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| (...) There is no perfect solution because the square root of 2 is not a rational number. HOWEVER there are some that are quite close.. within a stud or two both horizontally and vertically) Try this (using track designer which you can get using (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Improved Pick-A-Brick packing
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| (...) I guess in an ideal world I want to buy small parts by volume and large ones by weight,then. :-) (ideal for us I mean) But if you only get 100 2x4s for 13 USD, that's 13 cents a brick. That's way over my threshold for 2x4s, a common part, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Zooming around
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| A friend sent me this. It takes a while to load but it's pretty cool (URL) putting on the splash? You tell me! (21 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: 1920 Electric
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| (...) Hmm... I actually LIKED the garden fence pieces as grids. one thing I would have done if I had more time was to turn them sideways but I think they add a lot!!! What I had there before was more of the gray grille/ribbed 1x2 bricks but they (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mens' magazines
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| (...) To make fun of us all in a snide way, would be my guess, if it's the sort of mags I'm thinking of... (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: BBB Inspire Swiss Ae 3/6" Electric Locomotive Model
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| (...) Needs to be deeplinked. This is not a deeplink it doesn't end in a file extension... I'll say I myself haven't cracked the full crank yet across a 6 couple that doesn't have a pair of blind drivers, but I'm working on it! (...) Yes. Early (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
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| (...) Yes, if I had ONE more pair of wheels I would have done something like that, it's a natural for two pairs of wheels around a center articulation point, with leading single axles at each end also articulated.... or something like the 4554 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 1920 Electric
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| (...) Na... Steam is pretty old hat. Clearly what's needed are good electric locos. This *isn't* a good one,the body is (by *far*) not my best work but I wanted to show off a little articulation in the frame. So the NEED for good electric locos is (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Woodfield Mall Pick A Brick update!
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| (...) Or don't... LFB (and his minion(s)) tend to swoop in to Target/Kmart/WalMart clearances (etc) and glomp everything they can get their hands on before the true locals actually get a chance. So taking all the stock so he gets none strikes me as (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
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| (...) Nod. Good point and thanks for the clarification (...) Nod. IF (and it's a big if) BL will allow them to be sold there. It's currently a big open question in the BL discussion groups, with the usual suspects participating and little or no (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
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| (...) Makes sense. Except I think it's better just to sell them in pairs because you never know how many blinds you will need... it depends on what you are building... a 4-12-2 for example needs more blinds than a 4-4-0 does (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 1830 style loco
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| (...) Yellow? What prototype used that? (NOT going to say "no prototype exists" because you all know, there's ALWAYS some prototype somewhere) But even with no prototype that might be cool. can you say Fabuland Train? :-) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
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| (...) Ya ya... my only question is what constitutes a "set". I see myself needing of these in black and dark grey and grey... I've had a chance to actually build more with these since I posted my 1830 model and I'm liking them more and more. I hope (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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