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| (...) it, I (...) dead (...) around) I found another website listing some new 2004 sets. I won't post the link here or I fear it will get axed. No pictures at all, sorry. But it had some prices, putting the 8386 1/10 F1 around US $50. Beyond the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.year.2004)
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| Moved to: lugnet.year.2004 (...) took the time to save the pics this time. Wow, time flies, who could imagine it was already "leak the next year"? :) And *before* everyone starts complaining it's not much etc. and Technic's dead etc. remember that (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.year.2004)
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| Hello all, I have two 9v train motors, one from 'My Own Train' (two years ago) and another from bricklink about a year ago. The problem is that they make terrible contact with the rails. Originally when I got them they worked fine but then, sadly, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Did you also clean the wheels on the train motor? You could try lightly buffing the rails with steel wool, although you should be careful to vacuum up all the metal filings if you do so. And make sure that you clean the portion of the rails (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| The "Go" train is gone, finished packing away the last of it's pieces this morning. So no more worries about clearance in turns or train stations. :-) I'll be building trains to our more compressed standard in the future. I've still got designs for (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Hmm. I've setup a bigger layout (one floorsworth) and still its a full 9v on the farthest away point. So its not he track. I strongly think its wheels contacting the rails so I'll try steel wool sometime tomorrow and say what happens. -- Peter (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| I was hoping to get some better pictures of this before presenting it, but time seems to have slipped away. Presenting my MOC for this Halloween: (URL) I got this idea when my daughter placed a skull head on a Harry Potter minifig (nothing scarier (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Alcohol contains water, which corrodes the metal rail (and the joints between the track sections as well) (...) Do not use steel wool on your track, as it scratches the surface of the rail and leaves pits where more dirt can collect. What do I (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) You can test this for yourself. Measure the voltage of a 9v battery with your voltmeter, then measure it again in series with a 10K resistor. It's still 9V! Now, think of all those track pieces (and joints) as tiny little resistors... :-) Mark (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Okay I tried measuring resistance on track 47 joints long (a broken circle) but still, the resistance is only 2-6 ohms. Then I tried running them one at a time. Even on top notch the older motor needs nudging to start on straight, has real (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hi Ben, Well as Bruce said it's been discussed already, however thanks for your comment and I glad you liked it. Also thanks for trying to return the interest of my MOC. Hopfully if I'll arrive this year to Brickfest I'll bring it and the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Hello .castle.. boy have things been dead here, altho I suspect classic-castle.com is stealing away some of this activity (altho, i wouldn't characterise cc traffic as being bumping either). I know I haven't been helping things in this manner as (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.fl, FTX)
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| (...) Phew. I can now go back to building interfering structures. Thanks! I started disasssembling buildings too. The grain silo on the train2 poster, the great Sewing Machine Factory on the train1 poster, and more were disassembled last night over (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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