believe colour standardisation is needed. However, blue and tan ? Frictionless Axle pins were grey, Axle pins with friction were black. Easily distinguishable, neutral (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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(...) I see two side to this comment. I completely agree with your comment about colour coded parts distorting the realism of a set, however i believe some parts do not need to be produced in all colours such as gears, hence financial saving could (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The Tequila Sunrise
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(...) [...] (...) Pretty nifty indeed. But yellow? I'll assume that this (...) was supposed to mean that all of the parts that you needed came in yellow, so that's the color you chose? Mmmm.... tequila.... Chris (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mark's Pad
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(...) Sorry for not posting sooner, life has been upside down lately . . . This is fabulous! Great use of parts and colors. Nice to see a town MOC from you. I knew you'd come. :o) Hope to see more. Jonathan (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: The Tequila Sunrise
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(...) It's another Tequila sunrise! No, wait, this is the first one! Wow, that's as impressive a MOC as it is brightly colored, Tony! You've captured the streamlined twenties look very well-- nice and clean, and well-rounded. It looks fast just (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: FRED- flashing rear end device
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote: <snippage> (...) Good work, Benn! I had wanted to do the same thing with my Huskey Stacks, but I was deterred by the cumbersome LEGO lighting. I think I'll just stick with my hidden light trick on my Bethgon:-) (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Invito dai francesi
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Loys Bailly mi ha scritto invitando me e ItLUG al loro raduno che terranno quest'estate a St Victor Montvianeix (Cap 63550). Si trova nella regione dell'Auvernie, a circa 450 Km da Torino. Si tratterebbe del 14-15 luglio, una settimana dopo (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: open source ldd?
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(...) How about zziplib (or just zopen) and tinyxml? (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Who has made LDD truck/bogie designs?
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I know that people have come up with some creative truck/bogie designs for their rolling stock. So maybe we could collect a bunch of them so that builders could choose from a variety of designs. I thought of this because I was considering updating (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Happy Birthday, René!
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Well I'll add my best wishes (if this is true ; ) God Bless! Nathan (URL) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: OS-X driver for the Vision Command cam ?
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(...) good for anything else. Does anyone else's run faster? (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Happy Birthday, René!
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My German isn't good, but from what I've gathered, you had a birthday this past week (12th?). 31, is it? Well, congratulations! We don't have enough communication going between Germany and the US because we hang out in our respective groups too (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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In lugnet.technic, Timothy P. Smith wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP Sorry for replying to post addressed to someone else. Since TLC invented "studless" Technic, I thought they were trying to make something like MERKUR (= metal construction toys, see (URL) - (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego)
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