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canada's capital lug, parlugment, is proud to have as a member a very talented modder who quietly demonstrates his talent without tooting his horn. it needs to be tooted and loudly. norbert black is a dab hand with a paintbrush and very handy with (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !!
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(...) I think with a red/green bi-colour LED you can get any colour between the two by varying the mark/space ratio of the alternating waveform. A DCC controller varies the mark/space ratio of a square wave in order to drive the motor at different (...) (20 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Thanks for the research. After some deliberating and opinion asking on www.brickish.org I decied to drill out the four windows I need to work this way. My first modded parts! My reasoning was that, as you said, some of the windows available do (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) You can get 3 colour LEDs that are designed to work that way. Not sure, but think they are orange as 3rd colour though. (...) Yes it can, motor outputs are reversing. So, using any stationary decoder that can power reversing switch machines (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Hi Horst, that's a great picture. Yeah, that's what I've been striving for, a layout of roughly that complexity and automation, but without nearly as many wires. The remote controllers (along the bottom of the picture) being replaced by the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Yes, otherwise you could only run a DCC loco in one direction. ROSCO (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I was thinking of something similar. Using 2 outputs you could control a 3 lead Bicolor LED. Or with a small NAND gate as well, you could use the 2 lead style LED that you mention. If you don't mind the LED always being on it only takes one (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Could you use a "bi-color" LED this way? Polarity one way, light is red. Polarity the other way, light is green. Polarity alternating, yellow! (Ok, that last part is probably a pipe-dream... <grin>) Can DCC output a voltage with either (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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Hi everybody, (...) Correct. 7860 is the set number. A quick Google search turned up mostly auctions and sales pages, no useful description of this set, so here go some basics for the interested ... Both the red and green light are controlled (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Thanks, Mat! (...) There are 5 wires for the lights. The common is positive voltage with respect to the 4 output wires. Each light is independently controllable, you could even blink them to simulate certain real world signal conditions. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Thank you, John! (...) Each of the lights is independently controllable. You can even instruct the DCC controller to blink the lights in various patterns. I'll be working on software to provide an interlock so that only the red or green can be (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Larry! (...) Presently, I don't have any plans to do so. These actually took more time to create than I'd care to admit! However, much of the time was spent working out the construction details for the prototype. I want to build (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Mark, these builds are, as always, awsome. One question, do the 4 outputs on the quad conroller have a common return path on the controler? I.E. 5 output wires or 8? Also, are the 4 outputs indepentantly conrolled or only 1 at a time? I've yet (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) As Lar said, very cool! Question: Is each light individually controlled, or is each red/green pair controlled together? (I don't know much about DCC - yet!) And where is the yellow light? <grin> JohnG, GMLTC - thinking our club needs to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Way cool. Spotlighted. So are you going to productise these? (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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The latest in trackside geekness: (URL) Photos and commentary are available at (URL). Cheers, Mark (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !
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| | Re: LEGO and ParLUGment logo flower mosaics
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(...) <snip> (...) Thanks Larry, This is the first real 'mod' (if indeed painting is considered a mod) that I've ever done. I approached it with a bit of trepidation but I deemed it was necessary. As for the details, here they are.... They were (...) (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) These look really spiffy, even if the painting bit does make me cringe. :-) Spotlighted. XFUT to lugnet.parts.mod because painting is a kind of mod, isn't it? So what kind of paint did you use, and did you have any adhesion problems? (20 years ago, 20-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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I've been woring on an EMD SD-40 eginine. And I wanted to have 6 wheeled motor trucks. But I also wanted it to be able to negotiate turns and switches. So I chopped up a 9v wheel set, modified the side plates for a 9v motor. (URL) I removed the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:I547MA.6n7@lugnet.com... (...) I'm not that gifted in electronics so my knowledge is limited. I'd use a 9 volt voltage regulator inside the battery box, but I'm guessing there's an easier, more (...) (20 years ago, 5-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.robotics)
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I'd like a small powersource I can plug into a wall, and I've got a small 9V battery box that seems to have gone bad. The idea is to use a standard "wall wart" transformer to feed 9-12V DC into the small battery box. But, with all that lovely room (...) (20 years ago, 5-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Nice try (was Re: 12-foot bridge built in 2 hours on live TV
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"Mark Riley" <markril@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I4wyA3.8MI@lugnet.com... (...) Alright, who put the spy cam in my LEGO room *again*...?! (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) Heheh, but you see, Lar has visions of you knee deep in ABS dust with scraps of disfigured LEGO strewn about in every corner of your workshop... :-) Mark (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: Nice try (was Re: 12-foot bridge built in 2 hours on live TV
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:I4wpyn.tEF@lugnet.com... (...) Scout's honor... I have NEVER cut a baseplate. (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Nice try (was Re: 12-foot bridge built in 2 hours on live TV
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(...) There is no way you can even try to say that with a straight face, is there? I could hear you snickering even though I'm in GA and you're in AR. Nice try though. (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:I4vxov.1DBD@lugnet.com... (...) Cutting baseplates!? That's sacrilege!!! (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: 12-foot bridge built in 2 hours on live TV
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(...) That's what Xacto(r) knives are for! ... Er, did I just say that? (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I'm gonna "me too" on this one. Congratulations on your successfully "repair." C-Ya! Rich (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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Admitting you have a problem is the first step towards the cure. There's still hope for you yet! Congrats on you first successful mod! I look forward to seeing more from you now. Can't wait for the photos; especially those of dismembered bricks... (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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Hi, my name is John, and I've modded parts in a big project. (everyone): Hi, John! Yesterday morning featured the whining of the Dremel and the smell of melting ABS, as I worked on repairing the window I messed up in our Plummer Building project. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) OK (7 URLs) Mat (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) How about some deep links until the folder is made public? Mike (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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I know that TLC is coming oout with a BNSF version of this. And that Jake has a version in his train book. But I wanted to do one myself. I had started by building the one in Jake's book. Then I went online and found several great sites for (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) I have an idea that might work. Since the offending window is near the bottom (2nd floor) attack from that end. You could finish the highest level that is currently on the building so that the top is level. Then turn the whole structure upside (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) I'll let you know after I've fixed it. Several GMLTC club members are going back down to Rochester this Saturday to finish up the building. I'm planning on taking a bunch of close-up pictures of my repair work. And yes, I'm keeping my fingers (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) John, First, how did this come out? Please report back to this post so that others can learn how you dealt with this. Second, your basement is HUGE! Todd (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:I4Er9o.u7H@lugnet.com... (...) Suggestion 2 is a good one Lar. I would have suggested that myself. The only caveat would be to be very careful on placement and prying. Some (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:I4EtGH.16J4@lugnet.com... (...) Actually, there's another solution. Just send the building to me and I'll make the necessary repairs and ship it back. :P Seriously John, I'd (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) There are "spreader" clamps made for woodworking. Try online at some place like woodcrafters (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) John, First off, Mark's idea of tape is a good one. I've done alot of plastic model building, most from scratch, and this can save you a bit of grief. Without a close up image ofthe windoe area, I'm only guessing. I'd avoid using the Dremel, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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