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| "William Howard" <william@howard-fami...rld.co.uk> wrote in message news:NFBBICINOLKHMIO...d.co.uk... (...) Phew! Thought for a minute I'd missed this one. Persistence paid off though. When you call Shop @ Home they will tell you they don't have any (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Popped into the Legoshop on the weekend. I didn't take a full inventory of what bricks were what, but I can see there are some differences from Huws opening report. They had lots of grey 1x2s for a start (which was nice) Mostly the same though. They (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Did (...) a (...) I've thought of this, but working out how to build a module with a canal and still keep the flexibility of the module system is the challange. The green phone mast is mine, we're seeing more painted masts here now. Mark (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| Hi Manfred, Yes, we are all turning into mobile phone mast geeks! There are so many designs, once you start looking... We acquired some new members for this show, and expanded the layout considerably as a result. I think we put on a great display, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| Hello NBLTC members, What a nice modular get-together you all can master. It has grown a lot since the Southport event, where I had the honor of attending together you members of the North British Lego train Club. All those new items. The sloping (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| Under web specials, call for availibility William (22 years ago, 23-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Already did-- I want dark gray! :-) (...) Holy cow, my apologizes, *Jason*! And sorry for the late apology; this post slipped under my radar:-p -John (22 years ago, 22-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Oh, did you mean the signal box roof? Well, you'll be able to do black ones soon, at least. (...) Thanks for the comments 'Brian', but, er, who's this "James" guy? ;-) Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hello Larry. The red building is not a station at all - in fact it's a model of the STEAM museum itself with glass curtain-walling to the front elevation combined with a traditional old brick construction. I've not seen any pics from the front (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Right. But I meant which building on the layout was the model layout located within. Someone else answered that it was the red station connected by the blue pedestrian bridge. I did read about STEAM and all that earlier. Thanks and congrats (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) layout in (...) The Museum is in the former Great Western Railway (GWR*) works in Swindon, where many Steam locomotives were built in the heydays of steam, for more information have a look at the STEAM museum website, (URL) BR days the works (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| Thanks Robert. The roof is made of clear thinwalls, as available from S@H. There are 16 packs' worth in it = 400 clear elements. Some time ago, I noticed how the thinwalls have a tendency to curve, and I immediately thought of a station roof. It (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) include this little beauty <drool>: (URL) James' dark red Fowler and Caerphilly Castle Loco. But really it all looks great, and nice venue, too:-) -John (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:H5sBu3.HoK@lugnet.com... (...) That was Chris Dee's. It is truly excellent, and Chris will be LDraw-ing it in the near future (eh, Chris... :-) ) Huw (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H5s0F8.90M@lugnet.com... (...) I think I can say that a good time was had by all. It was my first participation in such an event, and I loved it. I can't wait for the next one! (...) (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| Just to follow up on this, we made the local press see, (URL) this free advertisiong and Lego didn't even send us some catalogues. We lost count of the number we could have given out. Mark (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Who built the tamper? (URL) superb! My boss, who used to be a P-way engineer, thought it was a real one when saw it from across the office! (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Absolutely brilliant! I particularly liked the old time locomotive (early 4.5V?) with a layout in front of it... great vignette, and a nice goof on where you were. What building was that in? Lots of good British steam too. Looks like another (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I suspect the roof brick mix has come about by Brad taking the opportunity to extend the production runs for next year's sets (which of course none of us have seen, so wouldn't know that they are used extensively :) I like the idea of a mixed (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Ok, partly the same here, but Pferde-Apfel (horse-apple) is by far more common.... [tan train windows] (...) I would suggest even a colour mix pack. I need more than tan windows, but in my eyes it is impossible to ask for 8 new train window (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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