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This past weekend, August 18-19, QuéLUG was participating in a train show at Exporail - the Canadian Railway Museum in St-Constant, Québec. We had a 8'x45' layout (2,5 m x 13,5 m) featuring 3 train loops, 1 monorail loop, rural, residential and (...) (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.org.ca.quelug, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Ghent
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(...) I have just returned from Ghent. It is similar to the Netherlands. In the centre there is Bart Smit & Intertoys - large toyshops with several floors of toys. There is also LEGO in Blokker a discount department store. Intertoys was the best. It (...) (17 years ago, 18-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.be)
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| | Re: London Underground Standard Tube Stock
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(...) [...] (...) Well done. I really like the way you did the doors. Chris (17 years ago, 18-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: London Underground Standard Tube Stock
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(...) Sock! LOL Thanks for your comments. If you look at the pic below you should be able to see the skirting (far left of pic, with a motor wheel visible under by its metallic shine). (URL) Ta, David (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.underground, FTX)
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| | Re: London Underground Standard Tube Stock
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(...) David: Nice work! I love the general shape of those cars and the use of the smaller train wheels is spot-on. One question. You mentioned the motor in the actual cars being hidden beneath a skirt. Is this true on your model as well? Do these (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.underground, FTX)
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| | Re: star wars tie crawler tank.
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(...) It's not a bad model...But I reckon the Bat Tank will be easier to convert to a WWI era (British) tank. Of course, I can probably see a WWI German tank in this model. (BTW, 164 track links on inv page of instructions, 162 used in model.) That (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: star wars tie crawler tank.
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(...) Mmmmm. No idea what movie this is from - I am guessing its out of the non-movie mechandising. Faintly surprised that it makes sense for Lego to go there. However, it does look like all the makings of a pretty cool WWI tank. A bit big, granted, (...) (17 years ago, 17-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | London Underground Standard Tube Stock
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This is my most recent tube train. I haven't had much time to build recently so I've been putting more stuff online. The Standard tube stock dates back to the 1920s. It was a series of tube stocks which were designed to be cross-compatable. The (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.underground, FTX) !
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| | VicLUG @ Local Train Show
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VICTORIA MODEL RAILWAY SHOW (NMRA - Pacific Northwest Region) September 16, 2007 (Sunday), 10 am - 5 pm, Cedar Hill Rec Centre We will have a display of LEGO trains and the adjacent cityscape. An admission fee will be charged for the event which is (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Cosmos Directorate Unveils SuperSLICE Interceptor
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A glorious day has arrived for the State with the introduction of the latest Strategic Light Interceptor and Combat Escort ship in to active service. The Cosmos Directorate is proud to announce the upgrade to the SLICE series, the (URL) SuperSLICE>. (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, FTX) !
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| | Re: Nationwide LEGO Wind Turbine Competition!
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(...) No, it is inspired by many. (...) Sure, go for it. But you should credit the EWB guys too - they designed the nacelle and all the gearing, I just designed the tower & blades. ROSCO (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Ross Nothing to do with the question just general is the Lego Wind Turbine scale to a real one?? Just interested would like to build a display one of my own (of course you get the dedication for designing it) but I was looking at scaling it (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: eigen setjes op Legoworld
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(...) Is Bouwstener, ff op www.debouwsteen.com vragen. (17 years ago, 15-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Nationwide LEGO Wind Turbine Competition!
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(...) Hi Rosco, This sounds like a great project! Will you be publishing the details of the design? I would be interested to know how you went about selecting the size of the various components, gear ratios etc. Greetings, David Wegmuller (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Well, don't get mad... get even. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Actually All from all my mail with EWB I did not even know that this comp is classed as a speed build ?? I was under the impression it was a fundraiser and a test to see if the states could actually make the turbine provide power just using (...) (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Kerry and all No I don't think that will happen as Ken and I were Tech Advisor at the Brisbane Practice build at UQ today. I don't think there will be any level playing fields in this comp It will be interesting after today if any state (...) (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Nationwide LEGO Wind Turbine Competition!
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(...) Sounds very odd to me... ROSCO (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Nationwide LEGO Wind Turbine Competition!
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(...) Thorpie was a swimmer? Yes, I seem to remember hearing he used to do a bit of swimming. Actually, I'd like to see runners in the Stawell Gift handicapped with hobbles of various lengths depending on their record, rather than just giving the (...) (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Nationwide LEGO Wind Turbine Competition!
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(...) Well, handicapping in sport is the great Australian tradition, isn't it? Look at the Melbourne Cup ... I must say that while handicapping makes sense in social competitions, I can't understand it in professional sport. Image applying it in (...) (17 years ago, 12-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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