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(...) Very nice, but (URL) is the way it should've been rendered ;) Allister (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Samarth Appologies for any misunderstanding Tim Emailed me about it :)) That is the best photo of the Ghan I have seen and I have seen them all that one as well a good shot of NR74 and NR75 in trail. There are only 3 locomotives that pull that (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: The bikkie tins are back...
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Those links you refer to aren't yet public, could you please post the deeplinks? (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) How wuuuude! :-P I was actually taking a break from real world building. In fact, this is my first displayed CAD model in over a year. It would've been impossible for me to pull this thing off in 24 hours if I was making it in the brick! (...) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | The bikkie tins are back...
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For those interested, BigW at Broadmeadows had small pale blue tins of Bikkies (Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies) with pictures of a range of "CITY" sets from this year's range. Inside you will find 200gms of Bikkies, plus 1 of: A small "City" Police jet (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) ^^ What he said. (...) It's quite ok to think that 8 wide looks awful; that's just an opinion, but I must correct the second part of your statement. There are loads of ways you can make long bogies work: Sliding wheelsets, rubberband-bound (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Scaling is sooo complicated. It's hard stuff for me to understand. So I skip all the fancy measurements (or rather use them only as guidelines) and use my eyes to judge how big a model should be or where so-and-so grille should be placed in (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Gee, I'm sorry you found it offensive. As Tim has already explained, this is a bit of an inside joke, and I can see how the heading can come off as offensive to anyone not in the know. Apologies. Legoswami (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) No offense on my behalf. If you didn't know the history it's an easy mistake to make. Tim (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: NR-75 - The Ghan (The way it should have been done ;-) )
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(...) Sorry to you both I didn't know what was happening and I thought it sounded rather "course" obviously stuck my foot in it please delete last posting Cheers To All Peter (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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