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This is my first rtlToronto/train7 project (about two shows too late), an underground train station. Since the new layout has a +20 brick ground level, we have an underground layer (well, JeffVW and I do) which we can build stuff underneath. I think (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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This is really nice! I particularly like the caged section on the end. The lighting works very well (it's as lego as the ones at miniland ; ) and the overall scene is also well composed. Great work! God Bless, Nathan (URL) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) See--this is why you rank in the top of my fav. builders list. When you build, it's usually spectacular! Nicely done! Dave K (18 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Looks awesome, Calum! I really love looking "underground" on train layouts, and this area will be a kid favorite for sure! And it's a good thing that you decided to go against using LEGO lights-- they are practically worthless as illuminators. (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Very nice, Calum! :) A simple subway stop, but the details are fabulous. I particularly like the wire mesh maintenance area/electrical room. Gives it a very realistic feel. And I have to agree with Mr. Neal -- LEDs are definitely the way to go down (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! I knew all those 8x8 meshes were good for something when I took apart my TIE/Int. (...) It's nothing special, it's just the current rtlToronto group train project. rtlToronto started doing train layouts a few years ago as an "event" at (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) sure, its nice and all.. but ummmm where are the robots? Chris (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) [...] (...) Very cool. I can't wait to see it as part of a layout. The ceiling... are those three big pieces the quarter circle bricks used to make the half pipe in (URL) ? The transformer room looks appropriately forbidding. I'd love to get a (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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John wrote: [...] (...) [...] (...) Wow, do you feel that? It's like I can't get good traction on this little hill, can you John? :) Chris (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Lafayette, Indiana. (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ummm, La fay ette is too French sounding. You might need to sell it a bit more. I need to see pictures, and ummmm enticements. Chris (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) do you mean pictures of Lafayette? Sorry, I don't have any of those. :) Steve (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Umm... your the one that lives in a country containing Quebec, correct? Just checking... (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hey, 200 Years ago, NO ONE asked my opinion about the French! other wise, this place would be SO different. My offer still stands. to round out your New Orleans "French district" I'd be willing to swap Quebec, for Alaska. I mean, its Alaska. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ya, sure, those toy cars look nice. but before I trundle off to Lafayette, I might need to know a few things. 1. do they take Visa Credit cards? 2. do the restaurants add 15% tip for large groups 3. what kind of electricity do you have "down (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I actually drove past Lafayette in November. It seemed nice from the interstate. Calum (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ya but you cant be to careful. a lot of places seem nice from the interstate... like Detroit. Chris (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Get used to the feeling, Chris! All bets will be off when the death knell finally sounds for the 9 volt train system. I am already preparing for that scenario with my LEGO gauge one project. Hey, I'll call it my LEGO Gauge One Project. LGO! (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Yeah, it's a pretty neat piece. Jeff Van Winden used it in his space ship shown at BrickFest last year. Unfortunately, it's upside down! :) There's a lot of bracketing behind the wall to attach it upsidedown without a seam. Even (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, the minute you pass into Michigan you can tell the interstate has potholes the size of turkeys. Calum (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Nathan! Calum (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) "They're hitting the ground like bags of wet cement!!!" Dave K (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You must drive past a different Detroit than the one I'm thinking of... Steve (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When I saw the tile at the junction between the wall and the sealing, I suspected that it was upside down. (...) creative solution for a your application. (...) Too bad the white isn't white. (...) Thanks for the details, I'll save this part (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That was southern Ohio. In Michigan on Thanksgiving, the turkeys are frozen by the time they hit the tarmac. It's more like bowling balls being thrown from helicopters (but the still make nice potholes). (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I hear the new US $10 is coloured now... Kind of a cantaloupe shade. -Rob A> (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I thought I was the only one who ever noticed that the SECOND those armed boarder gaurdes saw my taail pipe, that even the sky seems more hazzy, and the streetsigns more dim. meh. Chris (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) sorry, I meant Detroit Minnesota( (URL) ), not that suburb of Windsor Canada. (aka Detroit, Michigan (1) ) Chris 1. Ahh michigan. a GREAT place to send Toronto Garbage.(2) 2. (URL) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ya, unripe GREEN cantaloupe. chris (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) light? That would do like TV,LCD, plasma. Adjusting the power for each led migth be tricky to have white ligth and not kind of reddish or greenish ligth. (...) Martin (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Whoa, a blast from the past! Hi Martin! We did experiment with the "blue" lights, red ones and yellows, with both yellow trans and light blue trans domes. By far the blues are MUCH more directional (or "point source" maybe a better way to (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya I know, I still regularly read Lugnet but my post are realy rare now. (...) I thought that you mean that white led were too bluish. Find a better shop :-). Have you tried to bring a 9V battery (with a 1KOhm resistor) to test the led in (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks-- I'm enjoying building this stuff. It really makes you thinking how things are put together--how a building looks if you cut it in half. (...) Given the cost of lights, yeah. It's fun to go all Lego, but even when Lego itself realizes (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This is just gorgeous. Practical lighting is what LEGO displays are really missing. Who is this Mario guy, and how can I get some of those LEDs? Aaron (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Mario DeFacendis is my friend and sometimes rtlToronto person. Together we entered rtl10 Project X and tried to enter rtl15 Deep Yellow. Sometimes you'll see him post in this NG or appear at an rtlToronto event. The LED's are literally garden (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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