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| Ciao, Mario! Your description of the quest for the Zwolle site is amazing! I am still laughing... you wouldn't by any chance be a comedian, no? :-P Serious, now: Spain is worse. Whenever I try to bypass a city, I end up right in the centre of it... (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:GLH4op.28B@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) The (...) Ciao Pedro, una parte delle foto sono su BrickShelf. (URL) Member #24 (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) I would love to read this in English, as far as the humor is translatable. (...) If you have any questions you would like to ask to a member of the organizing committee directly, I'm one of them, so feel free to ask me anything. With friendly (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) (snipped) (...) :-) Do you know whose train is it, that modified Metroliner with 8-windows cars? And what about the drawbridges with automated control? Pedro (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| Hi Manfred! (...) Better ask someone in .loc.it... I understand *some* italian, but I'm afraid I cannot comprehensively translate the whole story. Sorry... :-( (...) Yes, I have a couple of questions for you! But first allow me to congratulate you (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:GLq9Lz.IDC@lugnet.com... (...) cars? If you mean this: (URL) it's mine & Gianluca's. Gianluca did the loco and three coaches, I did the baggage wagon and one of the coaches. (...) I think the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) VERY IMPRESSIVE! I love it! More, I want MORE! ;-) (If only I could get my hands in those many train parts...) (...) Is the inside of the train fully detailed (bunks, seats, tables)? What is the behaviour of the cars on turns? (...) Who has (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:GLqEnw.82r@lugnet.com... (...) My wife (NNLS: Near NLS) did the details in my wagon. The behaviour on turns was surprisingly good: the cars never derailed, well, ehmm, at least not without uman (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| "Manfred Moolhuysen" <moom@nospamchello.nl> ha scritto: (...) It's mostly about our adventures in reaching the place of the meeting and the bungalows. It tells, with a humorous touch, the amazing number of U turns we had to perform in Amsterdam, in (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) That's what they all say... noone likes LEGO *until* it is caught at 2 a.m. looking for a gray tile in a dark room... (beware, your wife may be getting crazier for LEGO than you!) :-D (...) Naughty! :-P (...) What are those? I mean, how are (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| (...) (snipped) (...) I forgot to ask: #6 - Do you have any pictures of the drawbridges? How are they operated (gears, pneumatic)? How does the track maintain conductibility? Pedro (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| It took some time before I could relax and sit down to answer your questions, but here they are: (...) Visitors: All days where sold out. I're read a newpaper article claiming that over the four days the event lasted we've recieved 40000 visitors. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| (...) There where no drawbridges. There was a swivel-bridge (rotating in a horizontal plane) operated with a micro motor and gears. I haven't seen a close-up picture of it. It did operate, but it wasn't strong enough to overcome the friction of the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| (...) You wouldn't happen to know about anyone who has successfully built a drawbridge of, say, some 64 studs (32 + 32)? With double tracks... You see, if I were to send some creation for display at "next Zwolle", I'd like to try that. I say "send" (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| (...) There was an entrance fee? Wow! We'd never manage to do that here! (...) Oh, yeah! VERY! But then again, you have had a club for a long time... so there is some organization among the fans. (...) I was very impressed with the photos. Were all (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| (...) I would say it was quite mixed. Ofcourse the prictures highlight those exibits that attracted the most attention, but there where less ambitious projects to be seen also. For instance, I consider myself not being a great desingner, so for a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.nl)
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