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| Hey all, Well I’m at it again. This time I bring you something with more usability. As most of you reading this should know the Lego Company recently released 2 IR train sets. While the idea is great, the implementation left much to be desired. The (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: A 3-way switch
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| (...) well apparently i was a dummy and forgot to post this in other groups. oops. additional pictures of this mod can be found here: (URL) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Part Mods - Baseplates and Technic parts
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| (...) cool trick. i just use 2 1x16 bricks and an exacto knife. (...) i've been doing this since i was probably 8. i found that rail nippers work really well for this. (...) snip cool stuff, ondrew (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.parts.mod)
| | | | | Part Mods - Baseplates and Technic parts
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| A few part mods for the brave: I decided that buying 32x32 baseplates and cutting them in two was cheaper than buying twice as many 16x32 baseplates. The question is how to make a reliable straight cut. I've used 4x8 plates for rigidity and slider (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jun-06, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Modded Bk/Yw Striped Tiles for Train Loco Ends
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| A few keen-eyed Brickshelf followers might have noticed my latest parts mod, cutting up the 1x4 black and yellow striped tiles in order to make the chevron patterns for loco ends. I used a Stanley knife, followed by a thin modelling saw to cut them (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | | | Re: Modifed Classic Space helmet for town use.
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| (...) You jokestah! Well, just in case you are serious: Nothing for the airpacks, but I was fortunate - my first couple of space sets had torso stickers rather than printing, so I just peeled the stickers off and - hey presto - plain torsos!! Cheers (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Modifed Classic Space helmet for town use.
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| (...) Excellent idea Richie. I plan on opening my MISB 6702 and modding all the helmets in there. Do you by any chance have a mod to do something useful with the original airpacks and classic space torsos? Tim (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Modifed Classic Space helmet for town use.
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| Way back in 1979, I was worried about the possible replacement of the Legoland town stuff that I loved with the newcomer, Legoland Space. Sure it was nice to get lots of grey, but, at the time, I was convinced there were too many specialised parts. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Harold Flies! Worship my Photoshop Skilz!
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| (...) Oh, yeah, check that out! I'm pretty Duplo ignorant, but it was fun building with big legos! I dig'em:-) JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Harold Flies! Worship my Photoshop Skilz!
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| (...) No comment ;) (...) That's a very neat mod, well done! (...) Well (URL) that element> isn't really new, but the Cranky set looks pretty cool too. I think some of my friends' kids might be getting those sets when we finally see them here. ROSCO (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Harold Flies! Worship my Photoshop Skilz!
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| In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: Ehh, sorry, forgot to link to the (URL) folder> (for those who aren't savvy enough to know to "click up":-) And YES, I built (URL) this> all by myself.... JOHN (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Harold Flies! Worship my Photoshop Skilz!
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| (URL) Okay, okay, my Photoshop skilz rule Monaco, but that's about it. Actually, there is a little more to the story.... We at the TCLTC have a Thomas the Tank Engine area of our layout, and so when we found out that there were going to be a few new (...) (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Participating in the Batgirl meme
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| (...) To follow up on my earlier post, I've continued to work on a Batgirl theme. I've now finished four custom minifigs based on the character designs of other participants in the meme. As before, go (URL) to see the master list. First, here's my (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Participating in the Batgirl meme
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| Hello everyone It's possible some of you have heard about the delightfully quirky "draw Batgirl" meme that started sweeping Livejournal on Friday 13 January. Essentially, inspired by artist Andi Watson's posting of some character sketches (of an (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !
| | | | | The Dark Knight unveiled
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| Hello everyone With the recent announcement that Lego have purchased a license to create sets related to DC's character Batman, I was motivated to finally finish a minifig MOC that was started about five years ago - The Batman himself. (3 URLs) The (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: modding the new IR trains
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| (...) More like 4x10x~4, or so we've heard, mainly to house the electronics. So, you could do a 4-wide body, so long as it's the same colour as the baseplate! Jason Railton (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: modding the new IR trains
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| I believe that there is a rather large battery box cavity in the interior of the engine above the base plate. Whats nice is that you get to this cavity via the bottom of the train thru the hanging tank. So you have the 6x8 "tank" below, the IR (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: modding the new IR trains
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| (...) (SNIP) (...) (SNIP) (...) (SNIP) (...) I'd like to do a combination of 2, 4 and 7. Take the batteries out, put them in a 4x14 battery box. Use a 9V lead cut in half to connect this to the electronics. Cover over the button of the wrong (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: modding the new IR trains
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| (...) Might make your wheel spacing awkward, but a good idea. Has anyone tried this with a 9V BASIC motor?. (...) Just putting in some high-capacity NiMH batteries would extend the life from one charge. But, building in a charging socket and circuit (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
| | | | | Re: modding the new IR trains
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| Hi Ondrew, I can make a comment on two related posts here. (...) As I see it 4) and 7) are related since for me they both solve the same problem which is this: seven-wide trains are pretty much ruined by the 6x30 baseplate. Basically it's very (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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