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| Following the recent Birkenhead (UK) model railway show, at which we exhibited our small layout (12'x6'), the exhibition manager sent me the photo that appeared in the local free newspaper, the Wirral Globe: (URL) layout is top right and the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | London Underground Battery Locomotive
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| Hi all, I've finished the last of my LU trio. (URL) Full details here: (URL) David (19 years ago, 6-Nov-05, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | Technic Fun Models - Hats and Musical Instruments!
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| A couple of Technic fun models from a couple of years ago: A crown, using some technic body parts from C3P0. Technic parts make it fit well on my head: (URL) A working tambourine, with overlapping Technic beams, for quite a strong structure, and (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | 1:20 scale Apache Helicopter
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| Here's my MOC of an Apache helicopter, built to 1:20 scale, compatible with Technic figures. (URL) features the first ever fully working Lego helicopter rotor with collective and differential rotor blade pitch control. (URL) The rotor blades are (...) (19 years ago, 22-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Reliable Switch Point Control with Pneumatics
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| Here's a reliable scheme for controlling unmodified switch points with pneumatics. This scheme is for use on track that is raised up off the baseplate in modules. I have reduced the depth required below the track to a minimum of 9 plates in the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | Re: Truckfest/Scotfest
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| A reminder that Trucksest/Scotfest takes place on Saturday 29th October. Everybody is invited, you don't have to be a member of Brickish. David (...) (19 years ago, 16-Oct-05, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Pictures of Trial of TCLTC Sleeper Scheme with Wider Track Bed
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| (...) A couple of pictures of my evaluation of a wider TCLTC-style scheme, prior to my experiments with sleeper colours and mosaic shading: (URL) used this piece to test stuff like clearances for BBB wheeled locos, feasibility of a wider track bed, (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Pictures of New technique: Cascaded Trinary Pneumatics (aka mid-stop)
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| In lugnet.technic, Mark Bellis wrote: (SNIP) (...) Here are the pictures (at last!) They show the control stage, cascade stage and steering stage of Trinary Mid-Stop pneumatic logic. Start in the centre position: (URL) to the left: (URL) back to the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | New technique: Cascaded Trinary Pneumatics (aka mid-stop)
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| (...) I have succeeded in directly cascading trinary pneumatic stages (where cylinders stop in the middle). This is a direct development of my mid-stop pneumatic JCB steering mechanism, which I first described here two years ago: (URL) (second (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | London Underground D78 Subsurface Stock
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| Mind the Gap! (URL) This is my D78ss train. It is the second of my three LU creations and the second one to be functionally complete (the first still isn't). (URL) The D78 stock (or just 'D stock') runs solely on the District line and numbers 75 (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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