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| (...) I'm definitely starting to weaken on this one... good stickers add a lot. I'n not sure I'd go as far as to change the colors of elements, but for signage and detail they can't be beat. (...) I'm still holding out on these two though. It's (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| Chris, Thanks for pulling this old message. To clarify my ground rules... 1. No painting. A lot of the value in a Lego element is compromised if it can't be reused as originally intended. Custom stickers and tape, however, are fair game as they can (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| James, Thanks! This may take a while but I'll get some close-ups of the controls and mechanisms the next time I do a shoot. Everything is 9v with 4.5 wiring (boy did I get a deal when Dacta cleared-out 4.5v stuff) Turnouts are controlled by (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) A while ago, didn't Brian say that the details are stickers? I seem to remember him talking about buying stickers and cutting them with an exacto knife. I found the article (I searched my lugnet.trains archive), so I'll add it below. Chris The (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) The usual accolades and then some... I hope you enter Kathyrn in the Train competition, it will be amusing to see the disclaimer on your entry: "No 4561 pieces were used in the making of this entry"... Also the usual calls for more detail, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| I have to agree with Todd, I was totally blown away when I saw those pictures! I actually had to wait till I was more awake and look at them again before I would believe what I saw. Just the layout display case alone is fantastic, but the art work (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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| (...) Brian, this is the most incredible thing I've ever seen! I can't imagine the amount of work that must have gone into hand-painting all those pieces and setting up and photographing the displays. It's totally beautiful. My jaw dropped on almost (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish.photography)
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